Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
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THE GLOVED PASHA.
Mementoes of a Mysterious ORR
entail Tragedy.
why Mpstapha Pasha Constantly Breaks
One of the Rules of Etiquette-How the
Khedive Rewarded His Henoh-
meu-Egyptian Treachery.
tCairo Egypt Cor. n. Y. Tdbunc.l

tCairo Egypt Cor. n. Y. Trfbune.l
Do you ses that tall handsome man
now talking to his Highnessl" inquired an
old diplomatic of me at one of the State
balls given by the Khedive of Egypt in his
airy summer palace of Gezireh, on the
banks of the Nile.
What" said /, "do you mean Musta-
pha Pasha F., the Cabinet Minister"
Yes; and have You noticed that his
right hand is always gloveds Look at 1t
now. He Is the only man In this room
wearing q glove on that hand, which is
contrary to all etiquette. IL he were to re-
move it you would perceive an ugly kind
Of semicircular scar. Come into the gar
dens outside and will tell you under what
peculiar circumstances be received the
wound, the traces of which he is so anx-
ious to hide.
''ln 1876, the English Government,
alarmed at the Khedive's terrible extrsv-.
agance, and repeated appeals to the Euro
pean money markets, ssnt out to Egypt
special mission consisting of Ri ssRon.
Sir Stephen Cave, Sir Rivers Wilson and
others, to inquire into the state Of the
finances of the country. These gentlemen,
although received with ffattering hospital
lily and courtesy, experienced the greatest
ficulty In obtaining the information
they required, In the short space of ten
years over $500 oOO, 900 had been borrowed
by the Egyptian Government, and of this
Immense sum only S20o, 0J0, 900 had found
its way into the State Treasury. What
had become of the balance. Two people
alone could tell One Of these was the
Khedive himself, and the other his Minis
ter of Finance Mustapha Pssha Sadyk,
the most powerful man in Egypt 1t is
impossible to conceive the enormous
wealth of the latter. Large tracts of coun-
try belonged to him, and he had the right
Of coming money in his own name. His
splendor and magnificence was unequsled
In the East His harem of over
three thousand women occupied the three
immense palaces in which now all the
Government offices are located, and he had
Especial body guard in his seragho of over
four hundred superb amazons who, on
state occasions donned armor and helmets
Of pure silver Member OF almost every
European order of knighthood, he was on
terms Of intimate acquaintance with all the
principal statesmen in Paris, London Ber-
lin and Vienna The English ENJOYS ac-
cordingly devoted all their energies to win
him over from the Khedive, in order that
they might be able at last to sound the dark
depths OF Egyptian finance. II appears
that they were about to succeed
Late one Thursday night in the month
o. June a carriage stopped al one of the
side entrances of the Abdeen palace, q
short stout gentleman with a very pro-
nOunced Jewish type of countenance
jumped out and limping rapidly up the
stairs, demand ID to see his Hghness at
once The khedive, on being informed
that his visitor was Mr.. Julius Blum. con-
fdential secretary and factotum OF the
Minister of Finance. ordered b m TO be sd-i
United Immediately. After kissing the
hem of the monarch's coat in truly ORR
entail fashion, the secretary informed the
Kaedive that the Minister had been
won over by the English envoys and
In order to save his own position
had determined To turn Kings evidence
and 10 reveal to them on the following Sat
urdsy the whole of MS HighneSs' financial
transactions. The latter, fully aware that
such disclosures would inevitably result in
his deposition. Immediately determined at
a. costs to prevent their being made. The
next day was Friday, the Mohammedau
Hd""2th after performing HIS ueFobfoos
at the mosque the Khedive proceeded in
az open victoria TO the palace of Mustapha
Pa Sadyk and invited that Minister to
accompany sim during his usual afternoon
drive As this was by no means the frst
occa ION on which bis Highness had thus
honored him, the Minister had no reason
to be SURPRISED, and pleasantly chatting
to e. her The haedive and Mustaphs Pssha
sadFh drove 10 this very Palace OF Gezireh.
Tn siighting at the door you see there the
hhedive turning to his Minister, invited
him TO supper on board the vice-regl
yacht which Law moored in midstycam,
and suggested that Mustaphs Pasha Ssdyk
should go on board Immediately with the
Princes Hussein and Hasaan, saying that
be himself would follow q seoa q he I'D