New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23

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mouths of cannon and will ri,Ct forever upon
Egypt the bcneicent letters of England. The
! English believe that the time of tins out
! break may be next week or next year. M any
rate, they do not propose Il be taken uhaware-'
ana the troops being hurried here az" coming 10
meet the emergency. Abbas the English have
safe apparently, and when the rcmlt comes he
Will play no part in it. If the people had leader
like Arab the uprising would take place before
the English bualcs blow tomorrow morning
! AS II is, they wait impaicnty for some one 10
| lead them TO destruction 1t Is said here tha'
Arabi's rebellion cost the Egyptians 10000 lives
and the monetary losses completed the financial
destruction of the country which the cNtrava-
ganccS OF Ismail had begun But tine lesson Is
already forgotten by the people
The news from the Soudan is meacrc and more
or less un,rustworthv. That is, the news given
out is: but il is probable that the Government
! ia well informed as to what is going on there
The fact that news is made public is taken a.
IN Indication that reports from the front are
net encouraging. Now and then a returning
soldier a native who processes TO Lave come
from the upper Nile, brings news of the war, hut
! there is littl" even of this kind of news. \
| afro PAPER last week published paragraph 10
the effect that +" il stated that a battle had
recently been fought i'll which the Egyptian
!
hcdged" with the statement that I'VE publish
| this for what il is worth and do not vOuch for
it," II is evident. however, that severe fighting
is going on ND the Nile and that IN" Egyptian
! troops are scarcely holding their own. All at
tempts to stop the war ana open up commercial re-
lations with the country ruled over Ivy the Nah
Iii have failed This is great loss to Egypt.
as the traffic with the Soudan used - he a con
siderable source of revenue. But the Mahdi re-
iocts all overtnrcs for a truce His eyes are fixed
ever on the North and if the Egyptians wcr' LETT
| entirely TO themselves he would probably plant
! his banners on the citadel of Cairo. just who
the Mahdi" is II is difficult 10 make out. There
| is no doubt that the old Mah. the Mahdi of
Hicks Pacha and ,,ordor. is long since dead. The
leader who has succeeded him is called the
/ Mahdi by the Egyptians. bu' information concern
| ING him il scant and contradictory, or 80 vol
luminous and fanciful a. TO bear evidence OF
verify Whoever and whatever he is, his charar-
ter is fully. if perhaps crudely expressed IN the
chorus of the wc-known bailack-room ballad
He's a darling he's daisy.
Hes an lnda-rubbcr idiot on Nprce: -
Hes the only living tline that don't CIV" Darn
For a regiment of British inianircc.
So much for Egyptian politics. which is lively
enough lust now. but the country itself is a sad
land land drcary with the cumulative burden
of thousands of years too heavy T. he borne II
| is mt nlcasant always 10 "plod your weary way
DER broken shiincs and ruined temples Inc
monotonous green plain, with the sands oil the
desert encroaching upon it. the et'rnaliy pi.c
| sky with the mrrcilcs> copp"rN sun seen III II,
| ,h,. eternal waiing cry of ltachsctr''>ii tna'
rises from the foot of the PNramlls anu the f.ias
Of lIeliopOlis make one heai'sfN 'Vi Ius.'N IVY.
! England hills and fierce storms la>hng IN" rocks
Of Mar bchead. =, ...
Last night. in an alleyway under the writer :,
| window he heard some donkey poNs slh@ih2 III
|
sonn1 Where had he heard that Arab song he
fore? Then came the chorus. ana the my i
wns solved for the chorus was la-rd-la-hooih- u'
av" A fellow traveller said that Ia. llad , ,,,
il sung at the Second Cataract OF In" Me W nd'
is there in that song OF the music aIs Una, Of The
| Hundred Gates? J., A., u,lis,,
Among the tasks undertaken by the Engl hIi.
