| Show Arabi Bey I Yea I saw Arabi Pasha twice daring dar-ing my last visit to Egypt said Dr 3 Henry M Field yesterday aftenoon i as he sat in bij private rood ia Ihe office of the Evangelist to ft representative j repre-sentative of the Herald uFha first < i time I SATO himbut a moment bathe ba-the second time I was in his society gt fora whole evening It was laat Feb ruary Consul General Wolf with a General Stone the chief of the staff to the Khedive and eome Americans passing toe winter in Oairo though I it would be pleasant to celebrate to Washingtons birthday with a grand < dinner which was given at the hotel where I was stopping It brought together a diatinguised company although it id i not common for Arabs I and Europeans to mingle and all the t l Khedives ministers were present There waa the greatest curiosity to eaa i Arabi Bey and J wall placed opposite ri him at the table He ia a man of large physique and h I rather heavy features but his ego looked aa if i might flash fire were be aroused He had committed a gross act of insubordination in lead 1 Sing S-ing the aim againd the government r govern-ment for wbioh had Ismail Paaha been still Khedive he would an f doubtely have been shot I felt that bo might be destined to auprema power or death end observed him I closely His manner was very quiet and although it was a merry party and Americana and Europeans on all sides were gayly drinking wine ha f i was very grave and I noticed that ho did not even raise the cap to his lips I l a S Ha spoke Arabic bat through tha f t interpreter he told me that he had i J come out that evening although nofi r feeling well to do honor to a man who bad freed his country from a foreign yoke I felt that he was thinking think-ing that what Washington bad don for America be might do for Egypt t i Do you consider him a great man aifie is aowvto prove whether he ia a great man replied Dr Field Bat I was not impressed with his gieatnesfH Ha is unquestionably avery a-very brvejman for he took his life in his hand when he revolted against the overnment but his looks do not indicate greatness A most excellent i portrait of him wasgiven in the London i Lon-don lllustraed News three or four weeks ago Hia heavy jaw shows a strong willand his eye indicates craft but if he proves him self a great i man he will disappoint most peopla who have studied his face probably uDo you consider bim a sincere patriot and a devout Moslem or I merely an ambitious and unscrupulous unscrupu-lous intriguer eager to imitate tha great Mehemet All He ia i a Moslem above all thing A gentleman who knew him intimately inti-mately told me that he ia i very devout in private He was educated at the great University of Cairo where the instruction relates chiefly to the Koran Ko-ran and the matters embraced in the Moslem system Undoubtedly he k thoroughly established in the faith of i > Mohammed He is also considered by those who know him well a sincera patriot that ia be desires to elevate Egypt and make bii country great But undoubtedly selfieh ambition is I mingled with bis devotion to Egyut and Mohammed and be would like to make himealf a monarch I |
