Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-25
The Princess OF Zanzibar-A Tale of
Love and Diplomacy.

Love and Diplomacy.
Washington special: The reading world
was informed, a few days ago, by ca
bic dispatch from Zan zibsr, that the Sui
tan's sister and family, for many years
resident in Berlin, have arrived there on
the German steamer Ehrenfels, and that
the commander of the German squadron,
Admiral Knorr, claims, in her behalf,
Some coDfiscated personal property of the
reigniDg Sultan, Said Borgosh Ben Said.
There lis not only most int erestin g little
romance connected with this apparently
dry dispatch, but it also sheds food of
light upon the diplomacy and objects of
Germany in Its persistent warfare upon
the present ruler of Zanzibar.
Nineteen yeats ago the Zanzibar branch
OF q certain Hamburg mercantile house
was under the superintendence of hand
some young German merchant whose blue
eyes and golden hair made sad havoc with
the heart OF the youthful sister of the
feigning Sultan, Said Borgosh. She fell
desperately in love with him; and the ro-
mantle young merchant requited her affec-
ton. He gave up his position and fed
with the girl, escaping pursuit and reach
ing Germany. They settled down at Ber-
lin, where they were married after the
young African princess had embraced
Christianity. But in their case, too, the
course of true love did not run smooth,
and the naughty relatives of the young
merchant turned the cold shoulder to the
new accession from the far East. All ef-
forts to secure a new foothold in his ns-
tive land were in vain; one commercial
venture after another in which he engaged
failed, and af-er a few years of hard
ships, sorrow, disappointment and un-
due exertion carried him into an ,ln-
timely grave. The princess, now mother
u-tSo children, boy and a girl, then
stood alone and helnless, :n -, tne world all
ervI,r % conciliate her brother, the sui
tan, We're in vain, although strong English
and German influences were brought to
bear upon him. She showed herself equal
TO the emergency, however. Possessed Of
wondrous linguistic talent, she had mas
tered the German language thoroughly,
and soon managed to earn a competence
by giving grammatical al d conversational
instructions in Arabic. The correspond
ent OF German daily, who visited her at
Berlin some years ago, described her as a
slender lady Of medium height, with ex'
presslve face and strong, yet womanly
soft features. lightly bronzed complexion,
Jet biacs, br ght eyes, and long, straight
Olsck hair. Her children have a very light
complexion.
She has now returned, es the cable
tells the story further, to her native land
to claim her own. In doing SO she is
backe d by the strong arm of Prince Biz
marck, the picker-up of unconsidered coo
nial trifss, at whose direction the power
full fleet of Germany has been menacing
her stubborn brother, the Sultan Said
Borgosh, SO long already. Should he
yield to Germany's demands for the
restoration of his sisters property, it will
not be long before some pretext will be
found to harsss him again, especially after
his sisters son, now ia faltapproaching mans
estate, shall have become firmly estab-
lished in the native land of his mother,
where in all probability he will become
the center and leader of all disshected
and hostile elements, and some fine day it
need not surprise his playmates at Berlin
and the reading world ut large to learn
that he has been made Sultan at Zanzibar
Should he resist, Said Borgosh may be de-
throned at once, and the young prince be
put in his place. But this young man, born
to German father upon German soil is,
according to well-recognized international
principles governing nationality, Ger
man, subject of the Emperor William,
and his accession to the throne of ZInzi-
bar would virtually mean an absorption of
that now so important territory by Ger
many, and fresh triumph for the new
colonial policy of the willy German Chan
cellor