| Show ii IL Bh e n d t h 6 e S cenes W It h t tk 1 Je K hd e lye e e ABBAS TALKS HILMI WITH IN HIS is THE TIIE OUR CAIRO PHARAOH g CORRESPONDENT PALACE E NDE OF 1907 T I II h h ht t i 17 hy h I 1 r i k ll 0 r i WM w M in Cairo iii 16 C M RIS MilO ago 1 I luid hO d a Urns tong interview with Towfik Pasha Patha P who ho wa WU w I Ithen then of lr l Egypt Today Doday i 1 I hu had a 1 talk with M hi d B on lIn m Abba Ab M I HUn Ulin i who 0 IB II fl now on Oil th the Both r t i en took ok place In tuc th h bil II n palace pall PM e the great structure which Yeh f 1 n ns mr the th bu b ln us office and aid d i 1 l ot tb r t Ik A t situ Itu a 1 f 1 i here tn In n the heart ot Tio Tw i Mp Wilt arranged by byi i t i ilc 1 Saml diplomatic Bonts who act at TI 11 l i n as R n to Egypt Emt The Tile I i was Willi by b Consul l I in 11 i pr p u hr In 19 and una il 11 olli thIr r by b Contra General tiding v i If 14 now n v the tle of e fth tho thor t r t j 1 ll tte t The audI were vEe In Ini I i kl L i sie aea bold in Inthe the aft and andr nd c r i 1 ii d t r v won WU th tall tint hn t nd I in co ta 1 of Pt t truck lc coat Ind nd I i J i h l tOUt t for fOD r i u lI 1 WI W went to tile th pal paI m in n i I ular carriage are with a 11 aI mH I of f the Uw legation on oi 1 the M MV t V Hie 1 tho coachman and Rn er mol nt nL 1 II Uil in both 1 br b tho c 10 l Ir li ra C the FAt A J Th of havo hav two ii i one fl In fl Cain Oie o owin Ite In InAI AI a That In ft Is 1 the th n roa ur situated right on onI I the h hd with Its Un it windows looking out th 1 thY yacht and the o nr c hf hI dl d n nations which are ae areat at UI In I ti r The Th Min Abdin fON n II i Kiil 1111 gi t n In n tho Iho b Of thin thit el rity cit it of It t It ft i Ic bunt built buntIn In th u nt R li h ini mid id it its Ith two stories have Y wi lw looking f out upon th hi squat unit Tt re IM t I it a grant grand In t tI i t ir UK lid to t lb fh loft 1 of oC Ihl a t In ft hid I uin tola Uld CI leads tu to th lh and l I other t il 11 Ii of or hip h As A oui Ul curri ur up to tJ t the th 1 nl ul Lee HOP le wr WI I vr n pasMO by hy a o id I i 1 h drawn to by n Alon n non b i R ROn On tho th box 1 PI i l He i u L hit in rat Fat at n ZI 1 wl wI bH It Itskin skin kin and aTt dark durk ar i nil all till tl i t mol moio num IK r his hi tol eI skull cap yap In 10 fn l of 0 the tho th i r MI n two wo 0 In li legged d vii Ill their i li M 1 u ui In front n Iii i 11 1 warning i jl lf b ir s to t l RO gO II out of Ii I W y yi i ird tn k this t i 11 iii t WL was us that of ir n II about io I c Ul ll n 1 the wl of if t the thi Khedive The palal o sr jr i t iby th by h y an on Arh dad In l i n uil an tho the red f p which thi Egyptian nevor tal iff rc whether In 10 hou hous or out Wo W n It Into Inlo i K g t td etui IK t hall hail i nii mo al aI tb tit nills v 11 Mch h We fIjI I 1 In lI cr n cru MM 1111 Hid M n iI in Ill into to lh tl tI si one lkc by b a stull u l Ik th it i IWo tuo t u l t loads tl of Pi c u y t I II 11 III 1 I bo be b draa fl uj III II U fl t phout s I n tho th lh F How II or l an U l th the tle r ept i un 1 u 4 I for tor 1 IT n i 1 the th apart m i t t tm fill the tho rh m D i i I lid l ot of f ti ll I 1 Lh I h hu Un 1 t we w t i n 11 Into hUb n lar ai by OTto one n of t Ili III li I K IS who wh h halt hu ar 1 E with rth us u until uil ii in an n official awi a tout luM luMus touti i us hl hI hili 1 was w ready to UH us u PACE FACE TO PACK THE KIU DIVE DIYE Wo worn wiro 10 then C arob acro tho hall ball to th tl hlf room of oe C CI I tho mla n u a i t moment later ater l t rere wore were fact facu to fui fa with tho th young of It f J Egypt TIll Tho room was as the tb sama In tn F T r mot flIt his til h r id our r re I I k Il us in li fl and ns LU as fill n I had hid many y yUH uirt irs t ogo Th ri Mu n not look i 4 much like 11 hi hJ HP H lp has more I dignity and uHl 1 g 5 a it He Ito bus hu J hWI v II M h mm Aun complexion the IheI I n H 11 IM II i i I nJ J tir I Il