New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-03
THE GLOVED PACHA.
AN ORIENTAL TRAGEDY.

MEMENroES OLE AN ORIENTAL TRAGEDY
fFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THIS TaIBUsEI
CAIRO, September l..
"Do you see that tall, handsome man now taDe-
ing to His Highness Pr inquired an old diplomat
OF mo OF one of tho State balls given by the
Khedfvo Of Egypt In his fairy summer palace OF
Gezireh on tho banks OF the Milo.
V"What,D said ]. "do you mean Mlstapha
Pacha f.. tho Cabinet Ministerp'
"Yos and have you noticed that his hight hand
Is always glovedp Look ut 1t now He Is tho
only man In this room wearing glove on that
hand, which Ii contrary to all etiquette. III he
were to remove 1t you would perceive an ugly
kind of semicircular scar Come into the gardens
outside and I will tell you under what peculiar
circumstances no received the wound, the traces
Of which he is so anxious to hide" Nothing
10th I wandered out in the fresh night air with
my old friend and establishing ourselves COM
fortably with our cigarettes on the marble baltis
trade of the Palace Quay, listened with interest
TO the following storyi
In 1876, the English Government alarmed OF
Che Khedive's terrible extravaganza and repeated
appeals to the European money markets. sent out
to Egypt special mission consisting OF the Rt
Hon Sir Stephen Cave, Sir Rivers Wilson and
others. to inquire into the state of the finances
of the country. These gentlemen. although re-
experienced the greatest difficulty In obtaining
the information they required. In the short
space OF ten years over $500, 100000 had been
borrowed by tho Egyptian Government, and OF
this immense sum only 5000, 900 900 had found
It's way into the State Treasury. What had be
come of the BALANCED Two people alone could
tell One Of these was the Khedive himself ana
the other his Minister Of Finance, Mustapha
Pacha SadyS the most powerful man in Egypt
II Is impossible to conceive the enormous wealth
OF the latter Large tracts Of country belonged
to him, and he had the right Of coming money
in his own name Ills splendor and maghihcehce
were unequalled in the East His haTem OF over
5000 women occupied the thIee immense palaces
In which now all the Government Offices are
located and he had a special body guard In his
seraglio of over 400 superb amazons who, on
State occasions donned amor and helmets oil
pure silver Member Of almost every European
order OF knighthood, he was on terms of intimate
ACQUAINTANCE with all the principal statesmen III
Paris London, Berlin and Vienna. The English
ENJOYS accordingly devoted all their energies 10
win him over from the Khedive, IN order That
they might be able at last to sound the dark
depths OF Egyptian finance. IL appears that they
Late one Thursday night i'll the month OF
June u carriage stopped at one OF lhe sue Ell
frances of the Abdecn Palace short stout gen.
tlcman with q very PRONOUNCED )eWlsh type ol
countenanco jumped out ana nhpinS IaPIuly
up tho stairs, demanded TO see lbs liighhcsS al
once. The khediye on being informed lilal ms
visitor WAS Mr.. julius Blum COnndentlal secle-
tary and iactOtum Of the Minister OF fnatoe,
ordered him TO be admitted lnmedlatey: hlter
kissing the hem of the monarchs coat IN uuy
oriental fashion, the secretary informed tle
Khedve that the Minister had been won over by
the English ENJOYS, and III order 10 Sd. MS o"n
position had determined To turn hIll5s evidence
and TO reveal To them on the following SaluiudS
the who.c Of His iiighnesss financial TRANSACTIONS
The latter, fully that such disclosures Wouid
inc, itably result in his deposition, lmlneuIiacn
determined at all costs to prevent thelr neiis
made The next day was FRIDAY, ue Sio i.
medan Sabbath After performing nS ucNV'lOno
at the mosque, the hhedlVe proceeded IN an open
victoria TO the palace OF Alustapha Pacha Sa9yk
and invited that Minister TO accompany ma uur-
lng his usual afternoon drive. rs Tins was by 10
means tic inst occasion ON when IFS ill-iuesS
had thus honOred him, the Minister hau no Ie'Sou
10 be sur I'scd, and pleasantly ciaJtlls toscIhci
the khedi>e and Mustapha Pacha Sadyk uro' .
To this very Palace of Gezreh. On allshuhS al
that door you see there, the AheoNe, tulhE ~
his Minister. invited HIM 10 supper Oh podtu 'i1e
Nce-l.c.al yacht which lay moOred In nidsttta
and suggested that Mustapha Pacha SddyK shOuu
20 on board Immediately with the lillceS I'h
scin and Uassnn saving that he himself WoAd
follow as soon as he mad taken Dath INC
Minister accompanied by the hledlVcs sons en-
barllei oil these very steps anu was lO"ea on
TO the yacht merry e\cHhs ".'s srvdiiI o
board tie whole ship being Illuminated anu oc
casonal snatches OK music ana auSnter DeinH
waited over to the shore. At about IL COCK
tie Khcdive and both Princes returned alone
ira,inr on board the Minister with The two wee
RooaI chamberlains Mustapha Boy r., ana S&hl
Rev B.lloudi Shortly aitelwald the souhos Vl
a hhnt sculie deck were heard DI mo pcOpe
an shore and then all quiet and the lehlS
were eNtingushcd on board. Soon after nLIht
Tine Yacht cast loose from her moolln7s ana
noisecssly eiided up the stream toward Ile hisV
cataract. l., All, o,1d -,
"Nothng more was ever seen IN this world OF
Mustapha Pacha Sadyk ,, s,.,,,
ION the next day decree was issued st"1
that the Khedive had banished his Minister OF
Finance to Upper Egypt for having dared 10 OPP
,,rrss his much bcloN cd subjects. etc, etc four
DAYS later the Yacht returned To her MoOrlhSs Oh
tho Cezireh Palace. and when The two ChahDer
Ioins above referred 10 resumed their service
II was noticed that Sami Bey wore Hlii'Ner,
c1,ief round his throat il 10 hide some "0uin
on his neck and that Mustapha hey r. mao his
,iubt hand in sling Nothing can De hep.
secret in the East. and ii soon oozeu ou' It i
Somi;s throat had been lacerated by inc haiE'
ond Nustaphas hand had been bitten thiouRn
hv tine teeth of the unfortunate FINANCE M'nsu,.
1hcn they strangled him with their own halus
on fine night Of the supper Both Sam "iu
Nustanha were rewarded for their services Ny
bcin~ made Pachas Sami. after being frilie
Minister at the time Of Alabis usulrecVion 10
nov, in exile at Ceylon. while his com aiilo ~
Mustanha after being engaged to on rhSlish lauS
u,ho broke of the marriage when size hearu ,Ile
history of his hand Is now CABINET MlhlSuol'
plum the priv ate secretary an austrian oo",
r,ho BETRAYED his benefactor and master, TaS
nnt,ro1Iv also rewarded by being maze ac"ac
Ina is az the present moment tnlef-SecLe.aiS "
M Stt 10 IN tha deUartment Of which Dlustapna Is