| in Egypt is that of increasing the area OF aan I
| land and the introduction of improved ihc'ho'o
| of irrigation. Lower Egypt, IRON AFRO i w. IL,
sea. which is the delta OF me me, tIe d,s"rt
| under cultivation up to TN" borders o. 'ii. i
| Tic arabic area cannot be- materially increase
| there But the arabic area in tpp"r Eg N, IN"
| he doubled by artificial rrigatlon wien 'i ~
low aImvial soil which lies lik" a band oi en-
crad between the sterile hills on ';' ". ,r r'
| the vast desert on the west. Lower iFNP, Ma
va,s,,I bv :, network Of canals. ana wien 'h' W
il low they are kept full by langnld oven ''r a.
| little watcr-whccls, which hit the mn t,red
them Sometimes not even oxen ~! WYNN 80,
! hmt two men swinging q basket dip the "".'i ~
and throw il into the canals Wv ,h. NATIVES
though slow and primitive art lin L;h ,Ln Brit.
! better than the pumping engine VIM ~, ,,naI.
ii" trv 10 establish among the field, ana 'h' c,n,'
| and the work of reforming me ~ TL.
methods of Egypt Is SLOW an" NOT b. abb 10
| st.hli.h q numping engine anyway OH I" .: -
the cost The British have formed 'o 'r',,.i y,
'niS Ti1h trim for fine establishment OF bis
| CENTRAL pumping station on the Me- anu Until
| river Is low and the cana run "" ,l an ,i,no.f
FARMERS ''m This will ibera,c thousand. ol
men and oxen who now cmrloyrn ~ "n.t"J
! the water in the dry season II ni'H = iunI.
| chat will become of them. The al-"i = t ' in,
M, ,r;u ro 10 Upper Egypt. whcrr th" gr',' W.
crease in the area of III" arani" IAN" WI W. hnrdan
demand for farm laDorrls an" Inner Ttypt i.
,rehrnsiye one the details Of Wi'ich hnl' Tn
npnnarcd bv competent ENGLISH rhthI'''s, ,,,I
| Eroe farmers of Egypt have AREA, ,rc and
In .v.tcms of irrigation and aerlcHit ~ '',
,Ln returns are enormous. N j. ollIN Wv 'r,. nf
OHIO cling 10 the old methods but me " ,,,n, far
! civilization is becoming TOO @''"' "''''
'i'Tnh e writer saw up the Nile an iilnS'ia''oI
how difficult it is 10 maxi IL" y i@rl'" temple
,"o. hcinr fxcavatcd in The santi. ION. ;, ,hcr
Led men were scraping the "ar'ii UP wr, II
hmds placing il in baskets and men 'n'In 10 and
laN ILL., heads TO dump into the Nile" liri a t.
thern were taskmast"r,, Just az thr' wv -, 'r,,,nr
DAYS Of Moses, who ENCOURAGED me 'n' ,lcir bare
5ctNnS Vow England Yankee was in charge o'
the work and the writer SAM ,u,o,ic,u work
Why do Won. an cntrrpri'Ins A,' 1hnrnis and
in this way? Why don't 70" s'' ''o''''
hav' got shovcls and whcclbar,ow, n Thr r
piled, %but the men will not use TIN, '"' ,;ays Of
| poo,ors worked in this way III 'ih' Jay
ancestors vi ~; .n;tc of ALI NV efforts. they mSl-'
Ram"-cs, a," u =" n"w Shovc- and wheelharIowS
a ,EcW absolutely refuse TO touch irr r.pidly,
''' b cotton crop Of Egypt Is increasing , ~
| me co, n,;.ii are dnvoting much attention 10
a ana TN" "lan,ng Sine the British occupation r '
crop OF c" G o"alitv much resembling our own
ton Is Oh NV, o,,nr iii up in the cofton-giowins
G.t is' small railroads benz b@ or TNSi"G
ones eN,'h"'I y, o,n never he 30 again, but ~ II
the woridi nd f. Ne again a country FURNISHING;
i arec Supplies from its fertile s9 mat, IT IN w te
soon be able 10 play Il coi', ', un,d bowcycr.