The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-25
RULE OF THE RENEGADES.
D.serers from Civilization Often Lead Sayages Against
Their Own People.

the counselOrS OF the False Prophet, hae
finally incurred tie latter's dispieasure
and been buried alive.
Servants of the sultan.
Roth in Egypt and 10 Turkey there are
1Cite 1 large number OF pashas. most DE-
Nout Aohammedans, who are nothing
more nor less than European renegade.
Thus Omar Pssha. the most distlnguisAed
Turkish General OF the present century.
was an Austrian by birth. and has served
m ire Austrian army under the name Of
Aikail Won Lattas- Old Cherif Pasha. who
Eas on numerous occasions Prime Minis
Ter and Regent Of Egypt was n son OF
that French General. &c Selves, who -
organized the army OF Mehemet All on
european footing and embraced NOLAN
mechanism with the object Of Increasing
his influence over his troops. One or tho
most interesting renegades OF this Kind
that nave ever met was old Sefer Pasha,
whose real name was Count Kosciclskv.
ana who, while holding the rank OF Lieu
tenant Colonel in the Prussian Army, had
the misfortune 20 kill IN a duel his com
handing officer. Count Kleist. This led
nm to expatriats himself. and jolnins
The Turkish Army. he distinguished him
self during the Crimean war as a mem
Der of the staff Of the Turkish command
er-in-chief, Omar Pasha Subsequently
the Count. who had meanwhile BECOME a
convert 10 Accommodation undCr TIE
name Of Sefer Pasha, transferred this
services TO khedive Ismail OF Eyyp.
whom he used invariably 10 accompany
to the mosque on Friday, practlS-
ing the Nohammodan rites In the
most devoUt manner when IN Egypt Dur
ing his annual stays. however. at his an
ceStrai castle of Perstein, in Austria, the
old reprobate who maintained on the
banks Of the Nile magnificent hsrem.
with its complement OF eunuchs and
odalisques. would make A point OF attend
ing mass every Sunday, inviting the
Bishop &nd the parish priest 70 Aianer,
and pretending 90 take an active interest
IN the religious instruction and welfare
of the numerous villages on his Austrian
estates. lie died a few years ago al his
castle and was buried as a Christian
Had his demise occurred in Egypt ha
WeGld without doubt have been inferred
according TO Iohammedan rites.
Among other celebrated renexades OF
this kind l may mention the name OF
Mehemet Ali Pasha, who, after taxing a
leading part in the last TUrko-RusslGn
war, was sent By the Sultan as one of the
Ottoman plenipotentiaries 20 the Berlin
congress OF 1878. His diplomatic prarogc-
tiyes alone saved him from being ARRESTED
on that occasion by the Prussian military
authorities as a deserter. having at one
time held a commission as Lieutenant IN
the Third Regiment of Foot Guards. II
may he remembered that he was assassi-
mated d couple Of years after the congress
in Albania.
Europeans Lead savages.
The French have often complained that
during their interminabe wars with the
natives on the West Coast of Africa
they have Invariably found their enemies
armed and equipped with war material
of German manufacture. And In at least
six instances German ex-non-commis-
stoned officers were captured while In the
act Of directing the military operations
Of the natives against the French. AS
these eayages Of Western Africa are re-
nowned for their blood-thirstiness. hu.
man sacrifice and cannibalism beina
almos. universal. Gen. Dodds, in com
mand Of the French forces, deserves
good deal OF credit for not having these
Germans shot instead of sending them
back under arrest to France, where they
were liberated on their arrival
Everyone knows that during the last
war between the English and the great
Matabele tribe under King Lobengula
the later owed much TO the advice and
assistance OF an American of the name OF
Whitaker. an eX-seTgeant of the United
States artillery. while during the French
war with Madagascar. several English
men, two of them ex-officers OF the Brit
ish army. were found lighting on the side
of the natives against the French.
When at Hongkong nearly five and
twenty years ago / was introduced bv
Old Sir Arthur Kennedy. the Governor OF
the colony to gorgeously-arrayed naval
officer. who held the rank Of Admiral-in-
Chief of the King OF Slams feet. He
bore an unpronounceabIe Siamese name.
about twenty-fOur syllables In length.
but l aIter"ard discovered that his orig
maj patfonymic was Dupont. He com
menced life as a sailor before the mast
on BOARD French man-of-war One day
Whlie IN port at the Isle de Maurice he
had been unjustly struck by one Of the
o1lcers, and had responded By Telling his
assaliaDt 10 the ground. Realizing that
MS oTense involved the penalty of death.
ne AT once threw himself overheard. and
Was believed By everybody on board the
man-ot-War 70 have been drowned In
stead Of this he managed to swim 10 an
East lndiaman just In the act of raising
anchor, and to Chamber on board After
drifting about from one Indian nort "a
the other ne finally reach a Ranekok
where he entered the Siamese Navy tbeo
IN course Of ton. and soon acquired
hi8h rank and influence. He became a
convert 10 Buddhism. married A Stances
lady by whom he had several sons or-
cupying to-day important Offices In the
kings service. Al his death he was
succeeded as Admiral By another French
qesetter bearing The iilusTiOus name OF
hieheiieu' and scion of the family 10
which the great Cardinal de RicheIfef,
belonged. His French patronymIc h
however, concealed beneath the CLOAK ~
an iaterminabiy long siamess name NE
his predecessor. He has become a con
vert TO buddhism. and Is nov TO such an
extent siamese citizen that ne did NOT
display the slightest conjunction In
training the guns Of his naxshlp uuon
french gunooats when France ana Siam
were on the verge Of var a few years
ago.
Some fomAls a pe.iates.
have known a young Englishman OF
the name OF Mason become TO such a
degree a Chlnaman az 70 loln one ~
those terrible secret societies known b.
the name Of high Binders" II il but
the other day that he memoirs we're
published Of an American soldier OF for
tune who died q fervent Mohammedsn a.
an Afghan chiefn that Wild and fanatic
country. which constitutes TIE buffer
state between England and Russia. in
Asia. while an old Irish LADY Of the name
81 Mrs. Gamma Lincoln. well known ln
the social ana literary circles OF Dublin.
has quite lately taken up her residence a.
Cab5li and become q convert 20 NOLAN
mechanism. she il posseysed OF consider
able wealth. Is over seventy years %
age, and is stated 20 have been Led 10
adopt this extraordinary course By
young Afghan whose Acquaintance she
had made in Europe. ard whom she has
adopted a. Der son In thus sbjgriug
Christianity and becoming late Ia lie a
fuli-Ge1ged Oriental both as regards
creed and NODE OF lie. she Is after ali
only following the example o. tsO Ia
nous English great ladles. namely. Lady
Hester Ssanhope. fayeTlte niece and adopt
&C daughter u Prime Minister Plti. and
me lovely Countess % Peterborough. who