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Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day

<h2>CHAPTER XXI</h2> <h3>TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW</h3> So far I have spoken of the Egyptians collectively, and I have aimed at sketching as faithfully as possible, not the views or ideas of a class but those which are common to the whole body of the people of all ranks and grades. Whether there is any one Egyptian, or any class of the Egyptians, to whom my description might be applied without any qualification or modification is probably doubtful, but that that description, taken in the sense and to the extent intended, is absolutely correct there is no doubt whatever. The Egyptians of to-day are divided in opinion upon many points, social, political, and religious; how much so is evident in the fact that of their many newspapers and periodicals not one is wholly and fully in accord with any other. To have attempted to give the reader a well-defined portrait of each and all of the classes thus formed—had it been possible to do so—could only have resulted in bewildering him; all the more so that, as yet, there is no one class in the country that is not undergoing, more or less consciously, a process of change. It is scarcely possible that it should be otherwise. I have written, so far, entirely in vain if I have not succeeded in conveying to the mind of my reader a clear conception of the fact that the people are as yet but slowly feeling their way towards the adoption of a definite social and political programme. In the maze of conflicting ideas resulting from this condition there are clear and indisputable evidences of a general tendency towards the final acceptance of certain principles that, once definitely adopted, must dominate the whole future of the people. Of these the most prominent is that internal and external peace are absolutely essential to the welfare of the country and of the people, collectively and individually. Of any one thousand Egyptians taken at random from among any grade or large class of the people, I am certain there are not ten who do not sincerely hold this opinion. One and all desire a greater or less change in existing conditions, but they desire that change to be wrought without any sudden or violent disturbance of those conditions. This, without any qualification whatever, is the fact that is the most essential to be realised at the present moment by anyone who would understand the Egyptian of to-day. It is the one influence that practically controls all the others that are affecting the people. The existence of the "Nationalist" party does not in the least disprove this, nor does the popularity of the organs of that party disprove it. The attacks upon the English occupation so widely spread in the country, and almost as widely applauded, have no more influence upon the people than a "transpontine" melodrama of the old type had upon the "gods" who roared themselves hoarse in rapturous applause of its most virtuous sentiments. All the Arab-speaking peoples are alike in this—that there is nothing else that can so stir their enthusiasm or so fill them with delight as the sonorous melody of well-turned phrases and sentences in their native tongue. If the sense of what they hear be clear and evident, they enjoy it the more, but however dense and impenetrable its meaning may be, the music, the rhythm and harmony of its sounds draws their applause. So even the most illiterate of the people will listen with keen enjoyment to a long political article of which the meaning of all but a sentence or two is wholly beyond their comprehension. Thus the glowing periods of the Nationalist Press find ready applause, but awaken no echo in the hearts of the people. Unfortunately it is only too much the same with the papers of a higher type, and these labour under the disadvantage that, of necessity, their articles dealing with prosaic topics do not admit of the ornate style of their rivals. None the less it is unquestionable that it is these papers which are exercising the greatest influence upon the thoughts and ambitions of the people, and their influence is, as I have said, almost wholly one for good. The great mass of the people listen to the reading of the newspapers just as the great majority of church-going people at home listen to sermons—as most edifying and commendable, but as having no practical bearing upon the affairs of life—yet, as I have already pointed out, the Moayyad has been, and is, exerting a wider and always growing influence, and is not only teaching the people to think, but teaching them to think clearly and well. And now we may look for a moment at the Egyptian as an individual. To do justice to this subject would need a volume, not a paragraph. Fortunately the reader can turn to "Lane's Modern Egyptians," in the pages of which he will find a wealth of detailed information needing but little modification to bring it up to date, though it fails to give a clear, well-defined idea of the Egyptian in his daily life. Let me attempt to supply this deficiency, by saying that, according to his class, the average Egyptian corresponds very closely with the