The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-10
CLOSE RANCE VIEW
OF S0UDAN' 5 PASTA
Inspector General Described a:
Witty, Light-Hearted, Full
of Kindly Fun.
nsc,a, cable to Tho rlmes-pispatch.

tspecsa, Cable to The Times Dspatch.l
London, April $50 much interest
has been aroused concerning Siatin
Pasha by the frequent references
made to him in the dispatches describ-
Ing the semi-royal progress of Colonel
Roosevelt in Egypt that the follow
ing sketch by II. Hamilton INyfe Is
presented:
Ii was at a tennis party that !
first met the man who is so closely as
ISOLATED with the recent history OF
the Soudan.
His full name is Sir Rudolph Baron
Won Slatin PASTA, nspector-General of
the Soudan. I had looked forward
Immensely to making the acquaintance
of this man with the tragic life-his-
tory. who was SO long the prisoner
of the Mahdi and the Khalifa In that
unspeakable hive of furious fanaticism;
maturely old. with white hair and
deep-sunken eyes, haunted by dreadful
memories, bowed down with the
weight of suffering and pain.
Never did any one fall into greater
mistake. There came into the garden
an embodiment of light hearted gaiety
and kindly fun. AT once he began
chatting everybody with Niennese
playfulness and wit. Immediately one
felt the charm of his personality-the
charm which made Gordon give him,
a young Austrian subaltern. the COVER
norship of a province: the charm
which won even the distrustfuI
Khalifa's heart and greatly mitigated
his conditions of captivity: the charm
which makes the faces of all who have
known him In Khartoum light up
whenever his name is mentioned, into
a smile OF pleasant and graceful recol-
lection.
SouI of I<hnrtoum's Social Life.
Slight in figure, with youthful step
(after all, he II only tifty-two), he Is
the life and soul OF Khartoum's social
life Yet by his reflective eve and firm
" moulded chin You can tell at once
that this is only one side of his char
actcr. / sat one morning In his room
ut the War Office and watched him
deal with the long succession OF ma
,ives, drawn from NIL classes, whn
came, some singly. some in deputations
to lay their grievances before the In
i spcctor- general.
| You seem to be the foster-fath OF
| the whole soudan.'' said to him. COZ
1 the maid -of-all work" he said with y
4 shrug and a humorous twinkle. HI
1 knows the country 50 we'll. he speaks
/ Arabic SO perfectly, his name has beer
/ so long familiar. from Berber to tne
/ Bahr- ell Ghazal, that naturally they
/ like TO put their cases to him.
! Patiently he listens as In khaki uni
form he sits at his big table covered
| with Official papers. Now and then NJ
] asks a pertinent question, often caus
4 ing his visitors to look at one announcer
| amazed at his acuteness, Ihen. ave
hearing all they have to say (Which
| sends them away pleased ana cheerin "
| whatever the result OF their vislt}' ~
/ ,erselv gives his decision. USUALLY ur'
bane and courteous he can be ster'
| npon occasion. In one case ne sus
peeted treachery, EIe rapped the .apie
/ He poured ont crisp torrent OF So
we're warning, The wretched Arao ~
addressed went on quiver'ne'
Hr-. IL Kindly, Yet severe
r, vas nretty. on tho other hand. t
see how the applicants personal ! !, !,
known ia him seized and kissed n,
hand. how their eyes affectlonatel'
4 rested on his tare as he talked quletl
and cordially. offering them good az
vice one was n son OF the Mahu
who was being given back MS ththe,
lands 10 cultivate We must hel
these poor fellows" said S!atih' az y
is universally called III not we shou'
be IS had as the Dervishes ourselves
Ana there Is no doubt this policy ~
an excellent effect, II Is not IN On
character OF native TO seek 20 oVe,
throw q government upon Whlch ~
J daily bread depends !,
IN his charming, airy houae, WIFI ~
wide, cool yeranda, In the midst OF
j, dslici0usly green, shady garden, whe'
the trim lawns and exanlsltely scente
tropieal blossoms make y most atera'
tive blend Of i9nglish and eqnatorl'
beauiy--here slatin enter'hlns delisn
fuzzy with winning grace or nlanh !,
which puts the sllyest at their ease,
the versuda afterwards he VIII sit ~
. tails, entirely without 'slde, apo.
! remakinR OF Khartoum This latt'
: has been his hobby and the town oW'
la-tisayy debt To hiln