Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-12-18
AMONG STRANGE COMPANIONS.
Civilized Men who Have Identihs
Themselves with Barbarians.

desert their kind, join savage races
and actually fight against their own
countrymen seems almost incredible
Yet there are many instances OF the
kind, and in nine cases out OF ten
these deserters from civilization
adopt all the worst traits Of the peo-
pie they join and often surpass them
in cruelty and cunning.
In Cochin China, where the French
have for nearly 20 years been carry
ing on a relentless warfare against
the bloodthirsty pirates who infest
the coasts, and especially the great
rivers, the naval and military forces
every now and again discover that
the pirate chiefs whom they succeed
in capturing are Europeans. One Of
these men had deserted from the
French army, and, says Answers, had
become one Of the principal lieuten-
ants of the black flag pirate force
Of the dreaded chief and mandarin
Doe Itch.
In the Soudan the khalifa had a
large number of Europeans under
his orders, including the former
Prussian Sergeant Of Artillery Klotz
and a former Austrian officer who
now bears the name Of Inger, while
his principal lieutenant, the cele-
brated Osman Digna, was the son Of
a French shopkceper, was born in
Rouen and baptized in the magnif-
cent cathedral Of that ancient cap
ital Of Normandy.
Quite a number of other French
men endeavored to join the dervishes
in the Soudan to fight against the
English, and the marquis de Mores,
married to the daughter of Louis
Hoffman,, banker, of New York,
lost his life while on his way to,
Khartoum for the purpose Of placing
his services at the disposal of the
khalifa.
Another case is that Of Oliver Pain,
one of the most prominent leaders
of the French commune in 1871. He
was condemned to death for his par
ticipation in the insurrection, but
his sentence was subsequently COM
muted to penal servitude for life in
New Caledonia. He succeeded in
effecting his escape, made his way to
Europe and then to Khartoum and
offered his services to the mahdi.
For many years he was in high favor
with the prophet, but finally in
CURED his displeasure and was buried
alive
Both in Egypt and Turkey there,
are quite number of pashas who
are nothing more nor less than de-
serters from more civilized countries.
Thus Omar Pasha was an Austrian by
birth, and served in the Austrian
army under the name of Mikail Won
LOttas.
Old Cherif Pasha, who was on nu-
merous occasions prime minister of
Egypt, was a son of that French Gen.
de Selves, who reOrganized the,
army of Mehemet Ali on a European
footing and embraced Mohammedan-
ism with the object of increasing his
influence over the troops. One Of
the most interesting renegades OF
this kind was old Sefer Pasha, whose
real name was Count Koscielcky,
and who, while holding the rank OF
lieutenant colonel in the PrussiaD
army, had the misfortune to kill in 8
duel his commanding officer, Count
Kleist.
This led him to expatriate himself
and, joining the Turkish army, he
distinguished himself during the
Crimean war as a member of the staff
of the Turkish commander in chief
Omar Pasha. Subsequently the
count, who had meanwhile becoms
a convert to Mohammedanism, under
the name of Sefer Pasha, transferred
his services to Khedive Ismail Of
Egypt.
Then there is Mehemet Ali Pasha,
who, after taking a leading part in the
last Turko-Russian war, was sent by
the sultan as one of the Ottoman
plenipotentiaries to the Berlin con,
gress of 1873. He narrowly escaped
being arrested on that occasion by the
Prussian military authorities as
deserter, having at one time held a