L MIlle broAd oi 11 olt i n lo he nl HUM 1111 and ami i ul full Ull II I I I I 1 hll ID I I lilt r i f 1 it G 6 lIh Iii to I lit bill I LI I II I 1 i li rl rc J 11 I In him ir nI K r Ill Th i i ti il 1 i j full ul nut Ih lb mn HII ii h l with Hh lh n I brOU 1 HM I h m I 1 i di li 1 41 1 l aim T win 1 i 11 l 1 C I IVl Vl and aul with v Ith Ch h nut ion t i ul ut rather uil I i Irel Ik JH HI Ii I ii 11 i 1 rr I Uno I bl i od MI tho sto Also lo Of Ot P rd iu uin and L U n 1 tt 1 l i h ho in inOt Ot o tHI K MI n link UK HI I wan sri block im I It H VI a of I t f th tb huU tl v v cli r iv t y II he lh h Ihu Ih I l vou rou buy boy nil n lov r fin fm n t i r iHl HN Hh Hl figh U n 1 f tod ludy Will ii u tn bP f 1 util lind l hi hl r ru With n md tt of ot Hi i t he h hud l 1 In Ii both in lH ni lIp Vh 1 hh M In i I t inI ron on onI led I d tha ir u r 4 e 4 m in o dl lt tu lu u seats on tho the opposite aide aldo of the room Toom and each eich took l ht hI ls ow pU pl o on a 11 t divan und and ut t down wIth Ith one ne foot toot un r him Thure T to 0 bo nothing undignified in La this attitude the manners of ob both perfectly simple Jf arid tree free um How the thc th I Lives and a t Description of Some of His Big Farms amI and andI How I He Manage e Them His New Nev Railroad Which May be hc Extended Ext to o Tripoli His H Highness as IS a 3 Stock Breeder and Business Man His Daily Life Lc and Family A Mohammedan With One Wife Who Does Docs Not Smoke Drink Nor Gamble A Comparison of Him with His Fits Father i 7 t S I urn tH talk or f cigarettes wr In anti 1111 the tho consul con ul ton gen OUCh eich took one lit eral IRl H ni nt It lt Ills HIM 1 upon my myn nl myking n fl king him If Ir l he hI did not smoke he hll heE E piled No X I asked the tho same me hues IUS llou lilli t I of TP IH mid and II he told mo inc thit thu hs ii h n nl drAnk wiy In lug th lInt thU U lan do not li 1 i rIght to II drink anything k t S r V t Y S rn w k T 4 S THE OF oi 1907 Abbas of ot o Egypt S and that he tried to follow thu laws lars of ot 18 ia a laid down by the Koran Kornn The Thu present p ent kho lQ drinks nothing no thIn hut puro pure water and nn he Is I 1 nm am told quite us nil religious itS afi was wall his father ather lie lio gays his prayers ImmedIately upon ris I in B end and Roe goes to the masque every day dU WIlS devout lie Jfe told mo me that he ho h know the tho Koran from ono one end ond to the HI other and amI that he ho could begin lit at the hack buck ond quote almost WOEY VOI paragraph trotH from there to 10 the front He Ito had nil 85 much nith In his religion ns as ve we vt havo In III ours but ho said during lurin out our that ho he thought Very every mart ma follow tollow the Iho of ot his Ilia father TilE THE MO JIO MONOGAMISTS The rile ot cC o the tho past last have been noted fOl for their numerous wives Every Everyone ono one of df them hn IUt had h 1 the tho tour four allotted led by b the Koran Korun In addition con concubines and slaves Tho rho of o tho the present ruler was WUA a n monogamist Ho lie VU truo to tu his hili lii one onn wife us as fur tUl ns nil asI I 1 en nn an n learn who she wan a n most moat accomplished Ishol lady When I 1 was hero hove before 1 I hoard many stories sturleN of or thu love loc which Pasha hod for fur this mans mother und and of the pleasant homo home they lied outside of his hla career It was probably that example that made maie Abbas n a monogamist and gave him hInt a II home which in Its Ita tUlot peace penco corres corresponds ponds ponas favorably with that of oC uny ruler of Jr o Europe Indeed Inde 11 towfik the tho father of or Abbas HUm once on co expressed him himself self oolf strongly In favor of at monogamy saying ayin In my m own fathers harem I 1 Raw the tho disadvantages of o many wives and of ot ninny many children by b different nt wives sivea Ios and I then decided that when I came to manhood I 1 would marry marr but butone butone one Olle woman and bo be true to her I