Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10
GUARDING THE KHEDuvE.
official Precautions Against the ASsas-
sinasion Of Tewfik Pasha.

OAAACAAa PRECAUTIONS against t0e ASS09s
sination Of Teyvfik Pasha.
Cairo Correspondence Of the New York Herald
During his visit to Egypt several years ago
Gen. Sherman remarked to prominent Egypt
ian functionary: SIT ever the dynasty of Me-
hemet Ali is to be overthrown it will be by Eng
land, and you Egyptians should bear in mind
that England is a money-lender, with all the
greed and arrogance of that class" Gen. Sher.
mans remark was subsequently recounted by
the functionary In question to Ismail Pasl,a, the
then Khedive His Highness laughingly replied.
with shrug Of the shoulders and between the
whiffs of cigarette: ''Fi done! Fl done! Mon
cher Pasha, vous aussi, YOU etes Anglophobes!
The khedive. nevertheless, gazed for q moment
in thoughtful silence at the jeweled filagree
work with which he held q delicately- tinted
Sevres coffee cup; and it may be observed that
the prophetic warning did not prevent gift of
diamonds, valued at nearly 300 OOO from
being sent to Gen. Sherman on his return to
America.
Gen. Sherman's prediction seems now about
to be realized Although England attacked
Egypt nominally to uphold the Khedive and
make it possible for him to reign, nevertheless
not day passes but what England does some
thing to destroy the last vestige of the Khe-
dives authority. and to thus drive another nail
into the coffin of the dynasty Of Mehemet Ali.
The khedive lives in a palace surrounded by O
whole regiment Of British soldiers. ExtraOrdi-
nary precautions are taken to prevent his assas-
sinatiOn. He sleeps In room the only access
to which is by means of passageway barred by
four doors, each door having a different cOmbn-
alton lock and each key being intrusted to sep
arate guardian. The cOuntersign of the soldiers
in the palace is often changed two or three times
during the same night Secret service agents
are charged with the task of keeping watch
full eye upon the palace of officials as well as
upon each other And perhaps in time the
khedive's palace may bear some slight resem-
blance to Yildz KiOsk-that holy Of holes Of
Abdul Hamid-where masked batteries of spies
and secret agents lay concealed behind every
shrub, screen or flower pot.
Whenever the Khedve drives out the roads
through which he passes are lined with gen.
darmes foot and on horseback. His carriage
usually an open VictOria-is surrounded by a
dozen Circassian outriders; and, in short. all
those precautions are taken by Mohammed
Tewfk that are usually taken by ruler who
finds himself in the melancholy position of being
mated or despised by his subjects. It was only
last week that as the Khedive drove by guard
OF the new Egyptian gendarmerie one Of the
his sovereign" dashed his rifle violently to the
ground and predcated of Mohammed Tewtik an
eplthet that decency here fOrbids me to repro
duce. And what Is far more significant the off,
Ger In command Of the detachment did not deem
it wise or discreet to even notice this act of
gross INSTRUMENTATION. have even seen donkey
boys in the streets Of Cairo turn their backs at
the khedive when driving by, and make Witty
ing noises with their mouths.
A curious incident happened the other day in
the garden OF the GheZereh palace. where the
khedive is in the habit Of strOlling about after
lunch. The garden is surrounded by the Nile
and by very high walls, and is vigilantly guarded
by both Highlanders and Circassians The Khe-
dive was walking in the shade Of some palm
trees, unattended and dressed as an ordinary
Egyptian official (Td,'boush) -black, clerically
cut coat. tweed trousers and patent leather
shoes. Nothing about him indicated his rank
Passing by narrow gateway the Khedive no
ticed tall Highlander pacing to and fro on SEN
quite fluently, asked the sentry, . How do you
like Egypt" The Highander-a soldier of the
gallant 42d the Black Watch) who afterN ard
recounted to me the conversation that ensued-
rep Got 60 t., to like it pretty well now
any one who could talk English,
and not dreaming who his interlOcutOr was the
Scotchman continued the conversation by ask
ing, What sort of a berth have you got here?"
The khedive replied, "Oh. not a bad one, 1 am
attached to the palace" The Highlander then
continued. "What sort of chap is this ere
Khedtve. He must be rum 'um from all
hear" The Khedve, whose good nature is pro-
verbal, asked, what do you hear about him9"
The Scot replied:-'Well, as neaE as can make
out, this Khedive is about the worst man out OF
the whole lot of 'em. He amt got no sort o.
courage nor manhood about him. and as soon as
we get out of this old Arabi's beggars will make
sort of 'haggis' out OF him." The converse
ton was at this interesting point interrupted by
the appearance of the guard relief who pre-
sented arms to the Khedive, and then revealed
to the Highlander now utterly discounted and
as red as a lobster, the fact that he had been
talking to no less parsonage than the successor
Of the Pharaohs.