Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-09

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colouel Charles Chailld Long, at one
t,o,e ch,cs n staIr TO General Gordon. and
subsequently Inspector-G General OF tue
Eryptjau army. Il now In this city. Az
the lime Of the bombardnscnt OF Alexan-
drjs by the English Colonel Long was re.
gur~tcd by the United States Government
NV cable 10 take charge OF the United states
Consulate In Egypt during the absence OF
tins regular incumbent. A Herald re-
porter Yesterday called on the Colonel.
aW6at do you think OF Gordon's mis-.
sion 2" asked the reporter.
"a color OF heroism has been given by
the English press to his ride across tue AZ
moor. or Great Desert, from korosko TO
Abo,l-Hamed," said Colonel Long. 1.-THE
truth Is he was escorted by the son
OF Hussein Halifa, the Governor OF Berber,
whose power IL omnipotent over an the
tribes. and Gordon never ran the slightest
danger. Ualiia Is an old friend, and his
word is his bond. He undertook the re.
spopsibility OF Gordou's safe journey 70
kbartoum. His epfrfe into that city has
been dramatically portrayed as having been
s,gnalled by the acclamations Of the Dopu-
Lace who regarded him as divine figure
from the North, sultan and q 'ss-
yior., There Is nothing 10 prove
this. and IL Is in the highest degree
apocryphal. We know that when he had
spept the cf0,0O0 which he took from the
Egyptian treasury the people cooily turned
their backs upon him and abandoned the
palace. | know that Gordon is absolutely
unDop,llar IN Ehartoum. He there incurred
the iyory-iraders' enmity. aud Kharioum Is
essentially commercial city. The first act
Of his administration in 1874 worked gres,
hardships TO the ivory-hunters, and was
accompanied by an act OF breach OF faith
confscation OF their ivory. This was, in
NV opinion, ms he ayowed, the egg which
be laid and which hatched the Mahdi,' for
IL begat spirit OF rebellion which first
eyinced itself in the insurrection OF Zebehr,
whose loyalty was subsequently purchased,
ard who has since become the Zebehr
Pscha. who has been forced to reside IN
Cairo at a stipend OF E100."
ENGLISH ANNEXATION.
"And what Of the English occupa-
tom"
AZ believe that England has always de-
sired to annex Egypt, and the eyacua-
ton Of the Soudan is preliminary step
to English occupation, evacuation by the
Egyptians being necessary in order that, uu-
trammelled 10y the interference Of the Pow
erS, England may have TO deal directly
with the Mahdi. The Gordon relief eXpe-
dltion, which Lord Wolseley has received
the mission to command, IS the browning
act in this evacuation comedy. Sir Gar
net will march to Kb9rtOum and be able 10
fix the date OF his return TO England with
almost the same accuracy rs the wager
won and the dinner which he promised
10 cat in London al the end OF the Egyptian
campaign. The army which ho commands
Is an army OF occupation. and Sir Garnet
will remain in Khlrtoum perhaps long
enough TO invest Gordon with absolute
power, and cause him, az ali English officer.
to he recognized by the ancestral powers
OF which Mr.. Gladstone has eyinced so
much regard, but who, in fact, are little
more than sheiks, whose principal business
has heretofore been slave-hunting."
"Do you think English rule, whether in
Egypt or in the SOudaD, a bencficent or
proper government in these countries 2"
asked the reporter.
81 answer most emphaticnlly, no. The
peace which Sir Garnet declared 10 be the
state Of Egypt the morning after Tel-el-
Kcher has been broken ever since by an
unparalleled system Of governmental bri-
gandage and spOliation. Sir Samuel Baker
has said that the country is bankrupt and
ruined, aud that England has been griev-
Gus curse to Egypt, and is entirely respon-
sible for the miserics and disasters which
bave befallen that unhappy country. Great
Britain has changed the features Of the
country, and within two years transformed
II into an Oriental Ireland
BRITISH HYPOCRISY.
"If this be true Of Egypt proper will she
be more faithful and honest in the govern
ment which Vie seeks, in violation Of ey-
isiing treaties, to seize from the authority
of the Sultan and the KbediveY"
"In this respect" answered Colonel
Long, "permit me to quote the exact Ian
ctage OF Sir Samuel: when the lamented
Hicks started from Cairo in the spring OF
1883, the Soudan was regarded ~ a value
bic territory. which only req tired rail-
way for its development, and this railway
from the Nile to the Rcd sea WIS advOca-
ted by Lord Dufiern in his most able
and interesting report. Subsequently the
authority OF the Khedlve was brutally
negatived, and orders given to abandon the
Soudan against the wishes OF the ruler
This act, Sir Samuel saws. OF unwarrunted
interference, by which an enormous area Of
the Ottoman Empire WAS wrcsted from ITS
legitimate ruler and thrown into the direst
anarchy, at once awakened Egypt TO the
hypocrisy OF British declarations. Ii is
too bad for the fairness which one is ready
to accord TO Sir Samuel, when the other
day. notwithstanding this declaration OF the
l-Gs n II, Il II
the yilleinous government which he has
shown his countrymen had given Egypt.
he writes letter to the Times, in which
he declares that England must be master
OF Egypt; let France go to the deuce"
JEALOUS OF THE POWERS.
"Do you think that England will be
master of Egypt"
a. do not. The jealousies Of the Powers
have been thoroughly awakened through
the disregard Of their interests by the dc
tatorial government instituted by England
In Egypt. II must be understood that in
Alexandria and in Cairo the European
population Is composed principally OF
italians, Greeks, French, AGstrians,
Germans. Belgians, SyriGns, &C. Their
business has been destroyed by the protec-
ton to monopoles created in Egypt. Europe
Is slow 10 espouse the cause OF France in
the embarrassments created TO her preiu-
dice, and has been made to feel the same
injury TO its subjects. As consequence
the Powers are ready to protest against
England's government in Egypt, and re.
mind her OF certain treaties which she
affects to dospise. The French Minister.
Baron de Courcel, and Prince Bismarck,
are holding. Il IS said, little conference,
which it is hoped In Egypt may check
British ambition in that land and in the
Soudan."