average Englishman. Roughly, the whole of the people may be divided into five classes. First, the Ulema, the natural leaders of all the others; secondly, the wealthy landowners and others of independent means; thirdly, the "educated," mainly professional men and Government servants; fourthly, the great middle class of small land and house owners, lower grades of the Government services, merchants, and so forth; fifthly, the working classes, including artisans, craftsmen, labourers, and all who work for their living. Of each class a book might be written, yet I may sum up in broad but accurate outline the character of each by saying that it is in the main that of the same class at home. Let me take the middle-class man. Getting through his morning and the day's work, his one idea is to reach home. On his way by train or tram he greets cordially his acquaintances, discusses with them the news of the day, compares their business or official experiences, growls at the shortcomings of the Government or the tramways, deplores the growing cost of living, and laughs over the latest joke or jest. Once home, he has his favourite easy-chair and newspapers, and has an hour or so of rest with these, seasoned with the chat of the harem as to the misdoings of the children or of the servants, the coming of visitors, household finance, and a hundred other topics. Then out for an hour or so to this favourite caf�, where he reads the latest papers—Moslem and Christian—and has a game or two of backgammon, all the while taking an active part in the brisk fire of conversation going on around him. Then home again to the ease and comfort of the harem, or possibly to entertain some visitors with the unstinted hospitality of his race. Then supper, and then to bed. And through all the day, at home, in his office, on his way to and fro, if you could but follow his doings and his sayings, you would find him in both a very close copy of the man of the same class at home, interested in the same subjects, discussing the same matters, laughing at the same type of jest, grumbling at the same grievances, and withal a man anxious to please and be agreeable, and easily pleased and conciliated. Freer than the Englishman in his amities and friendships, ready to chat or joke with his barber or his baker, but, like the Englishman, most at ease and enjoying himself best in his own special circle. And now I must hasten to a conclusion, and reply briefly to one or two questions that my reader may possibly be inclined to ask. What has the occupation done for the Egyptians? It has secured them the personal freedom they so highly prize, it has given them the liberty of getting, keeping, or spending wealth, a free Press, a knowledge and keen appreciation of the advantages of a properly organised Government, a clearer perception of the natural "rights of man" and of the personal dignity of the humblest, and, as a result of these, enlarged ambitions and aspirations, greater independence of spirit, and a better conception of the interdependence of each one upon his fellow-men. Not much in mere words, but in the reality of the resulting whole an entirely immeasurable amount of good—an amount of good no living man can even approximately estimate, much less appreciate. Possibly some of our children's children will be able to form some adequate conception of its greatness. We of to-day can no more understand its meaning than did the Barons at Runnymede understand the meaning of the great charter they wrung from the unwilling John. Has the occupation failed in any respect? It has in two vitally important matters. It has not in any way qualified the people or any class of the people to undertake the government of the country. It has not educated the people, or done anything whatever to ensure the permanency of the good that has been done. As to these failures, I do not think that any other result could have been attained under the circumstances that have prevailed. Lord Cromer, as a sincere well-wisher of the people and a man of advanced liberal opinion and progressive mind, was the man of all others to work for these things directly and openly if it had been possible for him to do so; but it was not possible, or has only become so since the evacuation of Fachoda. Up to that event the only possible form of Government by which the welfare of the country and of its people could be secured, was that which Lord Cromer adopted—a "benevolent despotism." No other form of Government could by any conceivable possibility have attained the results that have been attained, and that form of Government could only attain those results when in the hands of a man such as Lord Cromer. None the less, as Mill has said, a benevolent despotism "is an altogether false ideal.... Evil for evil, a good despotism, in a country at all advanced in civilisation, is more noxious than a bad one; for it is more relaxing and enervating to the thoughts, feelings, and energies of the people." In Egypt, however, this effect is modified by the attachment of the people to the Turkish Empire, by their objection to non-Moslem rulers, and by all the unhealthy influences of which I have spoken; but while the great mass of