Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-30
FAITHFUL EMIN BEY,
His Career Told by the Late Chief
of staff of the Khedive of Egypt.

OF stan OF the khedlve of Egypt.
l have this evening read in your col.
umns with peculiar pleasure that Sc.
rious effort is about to be made for the
reliet of Emin Bey, a gentleman for whom
have great respect, admiration, and even
atfect ton, saws Gen. Charles 2. Stone in a
letter to the New Y DIRK Mail and Express.
1t may interest your readers to know
from one who has had large and import
ant correspondence with him who Emn
| Bey is, and how he came to be In his pres
emit position and condition.
He is a German OF high intelligence and
excellent education. In 1877 he was
serving as medical officer under Gen.
Gordon, who WAS at the time Governor.
General Of the Egyptian provinces Of the
equator. Gen. Gordon appreciated the
qualities OF his medical subordinate, and
charged him with duties of reconnaIs-
sance and diplomacy.
In 1877 he sent him to Uganda to quiet
ly negotiate with M'tesa, the king of that
country, and on that service he remained
until March, 1878, when ne returned to
GOndokoro and made to his chief report
of great value. So we'll pleased with his
service was Gen. Gordon that from the
date OF his return Emin Effendi was
placed on special duties requiring in
telligence. tact, courage and fidelity,
and he was soon promoted to the
grade OF hey. In each position in which
he was placed he showed himself equal
to 1t. and he rose rapidly, step by step.
until he reached the honorable and
responsible post of Governor of the prov
inces of the equator. This government
he administered with signal ability, bring
lag to bear on the improvement of the vast
countries conided to him administrative
talent of a high order. great scientific
knowledge, unfagging industry, and a
perfect devotion to duty. His govern
mental reports and correspondence, most
of which during three years came off,
cially before me, were models of neatness
and completeness. He studied the re-
sources of the country, and as tar as he
could utilized them for the material i'm
provement of the condition OF his soldiers
and the populations he governed, as well
as for the advantage of the government
which he served.
Besides thus administering the govern.
ment of territory greater in extent than
the empire OF Germany, Emin Bey found
time to make scientific observations of
great value, and to report them.
With such commander and ruler it is
perhaps not wonderful that the garrisons
OF his provinces and the populations he
governed remained. faithful TO the Khe-
dive when all the rest OF the world in the
Soudan submitted to the Mahdi in 1SS1.c2.
When Kordofan, Darfur. and the Bahr-el-
Gazal went wild, Emin Bey's provinces
remained quiet under his govern
ment, and although basely de-
serted and left to his own
resources far down near the centre of
Africa, 1t seems that ne still holds out
and that his troops stand by him after
four years of dasUardly abandonment by
those who during those years have ruled
the destinies OF Egypt. Should he
now be rescued, whether by government
or private endeavor, those who shall ac-
compllsh the duty will have the sincere
gratitude of at least one or two on this
continent who know Emln Bey-know his
high qualities and know how faithfully
and we'll he has employed them.