New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-24

not an Islamite, his father. Ibrah'm PacAa. ana
his grandfather Mehcmet All. having been Mace
DOMAIN Greeks who deserted Christianity for the
sake Of Advancement in the Turkish Army Is
mail was brought 10 France in 1913 by his father
- receive French education and author
lzod 10 attend the classes at the Polytechnic. lie
spcnt every Thursday evening at the Tueres
and generally dned with the royal family on
sundays lie had been seven years in Paris
when I'm iSi9 lis education thought TO be
completed and he was recalled to Egypt. His So
jaurn ooincided with the ferment into which the
railway movement, by exciting greed 10 the ut
most. had thrown all France. This was the hid
don cause Of the revolution OF lSiS which Ismail
witnessed He was attached to Louis Philippe.
whose trickines. recommended itself to him. and
benefited by his lessons when he returned TO
Cairo IsmaH whom used often to see AZ the
Grand Hotel when he was an exile here. rather de-
solseI Louis Napoleon for letting himself be fet-
tered by gratitude T. his fellow-workers in the
coup d't,at. Louis Philippe was never grateful
10 n soul He was from 1888 to 1915 the pensioner
of England which allowed him regularly 5000
year. and gave him large sums besides for secret
service work. But he forgot all about these
favors directly he restored to the family APP
manages and honors-as he forgot in 1880 the
benefits heapcd upon him by Charles y, whom he
supplanted.
Ismoil being learned in mathematics and all
the sciences that could in his time be taught IN
France. Thought he was better qualified to reign
In Egypt than his uncles. said and Aooas-bo'h
Younger sons Of Mehemet. tan. lie was the eldest
son 81 the eldest son. The youthful Comte de
Paris figuring as Prince Royal and taking the
precedence ~ his uncles. most Of whom We're
heads 81 families was an object lesson on which
h. pondered. He went back to Egypt fun Of the
idea II substituting the European order OF sue
cesslon for the Mahometan. which Is the more
lust inasmuch as IL gives power the eldest liv-
ing prince Of the dynasty ami not u the eldest
son COR his eldest son) Of the last ruler Ism1ll
was closely watched by the English agent AZ
Cairo. and, his intrgues being reported to SAID,
had a narrow escape from being Dow-sttuhF;
French influence 10 which he appealed. saved
HIM He was sent out OF the country on the pre-
text OF missions To the Pope and 10 Louis Ndpo-
leon Said died. and Abbas reigned in his stead,
and Ismail aided nature to get rid OF him. too.
His uncle Hahn. who was his junior. was next
/ heir To him was given great once III uISVHar =
ing the duties OF which 1t was expected ne wou''
expose himself 10 grave charges ana suspicious
Ismail. being determined that his own SON. rev
fix. should be heir-apparent Went on EuiopeaiiI t
ing in all directions Hahn. nor 10 We , uu,
stripped. had only wife. lie eventually went
/ to live at Constantnople with her because ne
lived at Cairo in constant fear OF being
! The cotton famine in Manchester. caused ny We
/
| income hvefold or more. He was ma, IN
! t. grasp with one hand and throw away Win we
other such men ara hard. unemouohai p'oS go,
prodigals. The one redeeming feature on ms reis,
| was the great regard in which he held General Ia.
| Gordon. and the single masterpiece uuc ~ '
! profuson was Verdis opera or "Aldd -.
II was Ismail's intention To cheat MS creuI.oi ,
when the cotton plantations Of Egypt returned
10 their normal value But the money-kihss Oh
Paris and London were too strong .or null u,
The dual control was estabilshed' n e't - ~ aH
t.1..n ,s.a1
| stead the passive Tcwhk lsnail had. however
provided for the rainy day lie had invrs' e, a
| large fortune In various kinds Oh EUROPEAN uo.
! eminent bonds. As exile. ne pleaueu poNer'!
| and was most careful about his money. lie must
| have been the grandson OF some 'ireek pIlgahu'
His attitude. his eyes. his speech shoWen MN ~
| me- cre,tlir, of prcv lie sympathiZed with
scoundrcls and yet could sympathiHe with saints
! GJrdons company. he said gave MN tne ,l.u-
sion of being in heaven me eN-hhtulVes I.iis
| fish limited ana unsrahhatl'dl as nol
/ lon's French: still the willy LeNantne Prince
| discernel In the talk OF the soldier nai' y, W
| genius and Of astounding ORIGINALITY p,a vol
don ever strike him as madF asked. 49,,
! He was no more mad lhan Moses, MahOnet oi
Jesus lie was an idea!ist. as they Were III. :
tic as they WERE and re graV.taten rouw'l , ~
He could no more help gong TO GOO man nan ,''I
e,rth can helm turning round the sun. HIS Did
French was as interesting as MS Sood EhsIIsii,
Ismail used to say that Bismarck hao one si hin
| source of strength; he had pitted against MN
men hound by conventionaities. for whitA nc
had no respect and did not rear peins caheu
| brute. boor or scouhuiel 90 -, ,rh. -
I the abest statesman he had ever ut| ne nieI
Who rane after him he thought merely clever
t,irketers Bismarck doubled them up. and h
and they brought Italy To the verge OF bank
ruptcv by increasing her army ana Initiating hel
credit 10 keep IT up - . .,
crs,i things come from great heart unite,
ia \ great mind, Ismail's mind was of common
order. though cultivated TO tn" highest point
The cafe chantant. the opera bOuhe. the Boule
| ,orl actress the French upholsterer. were pat
rnuized by the KheIiye. Bravay, the original -
"A Nabob" hal contract for furnishing TN
! Khsllve's palaces. The sub-contractor whom II
en,plsyed was Nine. Alpnonse Daudets father
Ismail often revisited Paris under the Empire
He came for the Exhibition OF 1867. lie ceased
that year to believe-lf he ever did believe-in IN
urability Of the French Empire, and sent nj
sons to study al Berlin military schools, ana =
Woolw!ch. instead Of to the Poly iechnlc. nj
sale Of shares In the Suez Canal Company