the people would much prefer to see the administration of the country entirely in the hands of Mahomedans, they have absolutely no desire for any other change in the present form of the Government. To-day, in spite of all that has been done, Egypt in one most vital matter stands absolutely far behind the position it occupied when the English occupation commenced. Then there was a governing class in the country—a "misgoverning" class, if you will, yet a class that had some conception of, and experience in the art of governing; a class the members of which were accustomed to bear the responsibility of Ministers. To-day that class, and those men, have ceased to exist. If there had been no foreign intervention at the time of Arabi's revolt, if the Egyptians had been left to work out their own destiny, there would in all probability have been a long period of wild disorder and anarchy such as followed the French evacuation. That in its turn would have been followed by the rise of a new Mahomed Ali. The occurrence of this sequence of events would have been absolutely certain and inevitable, the only doubtful point being how long the anarchy might have lasted. As it was, there was no man in the country competent to deal with the crisis. Nor was there one in Europe. England was the only country that had a man willing to face the task, and he undertook it under conditions that for a long time rendered it an almost impossible one. The success Lord Cromer has attained is the one and only justification of the occupation as far as its initiation is concerned. In itself the occupation was essentially a blunder. Having been undertaken, only British pluck and resolution could save it from disaster, and even these, without a man like Lord Cromer to guide them, would very certainly have failed. But the Egypt of 1906 is not the Egypt of 1882. A new revolt, could we imagine its occurrence, would now bring a party, not an individual, into power. There is no man in the country who could by any possible combination of favouring circumstances establish himself as a despotic ruler. Nor is there any one party that could seize the government of the country and hold it. Anarchy would therefore be inevitable, yet it would not be the helpless, hopeless anarchy of former days, but that of rival parties with more or less definite aims and more or less stable cohesion. The only possible salvation of the country after the departure of the French was the rise of a despot like Mahomed Ali. The only possible salvation it could have after a collapse of the existing system, would be the triumph of a party, or a renewed occupation by England or some other Power. But omitting all consideration of the latter contingency, the rivalry of parties would be a rivalry of systems; the men engaged in it would fight—as do those of all parties—largely and mainly for their own interests, but they would fight under the banner of some principle through the profession or adoption of which they would seek the support of the people, and they would, one and all, at least profess a standard consistent in the main with European ideas. The struggle would be a long and exhausting one. The country and the people would suffer heavily, but in the end the Egyptian—if left to do so—would work out his own salvation and a strong Government, built upon sound and healthy lines, would start a new era. Unfortunately the one condition necessary to the attainment of this result—the non-interference of any outside Power—this one condition would be wanting. Hence the collapse of the British occupation would be fatal to all the interests of the country and its people. Nor would the withdrawal of the occupation with all adequate precautions for the preserval of order and a capable administration be much less disastrous, if prior to that something has not been done to qualify the people for self-government. Were the English to leave Egypt to-morrow the people throughout the country would hail the evacuation as they did the evacuation of the French, and among the most blatant in celebrating it would be those who would be the greatest losers by the change. Step by step all the old abuses would be renewed. Individuals and classes alike would be powerless to stay the flood of evil. Least and last of all the Khedive, who would be the helpless puppet of the intriguing factions that would fasten around him. No matter how pure his intentions, how high his aim, how great his ability; no effort, no sacrifice on his part would avail aught, for the one condition absolutely indispensable to enable him to follow his own inclinations or to deal with his people as a wise or benevolent ruler, would be wanting, since that one condition would be the utter exclusion of all European influence from his councils. It is not, therefore, the weakness or faults of the Egyptians themselves that would render an evacuation disastrous, but the selfishness of Europe, the very cause that to-day ensures the prosperity of the country. Nor does it need any supposition of lust or greed on the part of the Powers to bring about this evil issue. The controlling hand of the British being withdrawn, it would at once become the imperative duty of