Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-02-14
Chinese Gordon.
/. CHINESE ENGLISH DICTATOR l> EGYPT.


Financial Chronicle
But who u Chinese" Gordon What
have been his facilities for acquiring correct
Information regarding the Soudan ? and
what fitness has he for the execution Of the
admittedly difficult task entrusted to him
These are questions which many are now
asking. The answering az the first question
Will involve the answers 10 the other two
Gordon is Of Scottish stock. his ancestors
having fought for the Pretender at Culo-
den. His family has for generations been
connected with the army, He was educat-
ed AT Taunton and al the Roval Military
Academy at W oowcb; aud on his leaving
Noolwich, IN 1874, for seryce as an officer
Of engineers, he was ordered to Pembroke.
In the same wear be was ordered ID Corfu:
but before h. had set out for the Ionian Is
land he received counter instructions to
star, for the Crmea When the Crimean war
was ended. be was put On the staff uf Major
stanton % help 10 the work Of la,ing down
the new frontiers Of Russia, Turkey and
Roumania. II was not, however, TIL later,
that Gordon found his real sphere OF actiyl-
IT, From 1860 to the end ot 1864 he vas
~ China; and his nam. il nseparahIy asso-
ciated with the putting down Of the Taeping
rebellion. His history during this period
reads Ike avid romance He organized
army such ~ China had never known
before aud such was the fatn Of that army
IN its chief, and such vas II, success. that II
acquired the tile of the Ever Victorious
Army. | nder Gordon il marched from Vic
tory t. victory, until finally il crushed out
rebellion. and restored a. once the unity of
the empire and the imperial authority.
In China, Gordon won the good opinion
ot the world, and TODAY China is stronger
Tor the example he gave and the lesson he
taught her. IN 1874 Gordon took service
wlth lsmaiI Pasha IN Egypt, and succeeded
SIr Samuel Baker as Governor Of the tribes
~ pprr Egypt Hi career in Egypt. al
though i was characterized by les actual
hghtlng. i even more interesting than his
career in CHINA lie carried on ana extend
~ The work which Baker had begun made
hls name and that Of the khe,liye respected
BY all The tribes and hy all the neighboring
States. lie abolished slavery and, difficult
a. vas the task. be compelled the slave
dealers Q respect thr law. lie vas be-
loved by the people AMI vas spoken Of by
them n, 'hc Little kLel,e" On the
appointment of the Marqni, OF Rlpon IN
dan accepted an appointment under him
hn' he dld NOT remain til India.
IT, hls Since been IN China. anI il !.
known that his advice was ;.Hrn ID regard
y the army l.luesly he has spent some
time " Palestine. having become deeply in
trrc>feA ID the Jordan Canal. And, a. i.
vii known, when the present command was
gwen hlm, hr haI JINt been requested by
the ninG q thc BcI-ilu> ~ take command
81 an expedition On the Congo. Gordon j,
solder q TIE Cromwell! stamp lie car
RE- ms rrHe!an 1Ith him wherever he goes
Such THE man who ha- been called 10
tlr difficult task ~ carr,ln. ou: hls govern
ment, orders With regar,. II the evacuation
II NoGdan. Ile !, ID work in connection
with. anl 70 he N certain sense subject 10
SIR E,r.lu Barring. Il remain. 10 N sven
whether Gordon, influence With th- black
tribe, M, not Lird out during h> absence.
and how far their feelings for the foreigner
and ior ,ht khedlvr nave been affected by
the success ~ III NahLi or hi~ personal
fitness fnr the task h, hA, undertaken there
can BE- M two opinions hut much depends
on The feeling Nj thr tribes on the liberty
Above! hm. AMI N TIE support which he
may receive.