The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08

4 W 4 nave never p~sE ATE 70 discover.
| 1hsfs ~ reason, however 20 believe that
/ apprehension had something TO do with H.
/ For his wife took after her mother. a Turk
ish orIncEss. who LIS asserted to aaye pre-
scntsd 10 her husband or A golden salvsr
the head OF one Of her odalisauss that ne
mad Ventured 10 admire. and who then had
| h.I fastened up in sack and pitched into
tneSe swiftly flowing waters o. the Bos-
! porus which have witnessed so many trag-
scles or the same kind kheiiye Tswfik
Ola not relish the Idea Of sharing the fate
| OF his !ather-in-iag. and chiefly on this ac-
| count restricted his affections exclusively
| 10 the khediviah instead OF taking the us
ual number OF wives allowed by Moham-
nea ana filling his harem with lovely
| slaves IL was this. too, that led him 20
| ooey 20 implicitly her advice. an advice
winch Is accountable for the some what sus-
pleioGs role wh.cs he played a, the time OF
the Arab Instruction In Iss3. Owing 10
tie fact that the khediylah had some near
and dear relatives among the leaders OF
| the rebellion against tbs Europeans she
| induced her husband 10 favor their cause
as much as possible, and his loyalty 10
| England was In consequence TO such an ex-
| tent Questioned in London that In 1858 Lord
Randolph Churchill demanded In parlia-
/ ment thar he should be deposed
With the advent OF Lord Cromer to Cairo.
| however, matters there underwent a
F.. ehange. The khediviah. who Is ex-
| tfemeiy stout woman. entertained the
| warmest affection for the tate Lady Cro-
| tner, the latter had befriendsAd her at times
| during the ra!gn of Isnaii. when no one
| dared TO visit Tewnk's palace for fear of
/ mourning the dispisasure Of his father who
Was eager 10 put hinl out OF the way, and
who hated him. The khediv!ah never for
| got the kindness OF Lady Cronler tMrs
Barring. as she was then, in those days OF
| her peril and of loneliness and the LOYALTY
toward NA rnpiisa W.
came the distinguishing trait OF Khedve
| Texnk was largely due to the friendship
| OF the khediyiah for Lady Cromer and the
kindly. healthy influence which the latter
exercised in the vice regal harem-
= =
Lady Cremer. however. found It imposs,-
BILE to establish relations Of the same kind
with the wife OF the present kh.dive q po-
ientate whom she had known from baby
hood. and on the subject OF whose infant
ais she had oftentimes been consulted by
ms mother. His consort Is not a highly
educated Turkish. great woman. like the
widowed khediviah. but a former odalisque,
or slave, who was merely raised by her
husband TO the rank of wife because she
was the first woman Of his serasllo to az
ford him the Joys OF fstherhood. She is a
relatively ignorant woman. possessed OF no
intellect or breeding, and Is entirely subject
TO the influence OF a Russian woman estab-
isshed at Cairo. and married 10 an Italian.
the intrlgues Of this lady being largely re-
sponsble for the antagonlsfic attitudeAof
the young khedive toward the English
In Abyssinia woman Is likewise the chief
factor. For il Is the empress who is by far
the most important parsonage: her infiu-
ence over the negus Is unboundec. and he
consuiis her In everything that he does
prefarring her advice TO that or everybody
else. Indeed 1t Is TO her clever statesman
snip that is ascrihed the extraordinary
manner in which he succeeded in not only
freeing himself from the protectorate OF
King Humbert but likewise in driving the
Italians out of his land. All those who have
visited his 6ominions are united In deglar-
Ing that she is far and away the most i'm
portant figure iii the conremporaneous his
tory of Abyssinia. and that she Is far mora
dreaded by the people and by the great
chieftains than her husband, whose intel
leet in spite Of his alleged iineal descen,
from King solomon. and from the biblical
queen OF Sheha. is universally admitted 10
be distinctly inferior to her own.
g =
The British authorities In India have al
WAYS found the begums. or sovereign prin-
cesses Of the Deccan far more difficult peo-
pie to deal with than the maharaiahs and
native kings. And both the great duke Of
Wellington and Lord Give are on record as
declaring THAI the hegums had offered a
more stubborn resistance TO the English
conquest ~ Hindoostan than any OF the
more celebrated Indian potentates. II Is
likewise an undenlahie fact that In she
present day, in times past. the native
states subject TO feminine rule are more
wisely governed and more progressively
Administered than those controlled by male
soversigns. True. some ~ .he hegums
have achieved an unenviahie celebrity for
cruelty and none OF them seem 10 have
erred on the side Of lenieney. But with all
that their don1tnions have always been su-
pof;or so far as prosperity and the masn-
ttnauce 81 order are concerned. 20 those Of
their neighhoring brother chiefs
Everyone knows how for the last thirty
years the dowager empress 81 China has
exercised sovereign sway at Picking bend
Ing 10 her ogn Will every one even states
men OF such acknowledge skill and world
wide fame as Prince kung the late Mar
outs Tserr and old Ii Hung Chang Start
Ing Nfe AZ mere slave girl. with nothing
IN ;ho form e faratiy prestige or influence
or even of extraordinary beauty % assist
. har she has managed by dEnt OF tenac!ty
az purpose and sszteSraft TO secure and re-
tain supreme power over an empire Of co.
eas<a % human beings. and On her birth
eay the other day the eour; % Picking
treated 10 ;hs altogether unn~ecsdenfei
aa& astounding spectacle ~ the emperor
himself performing the act ~ kotow. or
-abaxenent. before the ex-slsve xiii.
who rs aIi even BIS FratA@Tt hot mercy Il
deputy wife 81 oae OF his predecessors on
ths throne.
Like the empress 3ogaEer 81 China. the
empress II Japan Is ci1ildiess, and 0hatee-
er ehllsrea the mikate has are the osT-
spring - members % hts Immense seTagisa.
II mention this = = because IL tne orient
chflsslessEssS is regarded ss almost q ernie
on tie part Of wogs5en, sn3. az the mere
sact taaf the TWO eaapTesSes C; China sni
lsuan srantf n .9ita II tsss 9raNhzck
have acquired such pYe dominant influence.
sseaks volumes for the3r cte@eTDess IRE
esT p-Sss e Japan s * every srrse * the
WORT a remarkable Hcgnzu Ner husbands
rssesf sswArlaus and snfgSgaresf counsellor.
ara responsible n 8o susaA measure fev
sae astounding prosTFzs ard &@<T.eDsT7ea;
~ s r,rsfeTu ana wSssSTa sens a. faa I4arti
es ire Rising sssn- 1ntes3 Z 12psn IS %
sav s,-r.z-sx gF tss fr9sIt rank x csvfZat'era.
according ~ western teas IL r. a1i,e So
frsca .ssse IA Empress h&gsS@ - Isss
ua.ks2o
Ts4s rAlnk. AL suffice - demonstrate