each of the Powers to seek to strengthen its own position in the country; and let them strive as earnestly as they might to do so in the most honest, most generous manner, the clashing of interests would be such that none of them could afford to withhold what pressure it could bring to bear in its own favour. They, like Egypt itself, would be helpless. Nothing could enable them to avoid the wrecking of the country save the immeasurable impossibility of a common accord for the harmonising of their rival claims. England must remain, therefore. Not to protect her own interests in the country itself or in the Sudan, not that she may control the Suez Canal, nor that she may carry the Cape railway to the shores of the Mediterranean. All these she could do without a single soldier or official in the country. She must remain to protect the Egyptians, or rather that they may protect themselves. She must remain that the Powers may, as I believe they most honestly desire to do, preserve the common accord essential to the true interests of all; that she may the better act as their intermediary in the prevention of discord and ensure that each may benefit in just share from its own contribution to the general welfare. But if the cessation of the British occupation would thus inevitably mean disaster, unhappily its continuance is not without the possibility of evil. As I have shown, in spite of the earnest desire of the Egyptian people for peaceful progress, there is much dissatisfaction in the country. It amounts to-day to nothing more than a want of harmony, but a Government that has not the confidence and goodwill of the people it rules is like a seaman sailing into unknown ports, ever liable to encounter unforeseen and unforeseeable dangers. Apart from all other possibilities, and they are many, the continuance of the occupation under a man less able than Lord Cromer to cope with all the difficulties of the position might easily lead to endless troubles. With a weak, rash, or obstinate man in Lord Cromer's position, and an able diplomat, with a knowledge of Eastern ways, in one of the other consulates, no one could foretell what the result might be. England will, therefore, not have fulfilled her duty to the Egyptians or to herself until she has taught the people to govern themselves. That she may do this the people, not a class or section, but the whole body of the people must be educated. There are some among the Egyptians who have seen this, and there is strong reason to believe that their views will ultimately prevail. Meanwhile schools are being established throughout the country at the expense of private individuals, and if they are marked by an anti-English bias, however regrettable this may be, I am afraid it is but a natural result of the existing conditions. It must not be forgotten that the Government of Egypt to-day is exactly the same in form and principle as that which existed before the occupation. The Administration has been organised on sound lines, but the Government is still that of an autocrat ruling through agents responsible to him, and to him alone. In other words, it is absolutely the worst form of government conceivable; the most unstable, the most liable to disaster and calamity of every kind. As Mill has said, the one of all others most tending to the degradation of the people. So far, under the benign sway of Lord Cromer, it has proved a beneficent institution, but that has been the accident, not the property of its form, and as an accident it has been wholly dependent upon the extraordinary combination of high abilities, and, even more, the self-sacrificing zeal of Lord Cromer. Since the days of the Caliphs no man that has ruled the land has ever had such absolute power as Lord Cromer has had. With all the might of England to depend upon, he has known how to secure the sanction of all Europe for his work. Happily for Egypt and the Egyptians, he has sedulously sought to use the unlimited power he has thus commanded solely for their good. But it must be granted that, vast as has been the good he has wrought, his task is incomplete, and must for ever remain so until the Government of the country has been placed upon a footing that will ensure the stability now wholly lacking. <hr style="width: 45%;" /> The preceding pages were already in type when Egypt and Europe alike were startled by the wholly unexpected announcement of Lord Cromer's resignation. For five-and-twenty years he had guided and shaped the destiny of the country, and by steady, patient, self-sacrificing labour had brought it from a condition of desperate disaster to one of stable prosperity such as but few countries enjoy and none other has ever attained in such a brief period of time. From first to last during those long years of indefatigable effort he has striven to exercise the powers entrusted to him with the most absolute impartiality and justice towards all the many conflicting interests with which he has had to deal, and all the nations of Europe have borne voluntary and ample testimony to their appreciation of his services in this respect. Yet, as was but just, in doing this he never for a moment forgot that the most even-handed justice