have done that and I 1 havo have never nover regretted It The Tho present is undoubtedly of much the tho same opinion Ho He has hns been married 13 years and that to a n single wife wICe who Is the mother of his six children S A BUSINESS RULER My M conversation with his highness Abbas Abban HilmI covered a II wide wl range rang It dealt with tho the present prosperity of Egypt and I 1 can sen that his highness understands both bolh his country and peo pou people plo He Ho thinks that the Nile valley has by h no means reached the maxi maximum maximum mum mun of ot Its possibilities and says sarI that by b Increasing tho the dams dame and anil drainage facilities Egypt Eg pt might yield much greater crops than she sho does docs Now I 1 spoke to him about having met his and referred to the tho great Inter t st sl which rasha showed In mid and Its lis future Tho rho ox ex expressed pressed a similar desire to do 10 till oIl ho i 1 for or the tho Egyptians B and had he greater power I am nm sure suro It would he bo bousd heus us d for their theil benefit As It Is now this country countr Is III practically In the tho hands of ot the tho Ih British and almost every overy act of the tho khedIve as tie far ns liS doings ar concerned Is directed by them The only matters an Oil to tu which his highness hits has full sway SWIt ore ure those re ro regarding regarding garding his own estates and his man management of o them tham Is such an as to show his hill great business capacity Ho lIe brie baa briean an on allowance of a year out nu of ot tho public treasury but in addition ha he h owns thousands thousand of or acres of ot valuable lands and the tho value lue v of ot this private I property must most run high Into the tho mil mu millions lions liens of dollars Ho Ito handles this In such Much a n way that It pays well wol and his experiments and Improvements are aro the tha th talk of 0 farmers farm rs and business men throughout the Nile valley S AUDAS ABBAS U THE FARMER FAn lEn lEnI I have heard a great deal of those farma of the tho since 1 I have havo been I In Egypt Eg tt Ho Ito Inherited much ninth lend land from his other father but bitt he ho hUll has othor other largo large tracts truet which ho Ito himself hits bus redeemed from the desert dee rt and others which ho lm hus ha made good by draining Not fur far I from rout Cairo ho 2500 acres aerN which i n a 1 fow fo ow ngo wore ure covered with swamps quagmires and hillocks lIe He bought this cheap and thou then the II began to Improve It He Ill cut down tho the hills drained tho swamps and put water on tho the land At present that estate Is paying over a 0 year and It j lit bringing his highness 30 per edit cent nail upward on his hI investment Ho lie lum another olio thoI great farm not far from rein which was wan nil desert not net long ago ahO Tile khedive laid down clown o U I small railway and anti put dump cars on onIt onit It With this ho lie hauled oft off the tho sand which came from his drainage works and now has hns it well watered He lie baa hits taken and 1 turned thorn them Into cultivated fields Farm Form villages have havo grown up II about them and his mi highness has hl so laid out nut tho the estate with trees und and flowers that It Is said to o bo be I a n paradise In III onE place hulmn hohns ti IL plan plantation tation tallon of mulberry bushes hushes tho time leaves leae of f which furnish turn ISh rood food for tor his ilK and In other ether places i there are nrc fir This estate Is at nl a n few fow fo miles out of o Alexandria on 01 a beautiful bay of or the Iho Mediterranean see sea Th Tb Tho has built a thorn there or 01 rather Iother two palaces Ho Ito has lIes a II little one nile for himself und and a larger ono one for tor his hi family ramn In other othor parts of or the tho estate ho ii lit carrying on all all 1111 sorts of breeding experiments Ho has hns chicken houses housos and 1 rabbit hutches an aS voll as IS asa ana a t tower containing