Show I irs bs of Late o o Cate mi I Sue le cue foi fo TO 30 3 OO Money Was Realized From Sale of Lands Which Khedive KhediveS S Surrendered Years Ago for the Benefit of His 4 i r Creditors Curious Creditors Curious Customs in Sinai r By Van Republican Special Service London J Aug mig Au An An action acton to re recover reCOtr recover re- re cover tr CO from the tw Egyptian government brought by the princes heirs of oC th the Into late Khedive Is- Is Inal Is occupying the attention of or the mixed tribunals at Cairo Egypt ami anti arousing oling much Interest The Time vast sum Involved Is the surplus realized on tho the thorle sale of oC certain lands which the lh kho- kho Olve Ive surrendered ered in 1878 for tho the benefit hone bene fit rit It of his creditors The Time claim is boIng leIn bo- bo le- le In big Ing contested by ly the government on omi J the advice of oC Lord Cromer the thc all all- al- al powerful Ilo British agent in Egypt The government has ha retained the mone money on the ground that hint sl since ce Ismail Imai hou bought ht the land with wih state money the tho results of or the sale pale should belong to the te state tate while the time princes' princes counsel argues arg that the Khedive then therm like Lou Louis XVI was the tIme state and that the money should houll descend to his heirs hells Queer Things About hout I l Lord Cromers Cromer's annual report on the tIme finances administration and anti condition o of Egypt and anti the tho Soudan was 1 issued recently As usual It I is full ful of or interesting inter Inter- esting facts facts dealing with wIh every aspect aspect as- as of oC Egyptian life Much that is curious an and Interesting regarding the time customs and conditions of oC the people of E Egypt is to be found in th time the r report t. t The peninsula of Sinai l figures ures so prominent prominently in Bible Dible history Is one of the wittiest wildest portions of oC the Egyptian dominions Amon Among the tho tribes which inhabit it i the system of or taking ln blood money anti and hereditary vendetta vendettas is s still in full ful force If I a man kills another In time of r peace says sS s'S the thc report leport th relatives of th tIme the murdered man maim be from the time father to the time fIfth generation ene have havethe havethe the right to revenge pr pI pardon a against aI t the time receipt of or blood money from the murderer or from his hits near rl relatives to the fIfth frh generation Should anyone any anyone anyone one of the near relatives of the the- the mime mime- ml tIered man accept the blood none noney nh all ni tho time other relatives are obliged ell to accept ac ac- ac- ac and anti revenge e by shedding of blood becomes comes jc-comes Illegal i Blood money according to tn Sinai Sina laws aws Is fixed at one forty camels jf if j the he murdered man was of oC the same tribe as the mur murderer the tho latter or his ils near relatives have to give a girl girlIn In n marriage to one of the murdered mans man's relatives When she bears a achild achild child she is free to go back to her tribe or to remain with wih her husband In n the latter laler ca case e the husband has to tolay pay lay the usual u ual dowry and to renew the marriage Five camels inn la may be sub sub- substituted for Cor the girl girl T Testing h by 13 Fire Another strange strang-e custom in Sinai Is the testing b by lire the of oC suspected crim- crim nals The Judge places an iron pan In the lire fire fre until It Is red hot Ho lie 10 then wipes It I three times with wih his hand and gives giver iti to tio ho accused to touch three thres ln times os I. I with Hh His JUs on tongue ue If I tark of ot burning ar on th the tongue the accused is pronounced guilty gui It Itis itis I is thou thought ht that if IC the accused is guilty g his tongue dries up from fear of being discovered and that lint tha it I will trill wi be he burned Two experts sit with the Judge to witness wit wit- wi- wi less ness 1105 whether r the tongue ton ue of the ac accused accused ae- ae Is burned or not noL Occasionally the Judge e adopts a a. dream test going to sleep and professing to see If It the accused person Is guilty ul or not miot not the Is the tho Crime report states Is on 01 Increase but It I Is a singular fact tact that lint man many cases of alleged attempted mur miff murder tier der ter are In iii reality accidents At weddings wed wed- dings loaded guns are freely discharged dis dis- god charged antI and If anyone anono Is shot a story tory of brigandage e is In invented Recently a Bedouin shooting at a n Jackal missed and amid shot a n sleeping guest guest A complete story y was wa subsequently concocted at attributing at- at the act to robbers robber An amusing amusIng amus amus- ing big sidelight ht on village viage life I Is given in some comae caustic criticism by a Mr 11 Machell Ma- Ma In- In chell chel on the behavior of or the tIme village viage watchman or If I the gha- gha 11 firs frs In general generl devoted less les of oC their attention at attention at- at lenton to their own safety safely and anI more moreo 0 o the repression of oC crime we should have little to complain of But self self- preservation is the time and amid the smallest thought al upon provocation provocation provo provo- provo provo-I cation caton he will wi discharge his gun Inthe Inthe in inthe the hope of alarming a possible as as- 1 lant The assailants are usually on one shade less les cowardly than the The cowardice displayed on omi both sides ides Is absolutely incredible Needs Shotgun Shot lm and no Dog The continues continues- I tell he report always alwa's tel people that If I had an Ezba farm arm myself I should provide myself with witha wih a a. n shotgun and an Erin en t dog an and amid should feel absolutely safe In an any part of ot l Egypt The following incident from Crom the neighborhood of Dongola re related related re- re latet by b Col Coh Jackson Is Illustrative of or the remarkable skill kl shown by ly na native na- na tive trackers in bringing ln guit guilty persons per per- sons Somis to justice A shop In v was ivas as robbed during the nl night ht and a case of oC sugar stolen The rime ground round in inthe Inthe Inthe the vicinity I Is composed of ot sand santI The fhe trackers examined the spot earl early th the following morning and soon picked up the tracks of two m men n anti and a donl donkey which they twy followed to the government govern govern- overn- overn ment stables stable All Al the were paraded paraded par par- the trackers who picked out the governors governor's and anti the oi or the staff officer as the owners o of oC tho the tracks The donkeys were then mustered anti and ant the lie trackers ers picked ou out the Inspectors Inspector's donkey ns as lS the animal anima whose tracks the they lucy had followed The stables were searched anti and ant some som loaves of sugar discovered covered tl Further serch search was as a then made matle and the tIme remainder of the stolen sugar was dug up close close byThe byThe by The two s-ces s wore were tried and con con- el Time They stated that finding the box was too heavy hen T to carry they had hac used the Inspectors inspector's donkey FIngerprints Finger Fingerprints prints arc are already alread proving very valuable val val- aids in the tIme detection of crime anti and the records of no fewer than GS- GS criminals are arc kept at the Identification bureau burc-au S- S |