demanded that the Egyptians were in all cases entitled to a preference wherever their interests and those of other peoples in any way clashed. So markedly was this the governing principle upon which he acted that "Cromer's pets" has long been in Egypt a synonym for the "Egyptians." The mere knowledge that this has been so has been one of the factors most potent for the welfare of the people, and has been sufficient in itself to prevent a host of little evils that would otherwise have tended to mar the perfection of his work. Without ever deviating in the smallest particular from what rigid justice might have dictated, Lord Cromer might have enhanced his popularity with the European colonists in Egypt and with their Governments in Europe, but he has never wavered or hesitated for a moment in giving to Egypt and the Egyptians the first and strongest claim wherever and whenever there has been a conflict of interests, or wherever and whenever a concession to the interests of others might even only possibly have a liability to injure or trespass upon those of the Egyptians. And what is the return that this people have offered him? Guided by men whose influence in the country is wholly an influence for evil, they have largely refused to join in any expression of thanks to Lord Cromer for his long and brilliant services. It has been my object in writing this book to endeavour to promote friendship and goodwill between Englishmen and Egyptians. I have tried to bring into prominence the good points that I believe the Egyptian to possess. For twelve years I have been an open advocate of an autonomous government for Egypt, and I still believe that it is only under such a government that the interests of the country and its people can be ultimately secured, but, much as it may grieve my Egyptian friends, I do not hesitate to say that their action in this matter, apart from all else or anything else, demonstrates in the most absolute manner the fact that they are not yet fit for self-government. The very first qualification for a people who desire to govern themselves is that they should be competent to weigh and value the services of the men in whose hands the administration of the country is placed or to be placed. A people who can see nothing in the services of Lord Cromer worthy of their thanks are utterly incapable of forming any accurate or reliable judgment upon the choice of administrators, and therefore unfit for and incapable of self-government. There is no room for doubt or discussion on the subject. I have pointed out in the course of this work that the Egyptians have some reason to be dissatisfied with various features of the occupation. For these, as I have said, I do not think that either Lord Cromer or the Government can be justly blamed. They are almost all the inevitable incidents of the effort to plant Occidental civilisation in an Oriental country. But neither these nor anything that has occurred can in any way derogate from the fact that has been the most salient point in the whole history of Lord Cromer's administration—that he has persistently and consistently, in season and out of season, laboured unceasingly with a single eye to the benefit of the Egyptians. If the Egyptians are unable to see that this has been so, they are unable to estimate the services of any administrator, and therefore unfit to govern themselves. Lord Cromer has himself been all through a steady advocate of an autonomous government for Egypt, but he has seen that such a government can, in the interests of the Egyptians themselves, as well as in the interests of Europe, only be granted when, by the self-education of the people, they shall have fitted themselves for the task. I say self-education advisedly, for it is only by self-education that the Egyptians or any other people can ever qualify themselves to guide their own destinies. As I have said on a previous page, I believe that if left to themselves the Egyptians could and would work out a sound form of government for themselves, but the most essential feature in the question of the future of Egypt is this—that whoever undertakes to govern Egypt, whether the Egyptians themselves or any other people, the government of the country must be one that can and will govern it, not only with sufficient care and regard for the interests of the people, but, with equal care and regard for the interests of the European colonists and the other European interests involved. It is the inability of Mr. Dicey and the other critics of Lord Cromer to see this that stamps their writings and arguments with futility. "Egypt for the Egyptians" in any literal interpretation of the phrase is an idle dream. It is no more possible of realisation than would be a cry of "the ocean for England." It is, I think, Lord Cromer's belief that in time, if he would once set himself the task of learning to govern on sound and healthy lines, the Egyptian would become qualified to take charge of the destinies of his country. If that time does not arrive it will be the fault of the Egyptian himself. It is not England only but all Europe is ready and willing to aid him in learning. No other people has ever had anything like the