The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22


fought his way down were encountered with
tho bodies Of dead and dying dervishes. No
dervish spear pierced the live and quiyering flesh
Of a PROSTATE but still conscious Gordon, for he
breathed his last he turned TO face his last
sailant half raised his sword TO strike, and fell
dead with his face 10 heaven We arc told that tho
Mahdi had desired TO spare ordon's life and that
he was extremely angry with the dcrvishes who
came to tell him OF the murder. Neufeld says that
during my twelve years among all shades Of
people OF the Soudan, mover heard a single word
against Gordon, nor did hear one until camo
among his own flesh and blood" And again:
1T Is men like Gordon. who though not preaching
religion, yet practise II in their every act whom
tho Soudnn requires. Ask any one in the Soudan
what is his opinion about Gordon and he will TO
ply, Gordon was not Christian he was a true
Mosem: no Christian could be so good and Just
as he was and believe that this saying or esti-
mato OF him emanated from the Mahdi himself.
draw your particular attention to the word Just.
which proves that in the eyes of the Mahdists and
Soudanese alike, his Justice ranked with his good
ness" The following example Of the esteem in
which Gordon was held Is taken from Christian
source: my friend Nahoum Abbaice, when no
reached Cairo prepared q petition which he had
intended to forward TO h5 Majesty. tho Queen.
asking that tho British Government should TO
s'oro port oi mo ioi'uho accuhuiaeu ny MN
during his twenty-t three years residence In tho
Soudan His argument was that, trusting 70 Cor
don, he had delayed in Khartoum until Col Stew
arts departure was arranged for, when, acting on
the advice of Gordon he sold of his goods, reolz
ing but half their value. accepted Gordon bonds in
payment, bought boat as no ono then would
hire out set of with Stewart. and WAS captured
by the dervshes. This would not have happened
had not the commander Of the gunboat disoboyed
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scene teaiiy 70 appfeeia'eiI huineo' Dioken oo"h
III hea''n, 'oo ON " MAKO ho" e'oi. II, '''', III,
eyes io"' 'hei uuhhes" anu shs'oheu os 'o u'eo"eu
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Nv.
In his discussion OF the past present and fu-
ture Of the Soudan, Neufeld avers that the his
tory Of the country may be said TO begin with the
date Of It's partial conquest by Mehemet All, the
Viceroy Of Egypt ITO go further back than
this would DO to compile from various sources,
nil,, lsaa ina a IN
which. where not misleading would be worse
than useless to tho wouldbe correct historian
Even the recent history Of the benightcd country
has from force Of circumstances, been compiled
from sources not the most reliable, and II Is ex-
tremely difficult for the moment 70 sift tho facts
from the legends" The Soudnn, In short, Is
still an unknown land Small tribes have
been magnincd into nations and petty
chiefs and sheikhs into kings and sultans whose
exalted position was nttested by the possession
Of a few more sheep goats donkeys and slaves
than were owned by their neighbora No single
tribe or sheikh ever had supremacy over all the
others Zubeir was within an ace OF making
himself the Sultan OF the Soudan when he accepted
an invitation to visit Cairo; that was twenty-five
years ago, and he Is still detained in Lower Egypt
The Soudan was nothing more or less than col
lection Of little commonwealth; occasionally
number Of these would acknowledge allegiance
TO one particular head man. and in such instances
the nation" may have boosted almost as large
population as some small provincial town In Eng
land That such instances were rare Is proved
by the facility with which Mohammed Ahmed
tho Mahdi, and Abdullahi, the Khalifa, SGT the
various sections of tribes fighting among them
selves When Mehemet Ali extended his ruio
to the Soudan and when, later lsmhl Pasha
undertook to enlarge his dominons In that direc-
ton, they each took advantage of the chronic
anarchy prevailing in the Soudan to further their
schemes But the tribes soon found that, by
submitting to Egyptian authority. they had but
stepped from the frying-pan into the hre and
they waited patiently for the strong man who
was to rescue them from their thradom To the
detested Turks From the time when what the
Soudanese called the Turk" rule was established
until the rebellion OF 1882, nothing whatever was
done to develop the natural resources OF the coun-
try. The only trade tho officials fostered was
the traffic in slaves, who were invariably drawn
from peaceful and agricultural districts: the adult
male population Of whole sections was swept
away in the raids organized to supply the harems
OF Arabia, Algeria, Egypt and Turkey with
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