The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-05

ing, ana she herseu The hhelf3pI a Egypt,
mobbed by crowds of Mother OF Abbds.
women, some of whom demanded their
sons. others their husbands, and others
again their brothers.
Khedive Ismail, who is still alive and a
prisoner of the sultan at ConStantinople
obtained his throne by bringing about the
death of his elder brother. The latter was
killed by the special train on which he
was journeying from Cairo To Alexandria
falling into the Nile at kanr-el-Zavat. the
drawbridge having been left designediy
open The director of the railways, who
VAS responsible for this negligence. was
Nubar pasha, who was obliged to ily from
the country at the time, but who was re-
called and made prime ~ mister and ioaded
with honors Immediately on lsmail's sue
cessiou 10 the throne. The household of
the young khedIve il aitogeth her oriental IN
its constitution. ana At Cairo, as IN Nor
Deco. the chief eunuch occupies one of the
very highest offices al the realm.
Nor is Nubar by any means the only
Ervptian statesman whose record IS omen
10 question. Thus. for instance, the pres
ent prime min lister. Rlaz PaCha. spent the
early wears of has life a. an inmate of the
harr,n of that monster, khedive Anhas l.,
and whilst / was IA Cairo. fifteen years
AGO. old Cherif pasha, who was prime
minister at the time. was called upon bv
Rtay pacha, who held the position III min
ister Of the interior. TO dismiss and punish
his European secretary Tor holding him
mn to ridicule. The secretary, who Was u
very skilfui artist, hal drawn pen aud
ink sketch of RiaE, representing him in
the suise of a NautCh girl III the act of
dancing thereby calling attention TO the
early career OF the pacha. The caricature
had been posted IN in The smoking room
of the khedivial Club and for few day =
was the talk of Cairo.
Another OF the khedive's advisers. Mus
fnnha Pacha fehmi, who UP tail q few
weeks ago occupied a seat in the cabinet
indeed. he held the position of premier
is known to have been one of the two
amberlains of khediye lsmail, who as
concerned in the killing OF Mustapha
Pacha Sadyk by the orders of their mas
ter. Mustapha Fehmi Is a very handsome
man and, few years ago. young English
girl of excellent family ana considerable
fortune who Was spending the winter AZ
Caro- became infatuated with him II the
extent of promising 10 become his wife
When she discovered that he had acted 10
ali lnten.s and purposes as one OF the exc
rut,oners of Saiyk Pscha she broke oil
The match. II l cite these few cases, II -
merely for the purpose OF showing that
not one of the native advisers Of the yoGn <
lhp,iiye Is a man Of amin peacbahle record.
Indeed they are, one ana ail, stained with
what We Western people would regard as
crime, and under the circumstances II IS
ohytousiv idle To expect any manifestation
of high moral principle on their part.
Nor are the Europeans with whom the
tbsaive chooses to surround himself Of
much better character. They are mostly
adyauturers who have left Europe for the
iatter's good aud who are what NAV be
described as men with story attached %
their names Among the nosi prom inent
OF them Is al Italian, a Mi4anese oy blFtA,