same opportunity of self-advancement, and keenly as I sympathise with them, warmly as I appreciate their good qualities, I am assured that if they do not attain self-government the fault will be their own and their own only. If they elect to be domineered over by the Anti-Islamic "Nationalist" party, and to be false to their country, their religion, and themselves, the fault is theirs, and it is they who must bear the consequences. The official statement that the administration is to be carried on by Lord Cromer's successor in the same spirit and on the same lines as those Lord Cromer has followed is the best guarantee that the Egyptians or European nations interested in the country could have that the magnificent work he has accomplished is not to be lost. Years ago, in India, an engineer was busy putting the last finishing touches to a great undertaking that had cost him years of thought and labour. The success of his work seemed almost secured when the rising floods of the rainy season, seizing on a weak and unprotected point, threatened to wreck the whole. I trust I may never again behold such awful agony of mind as that which almost crushed the unhappy man as he gazed upon the roaring rush of the ruthless flood, slowly, surely destroying the very foundations of his work. Assuredly it would be a calamity of untold magnitude were the vastly greater work of Lord Cromer to be imperilled for want of any reasonable precaution! <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>Index</h2> <div> Abbass Pacha, 290 Agitation in Egypt, 369 Aim of all men the same, 186 Alexandria, English fleet at, in 1798, 11 Nelson arrives at, 37 Ali Bey, Sultan of Egypt, 46 Al Moayyad, Arabic newspaper, 321, 337 teaching the people to think, 384 Ambition, Egyptians regard it as folly, 183 "Amnesty" as interpreted by the French, 240 Anniversary of French Republic at Cairo, 155 Anti-Egyptian and Anti-Islamic party in Egypt, 379 Anti-English feeling of European colonists, 306 Arab and Egyptian character contrasted, 41 Arab Caliphate, Desire for, 33 Arabic language, Egyptians and the, 132, 384 Press in Egypt, 326 Arab invasion, Effect of, 28 Arabi's revolt, 389 "Are they not our people?", 232, 237 Armenians allied to European races, 18 and the Boer War, 327 Author, A famous Egyptian, 180 Author's aim, Preface, 396 criticisms of the French, 271, 272 Azhar University defiled by the French, The, 170 Bacchanalian festival at Cairo, A, 219 Balloon at Cairo, 174 Battle of Embabeh, or the Pyramids, 90 Matarieh, 225 Shebriss, 86 the Nile, 138 Bedouins, Character of the, 80 plunder Egyptian fugitives, 102 Bekir Pacha, Governor of Cairo, 48, 62 "Benevolences" in Egypt, 113 Berbereens, Character of, 373 Bey, Value of the title, 49 Bigotry of the Egyptians, Alleged, 249 Birket el Feel, quarter of Cairo, 63, 166 Birthday of the Prophet at Cairo, 140 Bishop Horsley on the rights of the people, 115 Boer War, opinions in Egypt, 327 Bonaparte and the Egyptians, 71, 130, 144 at Alexandria, 42, 64 character of, 217 claims to be inspired, 197 fails to learn the lesson of the revolt, 170 has a narrow escape, 154 leaves Egypt, 219 Luther greater than, 178 the "Great,", 285 "with his stockings half-down,", 286 yields to the opposition of the people, 144 Bonaparte's best deed for Egypt, 187 blundering, 144-148, 265 dream of an Eastern Empire, 109 erroneous conception of the people, 71 failure to understand the Egyptians, 144 massacre of his prisoners, 206 policy of cake or cane, 139 proclamation, 68 offensive to Moslems, 77 professed friendship for Islam, 69 suppression of free speech, 138 triumphal entry into Cairo, 218 Boulac besieged by the French, 229 Fall of, 232 the port of Cairo, 95 Bribery in Egypt, 40 British and Moslems, Friendship between, Preface Government, Folly of, 223 see English Brotherhood of mankind, 15 Brutality of English laws in 1798, 241 Brutal sentence, A, 262 Cadi, or Chief of the Ulema, 160 Cairenes, Character of, 10 and French, Mutual satisfaction of, 107 a stiffnecked people, 168 attack the Cadi's house, 160 plundered by Bedouins, 102 resist the Mamaluk Beys, 113 their "baptism of fire,", 169 Cairo, a city of ineffable sadness, 290 Disorder in, 129 Improvements in, 9 in 1798 safer than London, 128 Lighting of streets in, 131 night in the old town, 9 Panic in, 98 in time of Mamaluks, 97 Reform of weights and measures in, 181 Cap of Liberty in Cairo, The, 155 Character of Egyptians, see Egyptian Christian Missions, 353 protection of vice, 269 slaves in Africa, 50 Christians and European civilisation, Eastern, 213 better off than the Moslems, 245 defended by Moslems, 62, 227, 245 Christians in Cairo, Evil influence of, 199 Treatment of, by Moslems, 137 Two classes of, 58 join Moslems in opposing French reforms, 158 less oppressed than the Moslems, 200 of Cairo and the French, 201 Offensive conduct of, 137, 202 responsible for the sufferings of the Moslems, 247 Christ's philosophy, 192 Church of Rome, Credulity in, 178 Civilisation and Empire, incompatible aims, 273 Eastern views of, 213 Egyptian view of, 195 in 1798, 148 The highest, 380 True, 196 won with blood and tears, 215 Cockade in Egypt, The French, 67, 142 Gabarty on the wearing of the, 