Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-14
THE CAUSE OF THE WAR.
Pounds. Shiiliugs and Pence nj the
Root of the Bloody Struggle.
From the rnd,snsno,,s Jou-,a,

From the Indianapolis Journal
The origin of the present Egyptian campaign
dates from the reign OF lsmail Pasha, a shrewd
and INSCRIPTIONS lntriguer who succeeded said
Pasha In 1868, and accumulated N fortune fnom
the expectation OF cotton during our civil war
This money he lavished on Turkish officials tn
he soon found himself favorite with the sultan
and endowed with ALMOST regal power He had
been educated In Paris, and his ambition was
to Europeanize Egypt and make Cairo the Paris
OF the east. To accomplish this purpose ne bor-
rowed money by the million at the most exorbi-
tant rates OF interest This money was not de-
voted TO national purposes, but was expended
In Oriental display, I'm bribing fvorite friends OF
the sultan In Constantinope, I'm covering Egypt
with palaces, and stocking harems The leila
heen, or native population, were robbed TO paw
ne interest on these debts from which they de-
rived no benefit, and which they had no share
| In contracting. and. when the money could NOT
| be raised, the khedive's taN-gatherers used to
surround the villages. catch the inhabitants
ana ply the bastinado till the taxes were paid
AT last things came 10 such pass that Ismail
could borrow no more money, and the fellaheen
the bondholders mostly English and French.
| ISmail was deposed. and his SON. the present
i itnso nnaae khediNe. To secure payment on
llshed over Egyptian finances by England and
France Sir Rivers Wilson. the English repre-
stnlatNe, dismissed nom public employ
ment all the native Egyptian officials and
Hooded the country with swarm of hungry
| English officials, who knew nothing abont
| Egypt save that ii owed them exorbitant salas
| ries. A spirit OF iiSaffection soon manifestad
itseii, ana national party was formed, headed
oS Arahi PaSha, an officer OF the army A brawl
| occurred in the streets of Alexandria which
| was magnified by the English press into a
| wholesale massacre. and measures were taken
10y lhe EhSish government 10 suppress the
Egyptian national party. now in incipient re-
oeiilon against the khedive, who was only a
i Puppcl IN the hands Of his English and French
masters: France refused to cooperate with
England IN suppresSing the rebellion and the
latter resolved to act alone. Admiral Seymour
| AlpNanHria
| through The Suez canal, met the egyptian army
AT Iel-el- heber, defeated ii and captured Ara6i
| faSha, who was baniShed To Ceylon.
Meantime the Arabs OF the Soudan-an i'm
| mense tract OF country comprising Kordo-
iaili NuDla proper Senaar and Toka on the east,
anu some Nile districts further south--under
the leadership of IL Mahdi, the false prophet
NAG risen in rebellion against Egyptian rule
ana held the Egyptian garrisons prisoners The
SoGdan region had been gradully annexed since
Isl, but was never reduced to complete sub
lection. 1t was the center of the great African
slave trade, which had always been monopo-
| ilzeu by the Arabs, and which was partially
! broken up 10y Sir Samuel Baker and Gen. Cor
aoll, IN .he service III the khedive some wears
before England having undertaken to restore
order In Egypt, now found herself compelled 10
| hoerate the Egyptian garriSons and suppress
| the mahdTs rebellion. The Arabs on the other
hand, were instigated to resistance under the
impulses OF patriotism religious ianaticism and
| the profits OF slave catching.
The latest novelty I'm the fine of game Is the
| alaska canyasback duck, which W. ighs fourteen
pounds, and makes supper for four policemen
/ Portland OreqoHiaa.
| Is there not an awful warning for the members
oil the Thirteen club and for certain other ir-
| referent persons In :he fact & at "A Brooklyn
/ policeman was killed by engine No. l9, within
| few weeks after he had formed the thirteenth
member OF agroup that stood in front of a pho
tographer's camera?
The liquor men OF Rome are preparing TO bow
col large number of men who are in the habit
OF drinking continually to excess, thus injurIng
themselves and not benefiting the saloons
| when the list is fully made out every saloon
keeper VIII sign bond to forfeit $50 III he ever
sens 10 a man on the list-LSoDie (GG.) Courier.