New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-12
POLITICAL SENTIMENT IN EGYPT
From O R,port to ne Iriinh Government by TUiiSrs


From q E>pou to ne ErgAh Government by THIiSu
btUGTf. 81 T.
| have not been able 10 discover In PIPER
Egypt any trace whatever OF NailoualisIn Arab did
not attempt TO appeal here 10 any such sentiment; IL
would not have been understood, but the lever pre-
po'eI here Chrisan usurer- being comparatively few
ne appealed 10 their fanatci-m az MGssnlmaus, and
at last succeeded 10 arouang II to some extent Ibe
large COptc Christian element In Upper Egypt pre-
readily because they the most thriving pros
perCuS and mOneysd class In the community;
and arc ALTO found in tho villages fhe anti christian
agitation organized by Arab was last fpeuiug al the
fortnight there would have been general of
the COpts. England saved them from this, and they
Egypt who docs not pray hat English rule may con
tnuc. The Mahomeians say that Arab told them tha'
ther cSamT,o as t6oy breytd him. t b bI' now thew
are uuGeceWed and they regard him us an impoNor
the Nah"metan, have rc1an,cd into indidrrcnce
II is imagined In England that the nominal
sovereignty Of the Sultan regarded here with religious
veneIaton. | have found however, That the great ma
iOIity OF the Eel abe cultyaOs aBd owners or Tho soil
are absolutely ignorant OF the very existence u Aucl
parsonage rs the sultan They do not look beyond me
Khedye and tho ignorant Of them In the remote
provinces scarcely look beyond the Mudr OF taer prov
inco; IN him IA embodied their idea OF government
The subject Of politics Is and foreign 20 them they
do not embark willingly on IT, and their usual conclusion
Is TO the effect that they do not how by whom
they are governed, provided they are well governed
have already said that there not trace ofa any national
movement OF aspiration Even the notabes, when
questioned. say that that limited 10 the Military
party and did not take root outside except among
persons OF the student class at Cairo aud Alex
andria. In the Delta Arab awaited hlmsof OF
the domestic debt grievance, which hc arfuy inter
with their religious antipathies TO iupart motive
power TO his onterPrise. In Upper Egypt he Appealed
almost eXclusYely to their religious preudlces, ana
avalled himself or the jealouses and antpahies that
exist there between the MahOmetans and the COpts;
he proclaimed war OF religion, but there too there
was prize In view viz, the property OF the Cops,
which after the massacre would have fallen 10 the MalOu
srans. The people here have been very outspoken
they have not attempted to deny that they wished
Arab success but thai not I'LL after 10 had pro-
claimed the Tog lOus war then they said 1t their
duty good Mussulmans to do Now they declare
that they undecevcd and perceive him 10 have boon
an impostOr; there is no sympAthy whatever for him
now they expect reforms from the English, and are
willing welcome them in Upper Egypt III the Delta.
81 am afraid my health is giving way" said
Col Percy Yerger 10 his vile, Lie adjusted the wet
towel about his aching brow. You never complained
OF your health being bad until you began To associate
with them legislator" remarked his wife, srcascsy
"Wel," he responded "al! know Is that drank
little get seepy. and when wake up aiu thirsty
That dont kOk right In q healthy mSn."-IIexss
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