The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-24
A PRINCE IN A PICKLE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. K EWS comes from Constantinople
 M that Abbas II, the Khedive of
 Egypt, who has been in Turkey since the war between the Turks and the allies began, and who has been forbid den to return to Cairo, will lead the Turk ish invasion of Egypt! By the beard of the prophet. That is an amusing an- nouncementl
 The Khedive is more Turkish by blood than he is Egyptian, or about as much so. He is in appearance the typical Turk ish gentleman whose dress Is European and whose education is European. al- though his manner remains suggestive of the East. He is an accomplished linguist. He is as much of a cosmopolite as an eastern prince can become through gain ing broad culture while having to forego
 the development through travel that would be claimed by man similarly edu- cated, similarly provided with money and not tied down by the conventions that hamper the occupant of throne
 The Khedive's life has been that of kipglet clothed with a great deal of 
 the Arabs of Egypt with his importance
 while he has been kept upon the throne.
 and kept out of important affairs by Great Britain. He has been allowed an income of $5oO,O00 year for himself and as much more for members of the royal family, who are without even the nomi- nal employment that dgnifies his posi- ton. He has enjoyed a choice of palaces, an ugly European looking one in. Cairo a good deal like Buckingham palace more eastern one at Alexandria command ing a fine view of the Mediterranean, and a residence de luxe upon the Bos- phorus a gift from his royal master. Sultan Abdul Hamid. when he was pro- prietor of Egypt because of the polite | fiction that the country was. as it still is, province of Turkey
 Abbas Hilmi has had as delightful bil- l let as any of the eastern princes whose security has been guaranteed by the Brit sh army and navy at the price of their l playing pretty roles as crowned heads and promising not to interfere with the gov ernment of their countries. With two steam yachts always at his command, one of them the largest private pleasure cra1t afoat and the other smaller one TOT
 shorter cruises or calmer seas, he has
 been allowed to play around the Medi- terranean as much as he has liked. At
 home he has been an enthusiastic gentle man farmer" upon one of his estates in the Nile valley. His private property includes blocks of valuable real estate Tn Cairo and yields an enormous revenue.
 In a war between Turkey and the aines nobody could lose more than the Ane- dive of Egypt. Yet what is poor little
 r,.b nrnce to do but hght-as . titular
 military leader, of course, since he Is not Q soldier by training-when the war oatcbes him in the house of his nominal
 ma ster the present Sultan of Turkey, and he is ignominiously commanded by his real master, Great Britain, to cool his heels in Constantinople till further no- flee. He has never been more than . figurehead. He has always been intelli. gent enough to know that the cry Egypt for the Egyptians has been the. merest
 buncombe. and that Great Britain has
 governed the country far better thar the Arabs and half-Turkish royal house } and aristocraoy could hope to govern 1t
 If he has eaten his white bread in bit. , terness Of spirit t has at least been sx' l cellent bread, which no amount of spirit , upon his part or that of his Arabs could keep in his cupboard without British as' sistanoe.
 [ Bstwixt the devil, tn the person O Enver Pasha-ths Turkish minister O D war, who is the ''brains." if thsre art
 brains. of the present Turkish polioy-ant . the deep blue Mediterranean. which Grea Britain forbids him to cross. the Khediv' l is up against It. There seems nothing l, for him to do but tic up nis pretty yooht which has never required any mose nut