New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
WORK IN NILE VALLEY.
Cope WhitehouSe Gives Intermezo-
BOStOnians Interested.

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| sci Mr.. Whitehouse he's maps and sections of the
.i'er from Victoria Nyanza and Lake Tsana to the
Medlterranean One of his maps made before
Inc EXODUS it is said. and represents the province
"a fayum. Mr.. Whitehouse said:
| The Egyptian railroad is the property OF the
a, ss Pan government, and it is quite of the
scheme S Yo me me, hhedive would sanction rival
tthay narrow strip of cultivable land, and that
| Sept that from the Fayum it was part Of my plan
! the we, uGVeoP1nent OF this province. which. by
GGoHey, freight and passenger system from Me-
aihet to Dahshour. and thence a port to be CON
| stfIucted Tor seagong vessels below Cairo The
TTaGGClc power was to be- obtained from water
is The I line vas trayersed repeatedly by me- and there
Colonel Conyers surtees Who Was detailed to a
o me on the general character of this part
60 10y raj from Uganda, or from Khartoum TO
thai 6 ~ tae Falirodd now building 1t is evident
ths+ cast sac OF the Nile, unless it built
it. OF course the African river is Very quiet
Go as compared with the Mississippi or the
| GleaL, hanaWha, whose discharge is fairly com
parade with the Nile. But while the Kanawha
9 96od fhrty5ye feet in hair many hours the Nile
exceed ten miles an hour.
| SUGGESTION CALLED BRILLIANT
! II Sir Ernest Cassel said ANYTHING Of oil about
| towing he must have referred 10 my plan for the
e%tonson to- Ms4Gn of ft the BaRr usuf and its
| b9en made Sir Benjamin Baker has made known
suggestions in his article in Tho Nineteenth e 85S en
man u n ISSi: aou can see from this large scale
1 ~ me BrIuSh War Once, that such places as
wateroourses and RAILROAD The F1eI IE's L
destroyed Nuba to the south Of Asso5 i1T i Ave
reservoir There can never be any considerable
2eton as LORD Cromer stated in April in the time
Killed. tsae e Iacha was of these 33O0 We're
G1sase Inc earl says that these figures
Bo of the 9G Sr Of S Sd q s1 the
cocks the loss of life viii be appalling. The
The natives eraIiy die ii Ie me he equatoria lakes
sickness. The Sesse Islands have been nearly dee
PsoP4 PA IN four years One tribe has lost
and twenty in the thousand There Viii Tnt f 6
niuch surplus agricultural product from that region
even II Il had to down the Nile
, dhe passenger traffic by water can be con-
boat viii past steamer going gSstrea country airy
coming downstream d gasoiene motor launch
ing four miles an hour, would make with the cur
hundred aOT Ne, ABOUT eight miles or. say
motor M DO better than this? Either towing would
not be boat. Fancy American like Mr. Davis avis
patiing iii F6r IKE Professor Sage paving
the river like huge bird with the water seething
her mouth or would the tourist be- forbidden tn tn
aoat down at his leisure. get from a
REPORT TO STATE DEPARTMENT
Mr., Whitehouse when asked if Sir Ernest Cas-.
sci was here in reference to the Raiyan project
replied that he could not tell. 1t was we'll known
that a group of men IN Boston and its vicinity
interested in Egyptian cotton and for other rea-
sons had approached him with a view to fur
thering the immediate execution Of the Raiyan
sideways with American engineers, contractors
and capital He had left the initiative and details
entirely in their hands. In 1887 a report was ad-
dressed to the Department of State by John Card
well which contained the following words:
, At last sufficiently impressed with the matter,
Inc EfyPu4n goEernme9t is m2htesttng deeper
toIore ne mas spent ms own money in investga-
question for more reasons than one desire to
see the material condition of Egypt bettered. for
scholarly efforts and the persistent researches of
mind do good as counterbaIance to harm done
by European armies.
That was seventeen years ago. and the question
asked why the plan had been carried out
Mr.. Whitehouse replied:
Because John Cardwell was the only person IN
Egypt except the Egyptians, who wanted to see
an american mind DO anythng that would restore
War, when Americans were all over the place, from
Notifications of Alexandra. Dvery explorer is a
man without country but in Egypt, since 1852,
different now; and hear that the Boston group
has asked that the Consul General Of the United
States, Mr. Riddle be instructed to inquire whether
any Obstacles win be nterposed If it arranges
short Still 1t could be rushed if Mr. Mcdonald or
MI Parsons 60 t 6 It in hand The work would
adequate compensation, say, $4,eo0OOO.
RIGHTS BEGIN AT EDGE OF LAKE.
When asked where ne came in Mr.. Whitehouse
aid!
Well, I stay out My legal rights commence
with the edge of the future lake. although have
also the right connect 250 square miles with
the Nile and take off q. Q500jo cubic metres
of water to fill my reservoir. which Would then
be large the Lake of Geneva and 225 feet
deep.
Every one knows that only keen to protect
these rights in order to project the helpless in
souan scandal.
why do you call 1T a scandal?" asked. The
reply
Because Sir B. Baker knew perfectly WELL in
1894, that the Ratyan project in every way
three times much water the Assouan reser-
voir. Then the dam was to cost SloO00000, and 1t
has cost nearer $26O0o0O0. 1t to irrigate not
less than million acres, and here is Lord Percy
Sir Ernest Cassel was to find the money in London
and he borrowed II from the Egyptian Treasury |
This is why the French got such q good bargain in
the Anglo-French treaty. Then the money was to
be repaid in instalments from the surplus earn
inGs AS these earnings do not exist, the whole |
amount has been added the public debt of Egypt
IF there should be liquidation next year ac-
count of Nile food the holders of these irriga-
ton certificates would have TO submit to a sub |
stantial scaling down. Lord CIomer himself ad-
mited In writing to the Marquis of Lansdowne that
Egypt had made a very bad bargain. But when
did any Egyptian express a wish for the dam II
IS a white elephant and after truly British fash
ion they intend to increase its hulk to mako IL
less dangerous and destructive. But my lake |
mics have heen forced to admit thar 1t would be
worth $4,000 COO We shall what the |
Bostonans can do in Washington.
BULGARIAN REVOLT ALARMING.