Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-02
THE PlNCHLECK HAROUN,


greater position than that which Is
mail Pasha, grandson OF Mehemet All
and hereditary ruler OF Egypt, Occu-
pied IN 1861. He was not Yet forty. and
though he possessed neither the state
craft OF his grandfather, the Albanian
tobaceonist's SON. who SO nearly re-
built the Khalif0te on the ruin Of the
house OF Gilman. nor the genius for
battle OF his terrible father lbrahlm,
he has made himself as conspicuous u
position In the Mussulman world. a
man OF daring, with some large Ideas,
and absolutely interruptions. he had
gained for himself u repute among all
ottomans and Arabs which revived the
splendid traditions of the only Khalif
stlll known to Europeans, the magnih-
cent, willful and murderous Haroun at
Raschheed.
Egypt. owing to It's wealth and it's
history. looms large IN the imagination
of the east, and 1small had made him
self as much master In Egypt as any
STAKEHOLDER OF the Southern states was
ever master of his own estate. owing
partly TO his descent, but chiefly, as
we believe, to Just comprehension OF
his inner and perfect callousness, he was
regarded by the people with q slavish
awe which, during his reign, was never
broken by the most momentary oppo-
sltiOn. His pnshas dreaded him as one
who could enrich them with word,
or with a word send them to die OF
ennui or OF coffee in the deserts OF
Upper Egypt; his soldiers obeyed him,
though they were expended In thou
sands ON frultless expeditions in the
Sedan. and his people the most
tremendous stretches of authority
without even a thought OF resistance.
When during the American cotton FAM
Inc. he trebled their taNaton when
he took over for for himself at nearly
mammal Patau .AF4-nfth pT tho ~
Egypt. aud Nhen lie issue1 ,he nirht-
ful order shat tho Suca Canal should be
compleacd by forced labor, and II IL be-
lieved killed out more than one hundred
thousand peasants by oyerwork and OPP
preston he was equally obeyed With
out resistance. and even without muir
muring. He was probably. indeed. In
their eyes a second solomon or Ras-
cheed, too splendid, too potent, and too
wise for human energy to oppose.
Instructed In all the instruction OF a
French ycee, fun OF projects to in
crcasr his own glory" and that OF his
country, he had surrounded himself,
like Haroun. with men OF intellectual
| ability, though II was ability Of DIFF
fcrent kind. Where Hnroun built mos
! quos he built theaters, whore Haroun
created gardens he established expert
mental farms, and instead OF liaroun'a
astrologcrs poets and makers OF ro-
| gneers. nntiquarians and ministers to
the Partisan kinds OF pleasure. He
seemed TO have obtained the purse of
| Fortunatus Immensely rich while the
price of cotton lasted, he had learned
the secret of European state debts, and
| In thirteen years borrowed and spent Il
| hundred millions sterling. lie spent
too 80 royalty II Is probable that he
| had no more conception OF what money
| meant that the Emperor Jehangeer OF
India, who expended years revenue
| OF his empire on a tomb for favorlte
| wife, or than MIR. Taskcr when he
| agreed to give 10000 pounds for three
or four reputedly famous diamonds.
| At all events, he never allowed con-
| sideraton Of expense to stand In the
| way OF his Will and the stories told OF
| his lavlshneHs to favoritcs, to advisors.
TO foreign courts. and to an endless
| tribe of faterera, scribes and agents In
| procuring European PLEASURES are al
| most Incredible We remember hear
| ing forty years ago OF payments for
| machines to refine sugar to the extent
| of 100000 pounds which were never
: used: he bought his rank MS khedive,
and firman granting succession to his
: sons, instead Of his brothers, by an ex-
! pendlture In hribes OF 100000 pounds:
! and he might have torn up the nc-
counts OF his opera house as Louis XIV
| tore up the accounts of Versailles, in
| very shame Of his own extravaganza.
lie was probably plllaged by every
man whom he employed, from his Mo-
| fetish. or chancellor OF the eNcheque,
who stole three million to the smallest
! agent IN Paris who forwarded n set of
! mirrors or a dancing troupe, and he
mover grumbled at demand. His pro-
! fusion excited among men who knew
nothing OF stock exchanges admlraN1n
such as was felt 5000 years before Tor
Solomon; and when he invited the
kings OF the world to be present at the
opening OF the Suca Canal. he seemed
1 10 all Mohammedans the greatest, or
at least the most splendid. ruler OF
| their faith Whether he Intended to
use this impression, and calling the
Arabs to arms to strike for the Rha-
| hrs throne, Will never now be known,
but 1t II certain that Constantlnople
/ thought he did. and regarded him with
a furious Jeasousy that never slept.
which even his magnificent brides
were powerless to allay and three yeara
after Induced the sultan to keep him n
I state prisoner, and to refuse him per-
! mission even to die upon the soil Of
I Egypt.-London Spectator.