The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-01

 WY HEN .Su- -. was in n, Cairo ,on. sixteen S,.a W view with Tewfx Pasha. who was then Khedive of Egypt Today l have had talk with his son, Abbas Hilmi who is now on the throne Both of these interviews took place in the Ab- din Palace, the great structure which forms the business office and official residence of the rulers of Egypt, sitn- ated here in the heart of Cairo.
 The interviews were arranged by Un cle Sans diplomatic agents, who act also as consuls general to Egypt. The first was by Consul General Cardwell who represented us here in 1889. and the other by Consul General Iddings. who is now the diplomatic agent of the United States. The audiences were in both cases held in the afternoon and the dress required was the tall hat and. morning costume of frock coat and light trousers, customary for official calls. We went to the palace in the con- sular carriages. with a gorgeous drag oman of the legation on the scat be- side the coachman, and were met at the door in both instances by the soldiers of the khedive.
 Abdin Palace.
 The khedives of Egypt have two ofh- cial residences. one in Cairo and one in Alexandria. That in Alexandria is the Ras-el-Teen Palace, situated right on the harbor. with it's windows looking out up- on the khedlval yacht and the ships of half dozen nations which are at an- chor there. The Abdin Palace faces q great square in the heart of this biggest city of Egypt. It is built in the form of a horseshoe, and it's two stories have many windows looking out upon the square There is a grand entranceway in the center, and to the left of this d door, which l am told leads to the harem and to other private apartments of his highness.
 As our carriage drove up to the palace we were passed by a closed coach drawn by magnificent Arabian horses On the box beside the livered coachman sat a sober-faced eunuch, whose black skin and dark clothes seemed all the more somber under his bright red skull cap In front of the carriage ran two brown skinned, barelegged scyces with their wands held up in front of them, warning plebeians to get out of the way. l after ward learned that this carriage was that of princess about to call on the wife of the khedive.
 The palace doors were opened to us by an Arab official, clad in European clothes and wearing the red fez cap which the Egyptian never takes off whether in house or out. We first came into a grand entrance hall, fioored with mosaic, the walls of which were finished in cream and gold, and then went up to the second floor by a staircase so wide that two wagonoads of hay could be drawn up it without touching. On the second floor are the reception rooms for visitors and also the apartment reserved for the chamberlain. masters of ceremo- ny and other officers of the khediYe's household. Here we were taken into large parlor by one of the Ihedive's cab inet ministers, who chatted with us until an official entered and told his high ness was ready to receive us
 With the khedlve.
 We were then conducted across the hall to the chief reception room of the palace and a moment later were face to face with the young khedive of Egypt. The room was the same in which l met his father, and our reception was as free from ceremony and as cordial as that had many years ago. The young khe- dive does not look much like his father. He has more dignity and is trifle tall CT. He has, however, the same light complexion, the same hazel eyes and the same broad, open forehead, straight nose