New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-13
ENGLAND IN EGYPT.
SINCE THE OCCUPATION SYNONYMOUS ON THE
NILE WITH GOOD GOVERNMENT.

SINCE THE OCCUPATION SlNON MOOo O-' iii'
NILE WITH GOOD GOVERNMENT.
TO the Editor The Tribune.
sir: After residence Of five months in Cairo. with
travel here and there up and down the Me- ieit
that interesting country with the fixed behef tha'
England Is Egypt's salvation. The civilization wmch
English cleanliness and discipline. In personal as wen
as military ways has brought into that lahu OF Ino'
and filth cannot be estimated In TACT the EhShs"
have established standard OF living and OF manners
acnow edged in greater less degree by NATIONS Oh
all classes even the fanaticaly inclined MusslmaiS
are sensible OF the lifting OF their daily lives Into an
atmosphere of hope and security brought about by 'e
English occupation.
since the occupation" Is phrase rs sighh'a"' !"
the mouths OF Egyptians, native or adopted IL 10 ''
American before the war;" and Is In frequent use
wherever any serious conversation goes. The writer
has found cleverer gamins the world over 'ha"
Fcyntian donkey boys: and cleverer observers, or
ouckcr wittcd and frankcr mouthcd opinions In tat
land Of mixed dpl0macieS do not oHch come 10 ""u'
One may gain in three or four months daily morning.
donkey wanderngS in highways and byways OF o'iro
and It's outlying points OF Interest many sueh6h'
views Of tho true state OF social and political ie from
n cevcrwittcd donkey-boy or dragoman, that lie
ot @Shcpherd's', or among the foreign residents OF
observing tourists would DO unnotlceable ana I'M
guessed at.
A. n triNIng instance Of the qnlckness that many
nntivo Egyptians exhibit, the writer, who noucen III
the By ways OF Cairo especially so much OF the ever
present ophthamIa which renders hdeo'is ana fright
fh the otherwise handsome faces OF men, women anu
children in all the region OF the Nile. asked the 'a
handsome boy OF eighteen years, her most frequent
attendant. why 1t that his eyes were S" clear
and bright and free from the loathsome disease on
sIgnora.r he replied :" since English come, 90 Ike
English pcople-wash my eyes every day, and all my
face my eyes We're bad before knew English people
before Ient TO be donkey boy with my uncle at
| . CHI a. m md face are gOOI
as English peoples. and my clothes, too'-meanns
they were clcanhis long blue gown ana gay jacket,
as Indeed they were. even to the natty SILK scari
twisted about the universal fcz on bis sbapey head
! The writer recalls the words OF Sgnor Luigi gen
cr,in-chIcf at Caro's famous hostcry when asked to
| provide dorkcys for first trip ID Ch"ops "since
the occupation.' he replied, rriages h'v" become
the comfortable means Of going everywhere. AIDING
his belief that who ever went to Chiz"h ana
back on a donkey would care TO Ignore the carnage
! drive In future. Yes; carriages came IN WIN 'ne
"cccuImtIon.r Even the Khcdlvc's harcm took theif
alrings asrdc Of donkcys until that dawn oi hod'r'
civilization. The Consular Courts, too. are an out
crop o, "occupationn advancement. and foreigners
need no longer fear the rapacity or vengeance
| Ignorant or malicious tarbarians-yea barbariahs
for Egypt shows In thousand ways and at a ,n ,
sand points the uplifting ana rrhn,ns, ,nd mi.
~ It's cylliler, and pfoI"cl"rN-th% Engnsn Inn, IN,
writer left Egypt Mn inc MAr s" ven 'a III rn ss
chiefs and rc,iientsl that the then khdlve Irwhh
| e., ma, genial and aniahr man and ruler. would no
be sur. 81 his head twenty four hours after, should
| the English withdraw. IL. q,
! -, whatever Disadvantages may 90 along with th'
continued occupatlon' land The writer ind 10 80, -,
amy Disadvantage. though carefully sought torl tg p
| nav we'll ~ clet her pride to native government
n 1910 and accept gratefully the und gusd blessing
OF "a lust aud noble AN occupation by a forcig'
nation n the world has ever seen.
W.. in America. found one English occupation
| I'm ante Revolution days quite another thing ~nc
| ihon the English have learned something LII" an
liberty and prosperity sur" Of n chanr" now II
country The kh.-iiv". who would do wisely no
ia De- made a eats paw by native or foreign III
trig1irs. ~ l. w.
Ncw York. Feb :, 1893.