The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
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> HEDIvD ABBAs HILM1'S efforts
at Constantinople to secure q
IN change In the succession to his
throne OF Egypt. and to transfer
1T from his eldest boy, Prince Moham-
med Abdul Mouneim. not twelve years
old, offspring of his ex-slave wife
Ikbal Hanem, to the son recently borne
to him by his new Hungarian wife.
enormous amount OF khedivial money
III Just such manoeuvres as these In
times past. According to the present
law of succession In Turkey, and which
was also formerly enforced In the vas-
cession to the throne belongs, not to
the rulers eldest son, but to the senior
Of the princes Of the. blood, no matter
how remote his relationship. The heir
apparent to Abdul Hamid's throne
throughout his reign, was not his eldest
son, but his brother next in point OF
age, that Is to say, the present Padish-
an; and the latter's successor, In the
same way, will be none OF his three
sons. but his cousin. Prince Youssouff
Izzedine.
In the Same way Khedive Ismails
heir IN the early part of his reign was
MS uncle Prince Hahn, youngest son
or PIN Me l,v,, All, by his Arab wife.
hhediye 1smail's eldest brother Achmet;
and then only the Khedive's eldest
son Tewfik. Khedive Ismail's brother
Achmet would have preceded him on
extraordinary tragedy. which has never
been entirely. cleared UP. but the re.
sponsibility for which may be said
70 nave rested on Ismail Half way
Det"een Cairo and Alexandria, at Kafr
Zayat the railroad crosses the Nile
by an iron swing bridge. In 1888.
sala then ruler of Egypt, gave great
tete at Alexandria, commanding the
presence j.. OF all the members or his
I I5a1y Three of them, namely, the
prlnces !smatl, Hahn and Achnet, had
remained in Cairo, and special train
was ordered for their conveyance to
the fete: Ismail at the last moment
remained behind under the pretext of
I pn1. When the train bearing the
down the slope that leads on to the
s1Wsing-bridge at Kafr Zayat, tho
English engine driver on the locomo-
i've saw to his horror that the draw
snacs was open. leaving .yawning
luliy hfty feet below. The entire train
ana Its occupants were precipi.ated
INTO the river. Hahn alone escaped
snroush his superior activity and pres
n ,,a OF mind; for in some way he
managed to get through the carriage
window and swim ashore. It was q
matter of common talk at Cairo and
;aieSandria at the time that the tragedy
- peeI engineered by 1smail, so as TO
most economical and rnethodicaI nrl,,c.
out or the way of his own Succession
70 the throne. and also to get rid nj
Lhe same time of his uncle Hahn. whom
ne mated. The. rumors met with addt-
.ioHai 1orce, when on his accession IN
sne tnrone some years later. the. Ar
inenian, Nubar Boy. at the head OF the
railroad service, who had been ore
OF MS most intimate confdants and
, VINO had left Egypt for Europe I'm
m, ,nediately after the tragedy, in order
70 avoid being held to account for the
criminal carelessness, or design ra-
surfing IN the destruction of the train.
VA Mas recalled to Cairo, promoted to
the office OF Prime Minister. :.
~ the presentation of a sum of 81
2VV,oVo IN cash to the then Sultan
t,odul Aziz, and by the distribution
Oh ABOUT twice that amount in brides
ottoman court the Grand Eunuch
coming in for the largest share. Khe.
uiVe lsmatl secured, in 1866. a firnan
from the Sultan, transferring the sue
Prines i Ihrah, p n Hahn and from
LeWtk 1t may be added that later on
khedive Ismail took pronounced dis.
ilke to his eldest son Tewfk. whose
I rmosner, liz, nke the first wife of the
Iewfik enjoyed none of the educational
advantages arising from foreign travel
that were possessed by his Younger
brothers, Hussein and Hassan. whose
mothers were princesses, and who were
aneir fathers favorites. They were
graduates of English and German unit
Yersities. and Hassan had served in
the Prussian army. At one moment.
lsnall, who regarded Tewfik not only
as stupid, but also as disposed to side
with the English and French againat
MIN. was on the point of bnnishing
him to Fashoda. on the charge OF
treason; sentence which was eduiya-
lent to death, since the persons thus
banished We're usually murdered. either
by stransling, or by means of poison,
before they had even reached the First
Cataract; an instance in point being
IsmaiPs Minister Of Finance, the Mou-
fetish. In fact. it was King Edward,
as Prince of Wales. who may be said
to have saved Tewflk's life on that
occasion; for. warned in time by the
English government, he visited Cairo
in 1877, on his way back from India.
and laid SO much stress upon the
regard which he entertained for Tew-
Tx, and upon the fact that the latter
vas quite especially under English
protection. that Ismail no longer dared
to fulfil his project about consigning
MIN to certain death, en- route to
Fashoda exile
Not long before Ismail's deposition.