The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-06-11
Egyptian Corruption.

| may wears twelve | was told in the
equatorial province. Mo tof them were
completely broken down. But they
had no medical attendance. and nothing
! To eat or drink except parched rraiu
and muddy water The Egyptian GOV
crnmont may be unable 20 afford either
food or physic. hut in that ease it has
/ no right to extend what il 4, pleased 10
| call its sway over three Thousand mile;
! OF land southwark from the Med ter
! rancan For enduring his worse than
dog RE the Egyptian soldier in these
/ provinces receives seventy five pja>trr~.
or considerably less than a pound per
/ month The men complain that. even
with their meager raliunS. thcN can
scarcely keep body and soul togcthcr
with such pay, With better class of
officers and an increase of pay to l2O
| plasters the service might be rendered
both popular and efficient.
The evidence which has. been col
lcctcd on the point namely, the rcla-
tions between the Egyptian Government
and that of AbySsinia is extremely
discrcditablc to the former. Il, rov
eminent need not necessarily be meant
the ministry ut Cairo. With the hes,
intentions in the world the khcdivc',
advisers may not have been able to
control his highnesS' representative, in
the southern territories am only
speaking of the conduct Of these par
ticular representatives. They are uni
VerSallN mistrusted and dcSpiscd. Ras
Alou a, communicable of the
Alb SSinian OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES them
OF sharing in the plumber of caravans,
and Egyptians themselves general, be
Iicve that the charge is only too well
founded. 1T is doubtless true that
AbysSinians are rs guilty of aiding and
abctting in brigandagc n any of the
hcdive's officials: but Ras Aoua. on
behalf of King Johannes. contents
that those offenders are rcncgadc>
| and outlaws, who would be imprisoned
i they returned to their own country.
the Very fact that Abl --nian caral an,
are sometimes looted within two hours
journey of Nlassowah, and the plumber
publicly sold III the market place OF the
town. suggests reflections more I'M
favorable than otherwise to Multar
licY. the local governor. Said Muktar,
the other day: Bring the thieves to
me. and | shall punish them. What
would London hnu>chUldor say if the
/ police authorities should rive q ih,
/ reply to his complaint. about burglary
! on his premises The instance in which.
! on that occasion, Mullar's protection
was asked for was that Of the robbery
of large company of merchants and
| priests who were ON their way from
Abys,inia to Egypt and Palestine
| There were about Il hundred Of them in
al - 1.
. one of the merchant, hNd fifty ounce,
o! gold dust, There was considerable
! quantity OF other property, besides
, sheep and mules. Soon after entering
/ the narrow strip Of territory which
/ iiyidcs Aby-sinia from the sen, and
which the Egyptians claim As their own,
4 tnc caravan was attacked and ptundcrud.
some of its members Wcru killed and
wounded, and The rest escaped. after
having been pretty well stripped ol their
clothes, TO MassoWah They have Since
nad the satisfaction Of seeing their own
| property exposed for sale in the bazaar.
/ This is merely a typical ease. What
/ initiates the AbvsSinHn minister most
oi all is the ind llcrcncc with which the
/ g, ptian governor of Ma>soWah re
cards his demands for redress. or at
my rate .or inquiry The natural re-
salt has been that the Abt,,iuan>
arcuse the Egyptian Official, ol ropart
nor-hip with the tbic>c- aud brigaud~
| ! still more fragrant exhibition OF
! ra-'aity on the part Of Egyptian OIL
ial~ is their participation in the profits
| II the slave trade 1t ! a mistake 20
IMAGINE that the slave trade is extinct
in the Red Sea Arab dhot,~ carry