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Show WILL HE GET HER? The Khedive of Egypt Wants to Starry One of the Sultan's Daughters. The young khedive of Egypt is having hav-ing a very uncomfortable time In Constantinople Con-stantinople and i3 doubtless sorry that he ever went there. The sultan appears to take malicious delight in making the young man feel his inferiority and has carried this so far as to refuse to allow his daughter to be given in marriage to the common Egyptian pasha who owes his position to the support of infidel Englishmen. The khedive's mother, however, continues assiduously to intrigue in-trigue in the harems on her son's behalf, be-half, and as she is admittedly a very cJever woman it is believed that her persistency will ultimately be rewarded by success. The sultan at present has only two recognized daughters of marriageable age. One is 13 years old, and the other is 10. It was suggested early in the negotiations that the sultan's daughter is forbidden by unwritten law to marry outside the limits of the Ottoman empire, em-pire, but his majesty himself promptly disposed of that argument by declaring that Egypt is an, integral part , of his empire, and it is certainly recognized as such by all the European powers. If. the sultan should relent, the marriage mar-riage will take place in Constantinople after the khedive, by his suzerain's gracious gra-cious permission, has taken a short holiday holi-day trip through Europe. Unlike the khedive, young King Alexander Alex-ander was treated by the sultan with the greatest distinction and has returned to Servia more persuaded than ever that he is the greatest man in Europa -Constantinople Letter. |