The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-25

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builder of palaces on land and castle
III the air did not need to open tn
envelope to know its contents. TIL
whole story was in the address. H
was dethroned in favor of his son
Tewfk Pasha. AS the dreamer sa
brooding over his misfortune thu
bondholders were hurrying to TAX,
over the reins of government in orde
to protect their interests. Ismai
made ready to leave the country a
once.
From his harem of thousand
beauties he selected seventy favorite!
to accompany him. By forcing the
others to disgorge their jewels and
valuables he managed to save a for
tune from the wreck Of his affairs
In addition to this he loaded a whole
train with costly belongings from
his numerous palaces. transferred
these to a ship at Alexandria, and
. his countrymen knew him no more
until the funeral cortege of the exile
wound it's way through the streets of
Cairo sixteen years later. The tour
ist now looks upon his mausoleum
in the Rafai mosque, itself an uncom-
pleted and crumbling relic of the
reign of him who wasted the sub
stance of an empire for glory that
was fieeting.
THE FIRST BORN SON.
Tewfik Pasha made a small place
for himself in the history of his
country. His reign was as somber
as his fathers had been brilliant
Tewfk's mother was a slave in
Ismairs harem, and when the boy
was born she was added to her
masters list of legal wives AL
though it is said that the father
formed a dislike for this child of
the slave, he could never be per-
sraded to interfere with his rights
as the frst-born. Although the
mothers of other sons INDUCED in
much plotting to annul the rights of
Tewfik their efforts proved unavail-
ing. Yet this young prince did not
take advantage of that phase of
Moslim law which made him eligible
to the Egyptian throne-he had only
one wife
The experience of Tewfik. proved
another case where the sins of
the father We're visited upon
the son. He came to office almost
shor1, of power at a time when his
people clamored loudly to him for
assistance. Being unable to obtain
help from him. they biindly followed
false leader. joining in the revolt
against foreign Intervention, which
brought on the bombardment. of
Alexandria and the rout at Tel-el
Kebir. Tewfik was weak and
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have allowed the rebel leader, Arab.
to foment the trouble which could
only lead to more humiliation for
the hapless Egyptians. Had he
shown little of the iron one would
expect to find in the blood of de- |
scendant of Mehemet Ali, he would !
have mastered the situation and kept !
his people from their folly.
TEwFIK's REIGN WAS SHORT.
Tewfik lacked the courage to de- |
mand the sword of the rebel leader |
at the critical moment, but he was |
not a coward in other ways. He did |
not run away when the fighting be- |
gan. He remained in his palace in |
within range of the bonn
harding guns throughout the entire |
engagement. Afterwards when the |
cholera became an epidemic in Cairo |
he went fearlessly among the suf- !
ferers. personally directing the work
Of relief. Although he was not |
strong enough to turn back or even
check the wave of misery his fathers
had brought upon /
Egypt, he accepted his unwelcome 4
heritage without complaint easily |
winning sympathy for his integrity Il
and kindness where he failed TO Il
command respect for strength and Il
initiative. Tewfik's colorIess reign L
vas short. He had been in his grave L
-hree years before the body of his
killed father was brought home.
When Tewfk died his eldest son
vas an eighteen year-oId student at
Vienna The youthful prince FASTENED
o Cairo TO assume the dignities of
Although Abbas Hilmi II.
nas little opportunity TO make use Of
my ability he may possess he is re-
yarded as a much more capable and
PETER balanced character than either
lis father or grandfather. At first he |
vas disposed to chafe under the re-
traint imposed upon him by the Eng
ish authorities, but he soon recognized |
he folly of trying to make any kind
# resistance. and now seems quite
econciled to accept things as they are.
n his marriage he partly followed the
xample of both his immediate pre-
ecessors Like his father he took but
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