The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

,ieners who are not only their masters
but, also their principal creditors
they would be- freed of all their dep's
and relieved cf the obligation OF pay
ing taxes. the proceeds of which theS
nre told are devoted entirely tn ur-
nishing dividends to- foreign holders vi
Egyptian Government bonds,
The circumstance that the natives
have derived inestimable Dement'S OF
every kind from English rule leaves
them cold. They have not ont spark
Of gratitude, and no one VINO hhc
myself, has lived IN Egypt. both prior
and subsequent to English DOMINATION
there. can escap the conNicuoh 'l'a'
the natives prefer the most cruei OPP
preston and cxtortton ON the part VI
rulers Of their own race n Greco 10
relative freedom and just and kindiy
treatment by the English or any othcr
foreign Christian Power.
The natives in Egypt are an utterly
unknown quantity, even to those fu-
ropeans and Americans who nave llVeu
among them the longest, ana IL ~ mn
possible to forget that in the Arapl
rising against the foreigners in los-
the parties engaged in lootlne the
houses of the foreign residents IN cairo
and Alexandra were led by those VINO
had been their most trusted retainerS
and apparently devoted employees
while the natives who showed a par
tlcular in attacking the
houses of the European physicians
and I'm destroying their records, their
surgica Instruments, their lairorato-
ries and medical parapheinalla We're
precisely those native patients whom
/ they had cared for without remunera-
lion and who owed to them their res
torat.on TO health.
With regard'to the reported insur-
rections in the Sudan and the invasion
81 the latter by Central African tribes,
independent of British rule, these can
probably he dealt with by Abyssinia.
For In. young ruler Of Abyssinia, who
reiolces In the same name a. that OF
the founder IF Christianity. and who
claims lineal descent from the Biblical
Queen of Sheba n from her friend
and hospitable host of Jerusalem.
namely, solomon. King OF the Jews
has aligned himself with the Powers
o. the Entente, has pronounced him
self against Turkey. Germany and
7 AlSlTli. ana mas 'll'l'h w ''N' -
splendidly armed force OF 100000 Of
his warriors at the disposal OF Great
Britain and France for use In thu
Sudan, in Arabia or in Egypt.
The Abyssinisns are the Srandos'
lighters in all Africa. Christians OF q
somewhat barbarous and Oriental type
they hate the Turks with the mos
fanatic Of hatreds, n TO them q con-
flct with the Moslems in the Sudan, II
Arabia OF in Egypt would he looked
upon as n holy war. The only hest
tation which the English and French
} have had until now in accepting the
offer il tn. fear Of a~ntagonizing th"i'
| own loyal Moslem subjects, for there
Is an ancient tradition among the Mo
; hammedans. snd especially among th'
, Arabs and the Turks, that Islam wi
, wans and suffer a long cciips" when IT,
{ holy places at Mecca and Medina ar
destroyed by the Abyss!n.ans.
! There has been a disposition in GER
: tain quarters To- regard lightly the pos
sibili,y Of an invasion Of Egypt r
the east. owing Ia III" iiaSCo Of tn
Turkish attack upon III" Suez Cana
. Just "A year ago. The true history O
+ that attack has yet TO lee written. AM
I may he considered In the light o
!, IN experiment from which the Turk
: and their German officers learned man,
. useful lessons.
= one thing Is certain, that even the
the attacking force managed & convr,
u n number of heavy steel pontoons RICH
across the Desert nf Filth. and {
g launch them IN the waters ~ the can
! and also t. bring heavy ordnance {
within II few miles of this great In
= ternat.Onal waterway. 1t is true tina
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