New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

tic Has Entertained Many Visitors from the United States and Wm
Be Warmly Uecomcd

AS Ahnas II sails from Alexandria this month.
Houhd Tor the United States. by way of Con
So'NlIhopie' Paris and London. and appears to
be the only ruler of the old World who is
destined TO visit America this summer in rom
nection with the St Louis Exposition a brief
sketch Of this young King-for that is the cor
rect translation Of Khedive-who has so clever
" succeeded in satisfying the most fanatic Of
his Mosem co-religionists as to his orthodoxy
and his foreign friends as 10 the thoroughly
UP to date character of his Western civilization
and enlightenment, cannot fail to prove Of time
~ interest He is sure to receive a friendly
welcome here For not only have large num-
beTs Of Americans who flock to Egypt each
winter been Hospitality entertained in his palace
Of Abdeen at those balls which are the feature
Of the Cairo season. but there are likewise many
American veterans of the KhediviaI army and
civil service, decorated with the orders Of the
Medjidieh and of the Osmanieh, some of them
still drawing pensions from his government. who
VIII be pleased to welcome him to these shores.
Very difficult indeed has been the role which
Abbas II has been called upon to play since his
accession to his fathers throne at the age OF
seventeen, and while in the early portion thereof
ne made some mistakes, due TO the advantage
taken Of his youth and inexperence by advisers
who were eager that he should sacrifice his in
terests to their personal ends, yet on the whole
he has turned out wonderfully well. and
mands greater degree of respect both at
home and abroad. than any other ruler Of Egypt
since Mehemet Ali, the founder Of the dynasty.
As a great grandson Of Sultan Abdul NEEDED
Of Turkey, Abhas II may be said TO possess ad-
Yantages Of birth. particularly in the eyes Of
Mahometans, which none Of his predecessors
on the throne Of Egypt be said to have
enjoyed, and the fact that he is a grandnephew
he 7ir7ct Of
Abdul Medjcd) endows him with i degree OF
prestige that was withheld both from Tewfk
and Ismal. who. despite the fact that they had
been invested with the title OF "khediye OF
Misr" (hng of EgypU by hrman OF the Sub
lime Porte, were always regarded and treated
al Const4utinople as mere walls or governors
II provinces Of the Ottoman Empire, Inferior
in rank 10 the Grand Vizier and TO the Kizlaz
Agassy or chief OF the eunuchs OF the imperial
seraglio. No better illustration can be given OF
the manner in which the Egyptian rulers were
looked upon in those days at Constantinople
than an Incident which took place there during
q stay Of Khediye Ismal. several years before
his deposition. After much wire pulling and
paying Of baksheesh, he had managed 10 induce
Sultan Abdul Aziz TO condesCeud 20 pay him
q visit IT his beautiful palace on the shores Of
the Bosporus Ismau received the Commander OF
the Faithful at the gates OF the park. and kissed
the hem Of the staubEleen. or coat. OF the
Sultan The latter. who seated alone with
two dignltaries OF his household facing him, and
with their backs to the horses, did not offer
Isman place In the carriage. which he beck
oued to proceed at 4 trot, leaving the fat, short
legged Khedlve TO run as best he could along
side to the palace entrance The Sultan took
his place alone at the table. which had been
prepared for him, decked with the most gor-
geous gold and even JewelIed plate. and was