thousands of or pig pigeons pigeons eons He has dynamos which fur furnish fish nish nl h his Ince with electric lights and carpenter shops and pinning mills the Uti machinery for which tho the name Ilmo dy dynamos d namos liamos during the tho day time In n them all tho the woodwork required for tor hl hIi h various estates and houses Is turn lurn turned ed oil out A STOCK BREEDER The Thc Is fond of line lino stock and he ho Is 13 doing much mitch to Improve that of Egypt On his various farms ann he lie has hus highbred horses cattle culto and ald sheep Ho Ito e has a 1 largo large number of Arabian thoroughbreds some Jersey Swiss and other line lino Ino breeds of or cows cown coW and anI his water buffaloes known horo hero as BJ fa tn a are arc far better than any others of tho the Nile valley vuner Ho He Is also brooding oxen anti and a mules for draft animals His Ills 11 I 3 IM be 10 In scientific farming Ho He lo wants good stock good seed and ami ho works to somo some extent with tho thu agri agricultural cultural department hOle here Ho lie hue has a n school on his estate near Cairo C whore where boys bOs b are aro IU being educated to take places on un his various properties This school cheol Is run at nt his own expanse and uld the boys bo s are taught about bout tock farm tarm farming ing III and ami surveying ns as well vell wol as us reading reading writing and arithmetic The course cours of study lasts ilvo IYO yours years and anu nt at tho Iho end ond the thc graduate In Is pretty Irot sure sura of n a n good position ns steward 1 or overseer on one ono or ot tho the tarzan farms THE KHEDIVES I r have havo already written something about tilo tO railroad This begins tin on n his estate near lelU Alexandria having connection with wih that city by h the state railroad system stem and runs for GO CO miles mies or more mOlo westward one ono idea being that tha it ft may bo ho extend ed od to Tripoli Much of ut tho the lund land along the I he road rand hits has hiS boon been redeemed and amid It a part of or this belongs to his hIgh hI He lie Il hums has put limit up nIl a n number ot of villages hero heo anti thoro In iii this region and Ini 1 I am ln told laId that time tho rond 1111 Is It paying s so 1 well wel that thal the thc track Irnel which wul ms originally a I narrow gage line has hUl had Ime to tobo tobo tobe bo be His HIl I us highness la hi Iq much In lu m In tire tho fond 1051 1011 and it Is sold said thou that mt he ho sometime mounts mountH tho the locomotive anti nd manages tho the engine a lS qs the train goon over it itIn I itin In speaking about this road rend lie ho told mo me 10 that ho lie was Wi wul wol we with wih Its condition anti and alt that ho be thought that It might aught II ht be b extended along ulong tho thu coast cOl of tho the Mediterranean as os far tur as ue Il Tripoli and bo lit to pay payI I am ant al told lold that tho the has hns mado nind ninda a I groat r t deal of money mono within the tho past liast three ti reo or ci four tau I years yours His farm 11 lands have l ive doubled In value and the great grell boom which Egypt Is in now lien has added greatly to 10 his hIl wealth Ho lie HoIs lt lieIs Is II said to tu bo lie investing largely In Cairo itself I ort anti and umon othor things Is building Borne mionie tome apartment which have hivo elevators telephones doe elec electric elc trio lights bathrooms and un I nil ul other Modern Improvements n t Ho lIe lias mila a brick factory on oa one of his hla estates near neur hero here mind his hIl hi from his hil hi cotton and other crops crop must bo be groat TIlE THE DAILY DAIY LiFE IFf DIVE OP Ol THE TilE KHE KHEDIVE I 1 have made mado mao sumo some Inquiries about the tho dally daily life lite u of time the It Is a n quiet one cue but bul full ul oil of ut business and hard work wOle from trl daylight to dark Ills His HIl highness Is lit an early carly riser Ho Is II us UI out Olt of or bed by 0 C and In his hil prayers |
