New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
A BIOGRAPHY OF EMIN PAcHA-

piled from His Journhy; aen,s nv Ceorg
scSweit1er. With an IntroductlSn By o 4; W.
Fsn.in. NJ D. a r. 5 III e. sss sn Westminster
2 sssSS dRP Constable 4 Co Sew-YOrh' Hadley
a Mathews
Our knowledge Of TIE famous Governor u
Eouatoria has hitherto been derived iro"i
others NOT from himself The knife Of the as
sassin cut short his life before his own account
a, q could be written These volumes. how
ever. IN a measure make good this loss anu
therein lies their chief value. Emin's diaries
were preserved even to the last pages WHICH
were found in Kasongo when 1t was captured
by Dhanis. and these together with his letters
have enabled the author TO give to his work
worry largely the effect Of an autobiography II
60 an authoritative record OF a remarkable man
and an extraordinary career.
Herr Schweitzer's own contributions TO the
narrative are restricted mainly to the explains"
tions and additions made necessary by the gaps
IN the autobiographic material. The introouc-
tory chapters Emin's career prior W i''
departure for Africa are brief, put they "i
interesting as indicating the early deVeiopiie"'
of the qualities Of his mind and character WHO"
later became so conspicuous. They snow III n
word. clearly that he was scholar rather IMAM
= man ~ action. and that he also possessed
IN a marked degree the sensitive ana erra'0
..rn.rsment of a dreamer and recluse one
ensode IN particular is typical Of this SIDE OF ms
nature He entered the Turkish service III IoV''
obtaining the piece Of quarantine meulcai oi-
Acer at Antivari and In 1870 became mefnper
OF Ismai Haiku Pacha's family, snarlhs HIS
exile at Trebizond. and later retirement d.
Jannina and securing incidentally the aneo
tons OF his young wife. On the dea'n Vi lsii"''
Enoin took care of the widow and brought her
dan ia n
Ne,sse. passing her off as Frau Schnitzer hs
German nance. Nine. Haiku, 1t seems Wah'eu
70 acquire this name and title in legal way
tut F,min his biographer tells us. mad an UNI
.urnountable horror Of matrimony.' Besides
q not unimportant consideration FOR thrH''
German-"he seems to have found the support
., eleven nersons far more than he could man
eoe" The charms Of the widow were evidently
not great enough to outweigh these obJectons'
and Em,n solved the practical problem mus
nreeented In q characteristic way. on Sep'em-
n.r 1s 1879 he went to "visit some friends at
rreslau" and Neisse and the would-be FRAU
schnitzer saw him no more forever! He turned
nm q few weeks later in Cairo, and soon alter III
Kbartoum 1t is pleasant to learn that shortly
before his death he caused to be PAID 70 the as
consulate Nine. Haiku IAN amount sufhcleh'V
large to cover his personal travelling expenses
during the time they were travelling tosetner :
This somewhat ignominious flight into Egypt
was the turning point In his career
He arrived In Khartoum in December lS'o'
entirely without means, and Tor time sup
rorted himself by practice as physician But
IN the following March word came from Gordoh
for Emin to meet him at Lado, and on his ar
rival he was appointed Government MedlcaI IN
snector Of the Equatorial Provinces II is salo
that he took the place OF a retiring neolcai
officer of Gordor's named Emin Effendi, fact
which is supposed TO have suggested TO MIN the
adoption of the same name. However that ihay
be. his baptismal name. Eduard Carl OscAr
Theuior Schnitzer, was never Thereafter useo DS
him. He evidently wished to forget ana 10
,eava others in ignorance OF the fact, that he
was a German-indeed at Cairo he gave II out
that he was Turk educated in Germany! So
carefully. In fact did he for years play the role
Of a Turk that every Friday one would see
him going to the mosque where he would reclte
the prescribed prayers" and it is said that there
was nothing in his face or bearing that betrayed
his German ORIGIN Almost on his arrival In the
Soudan Gordon began to employ him in political
missions-with the records of which the ex-
tracts from his diary begin-and on the removal
of Gordon's successor, Ibrahim Fauzi he was at
Dr. Junker's suggestion. appointed Governor OF
the Equatorial Provinces. He at once began 70
organize their administration, checked the nos
tile activities Of the Danagla, or Nubian irregu-
lars extended the territory under his control
,o.onooted agriculture strengthened friendly re-
laaions with the native tribes and. In brler
guided the Equatorial Territory into unex'
pected paths Of order and prosperity" In these
labors for the good Of mankind and FOR science
the nobler qualities Of the man found expression
and the record which he made during more thar
a decade as a pioneer Of civilization has justly
placed him high In the ranks Of the heroes VINO
have toied for the regeneration Of Africa
Into the details of his administrative an(
scientific work and his travels. with which thu
book abounds. 1t Is impossible to enter. We car
only glance at the catastrophe which at once
bereft him of the reward of his labors and OBJ
liberated from the regions he had ruled al
traces Of his benehcent activity In 1881
Mahonet Ahmed announced himself as thu
.Mahdi. and his cause shortly victorious
throughout the soudan. from EQuatoria &c
suakin. Premonitory signs of this rising, which
soon entirely cut Enin off from Egypt. were OBJ
served from Equatoria early in 1882 though
steamers continued to come occasionally from
Khartoum until March. 1883. But with the re-
turn OF the boat. which arrived on the 10th OF
that month, Emns isolation in the heart o,
Africa was complete. The storm soon threat
ened TO burst upon him too. and he found II
necessary to yield to circumstances and tc
make his peace with the Mahdi He sent q
deputation with an offer of submission but as
a matter of fact the threatened incursion never
came off. In the Arabs. however. whom the
Mahdfs success lad excited. Emin found dan.
gerous enemy. and their attacks. with the OBJ
vious abandonment Of the Soudan by the Egyp
tan Government. led him to leave the northern
part of his province and withdraw to Wadelai
INSTRUMENTATION among his officers and por
ton of his troops was soon added to his othe,
difficulties, and to crown all came in February
1856. dispatch from Egypt-"a cool business