The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-12

1911, une austrian secretary Of m.
.L Sueusn. that the latter was about 10
make a clean breast OF the sombre ,nvs
suiss or Egyptian finance to the Inter
ns 's,onai commission of Inquiry assem-
ia,sr AFRO, invited the Inflated Min
.s,er 70 supper on board his vacbt
nhoored on the Nile just of the PALACE
~ tezireh. The khedive and his sons
'rhs We vessel when the supper was over.
~ MouHeush remained behind and was
strangled by two OF the Khedive's cbsrn7
scrains. one Of whom was Sami. who
nsii. ms y, Own Own throat lacerated by the
Gently been liberated and permitfed 90
usturn 10 Cairo, because he il "A relative
oi tne present khedive's mother Rut
~ ,l, sun remains prisoner Of State i'm
snc Nland or Ceylon by virtue OF no de-
cree OF any English court OF law. In
legality. vi
zobehr and Gordon.
the hrst time that I met old Zobehr
vas on tne night that Gordon left Cairo
on MS last Journey TO Khartoum. from
when ne was never TO return had
lust seen the General of M ths ponIac
s,auon ana mad dropped I'm at the Ismai-
va faiace. where khedive Tewhk uas
WINK az the time. AS the chamberlains
on nuty were aware OF my relations with
thelr master, which had existed for a
long time before he succeeded TO the
SsoVsrsignty OF Egypt. one of them con-
uucted mo To the khedive's room with
out previously taking his pleasure on the
subject. My advent was manifestIy not
only unexpected by His Highness. but
ALSO regarded by him as inopportune For
az passed through the suite of rooms
l caught sight Of Zobehr in earnest con-
Nersatton of the most animated charac-
yer with the khedive, the ordinarily i'm
passive features Of the old King OF the
ant smile
The moment Tewnk became aware OF
my approach he quickly muttered some
I ZODehr ms MI Ca ~
considerable perturbation, and Zobehr
slipped on through a side door In a man
ner mat showed he was a frequent visit
| Tor and an habitue OF the palace The
| khsdive. after having addressed a few
sharp ana rasptng words I'm Turkish to
the unfortunate chamberlain. began to
tNiuCcd tho greatest interest in my ac-
count ~ Gordon's departure. and was
quite fulsomc In his praise OF the Gener-
| az, praise that sounded somewhat
queer coming from n man who had only
a moment before been engaged in conf
\ Dental conversation with the person OF
all others who was Gordon's bitterest
I enemy, and who had sworn never to rest
until he had avenged his sons by Cor
! dOn's death
Zobehr had been the all-powerfuI mon
arch OF the Soudan and the king of the
slave traders. And there is no one living
at the present moment who Is respon-
sibie FOR the destruction OF 40 many
lives, OF much property for the dew
astatton or such immense tracts OF coun-
try formerly covered by prosperous
towns and villages. and. above all for
the sending into slavery of such multi
tudes OF men, women and children as
Iobehr. Somehow Gordon, while Govern
ot-General of the Soudan. became inn
pressed with the idea that he might bt
able To convert Zobehr into an ally OF
the Egyptian Government, and by means
of large pension persuade him to aban-
don his pestlentinl commerce in "ebo-
ny" that IL. the slave trade A confer.
a. hot "a nd ZnI. p,
was satisfactory save certain points
which Gordon considered could best be
settled by Zobehr himself at Cairo with
Ehedive Tewfk. Accordingly Gordon not
only gave him safe conduct. but secur.
ed telegraphtc guarantee TO the latter
from the khedive In person. In spite OF
this Zobehr, on arriving in the Egyptian
capital. was placed under arrest and de
tanned In quasi captivity. the khedive be
iug clever enough To lead Zobehr To be
lieve that II was not he but Gordon and
the English Government who insisted or
his detention.
Avenging His Song Death.
Before Zobehr had been long at Cair,
ie learned OF the death of his two favor
i,e sons at the hands of Gordon himself
q hey had been caught red handed In tn,
act OF slave trading. and had shown
themselves so obstreperOus that Corridor
felt himself compelled 10 blow thei
brains out with his own revolver. Thu
step was Imperative. But Gordon evi
IDENTIFY felt that his action required expla
nation. he wrote a little volume settini
forth all the circumstances and tustifyinI
his action by the necessities of the case
~ IN Ira Arabic, and enjoys the uniqu
distinction OF being the first book eve
printed In Khartoum Only three copie
, are known 20 exist, one OF which II Il
the Oriental book department Of tn
British Museum and the second In tn
: possession OF the Queen at Windsor.
Zobehr's grief for the loss OF his son
WAS intense. and he made secre
. among his acquaintance OF his intentio
never 90 rest until he was revenged upo
: Gordon. not only for his sons death. bu
also for his own captivity. Zobehr. Will
. at Cairo, was not only one of the prime
y pAl agents OF FL Senussi, the grand mas
? ter Of the most powerful religious fra
faith. but likewise In constant commun
cation with the Mahdi. and there is M
. I the slightest doubt that II was throug
Z0hehr that the Mahdi obtained all hi
!, Information as TO the movements both
- the Egyptian Government and of N
!. English. II any doubt should exist o
: this point II is necessary only to poir
, out that when the French Communis
olivier Pain. left Cairo secretly for III
:, purpose OF Joining the Mahdi, he obtaine
y from Zobehr not only letters To him. bI
. also safe conduct through the Dervis
I. lines 10 was not until the officers
!, charge OF the Intelligence Department
a Lord Wolseieys Nile expedition had oil
= talred at Wady Halfa evidence OF u
y Tact that Zobehr was in constant commit
= nication with the Mahdi that the En-
= lish Government finally decided to &C
7, and accordingly seized Zobehr at II
:, Senussi agency at Alexandria and shi
y ped him on TO Gibraltar, where he ";
detained as prisoner OF State for thr'
y years without any form OF trial. or eve
- Court-martiaL
& Expensive State Prisoners.
70 Among other state prisoners OF Gre
n Britain have been the Maharajah Oh
IL leep Singh, ex-King of the Puntaub,
10 whom the English Government paid
vi annuity of y25O000. his captivity takii
A. the form Of not being allowed TO trav
- east Of the Isthmus of Suez. Then the
N has been King Theebaw OF Burmah, WI
~ died some time ago In the neighborho
81 OF Madras, where he was detained as
az prisoner OF State. The ex-king OF Ou'
= received as a prisoner of State an ami
n " OF 100000. and had his liberty restriS
n cd TO the city limits of Calcutta. t
N last OF the Grand Moguls died as Sta
n prisoner at Rangoon, to which he h
Of been deported at the close OF the gre
az Indian Mutiny.
nj England has had several other depos
a. Indian and South African rulers und
more or less costly detention as prise
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