144 Commune in Paris, 58 Condition of Egyptians before the French invasion, 27 Copts, or native Christians of Egypt, The, 59 and Moslem Egyptians of same race, 59, 124 Causes affecting the character of, 124 their superiority to Moslem Egyptians, 124 Corruption in Egypt, Official, 304 Corsairs of the Barbary coast, 50 Council of State at Cairo, see Dewan Credulity, Egyptian and European, 177, 178 Creeds, Influence of, 201 Cromer, see Lord Cromer "Cromer's pets," 395 Crusades, Traditions of the, in Egypt, 49 "Custom of the East, The," a false excuse, 240 Cutting of the Khalig, ceremony at Cairo, 140, 219 Daily life of the Egyptians, 385 Dawn of the Modern period, 34, 271 Demagogues in the East, 252 Denshawi incident, The, 374 Dervishes, or "Monks of Islam," 96 Despotism, Mill on a benevolent, 388 Dewan, or Council of State, 43, 48, 133 Last official act of the Mamaluk, 63 of Cairo suspended and reformed, 157 reformed a second time, 197 revived by General Menou, 264 Discipline, glorious and inglorious, 206 Discontent in Cairo under the French, 135 Dress, The healthiest, in the East, 214 Dupuy, Death of General, 165 East, The glamour of the, 20 Eastern Christians and European civilisation, 214 ideas of justice and mercy, 253 Eastern peoples chiefly divided by their religions, 256 Easterns are led, not driven, 252 Education in Egypt, 350 Eed, The, or day of sacrifice, 207 Egypt and the Powers, 391 Condition of, in 1798, 46 Foreign rulers of, 23 in 1906 and 1882, compared, 389 "for the Egyptians,", 398 Egyptian, A brilliant, scholar, 180 and Arab character contrasted, 41 adaptability, 151 a mystery to Europeans, 17 anxious to please and easily pleased, 386 credulity, 177 desire for peaceful progress, 383 "Fatalism,", 112, 124 faults and failings, Preface fond of novelties, 175 gratitude, 242, 334 greatly misunderstood, Preface hero-worship, 189 incapacity for self-government, 111, 396 impulsiveness, 83 "Ingratitude,", 185, 263 lack of initiative, 363 lax in their religion, 163, 249 love of freedom, 123, 344 loyalty, 263, 345 to the Sultan and Islam, 30, 32, 72 misunderstood by Bonaparte, 144 national character not yet formed, 312 naturally honest, 85 not always tactless, 104 not bigoted, 151 reticence, 301 self-control, 372, 380 undergoing change, 382 wrongly accused, 243 The, as an individual, 385 The, historian Gabarty, see Gabarty history, The most interesting century in, 13 Six great landmarks of, 25 Three periods of, 22 idea of civilisation, 195 idea of freedom and liberty, 123, 145, 344 ignorance of other countries, 34 indifference to the invasion of Syria, 205 standard of good and evil, 212 reasoning illustrated, 39 mosques monuments of shame, not of glory, 23 newspapers, 376, 382 opinion of England's duty in Egypt, 359 of Bonaparte's government, 184 of Bonaparte's proclamation, 69 of the French, 195 of English, how formed, 298, 300 Egyptians accustomed to free speech, 139 allied to Asiatic peoples, 18 Causes affecting the character of, 117, 378 and French after the revolt, 171 and the Boer War, 327 and their rulers, 73 ask for Mamaluks as officials, 133 begin to have a political existence, 28 compared with the Anglo-Saxons, 115 to Scotch Sabbatarians, 353 Condition of, compared with that of French and English, 116 their grievances under the Mamaluks, 145 in 1798 better than that of the English, 115 under the Arabs, 30 Mamaluks, 73, 145 Pharaohs, 27 Turks, 31 oppressed by Christians, 247 difficulty in understanding Englishmen, 361 distrustful of the English, 12 divided in opinion, 382 five classes of, 385 Tourists' opinions of, 18 uninfluenced by those of former times, Modern, 25 Empire and civilisation incompatible aims, 273 Links between ancient and modern, 22 Philosophy of the, 192 their attitude towards the French, 84 their conversion to Islam, 28 their sufferings due to Christians, 247 tortured by the French, 130 England's best gift to Egypt, 334 duty to Egypt, 393 strength in the East, 302 English and French rivalry, Effect of, 35 and Islam, 381 approaching Islamic ideals, 196 aristocracy, Decay of the, 349 cads, Evil influence of, 347 Empire-makers, 347 Government in 1798, 273 must remain in Egypt, 392 occupation, Newspaper attacks on, 383 self-sufficiency, 151 taxpayer's most costly luxury, 350 Unpopularity of the, 347 Englishmen imperfectly understood by Egyptians, 361 in Egypt in 179, 34 Europe and the East, 274 of to-day and of a century ago, 241 European and Egyptian cannot coalesce, 186 and Oriental thought, 17 civilisation in the East, Hall-mark of, 270 colonists in Egypt, Anti-English feeling of, 306 credulity, 177 fear of epidemics, 208 may study Orientals, How a, 19 ignorance of life in the East, 150 kindness and Egyptian gratitude, 242 misconception of Egyptians, 319 soldier in 1798, The, 108 vice in Cairo, 128 Europeans in Egypt, Influence of, 318 Europeans, slaves to Moslem masters, 50 "Even-handed Justice," 258 Evil-doing cannot be justified, 240 Fachoda, Capt. Marchand at, 294 "Faithless French, The," a Turkish phrase, 152 Fanaticism of Egyptians, Alleged, 30, 249 at Cairo and in Europe, 57 due to spiritual leaders of the peoples, 61 taught to Moslems by Christian missionaries, 354 "Fatalism" in Egypt, 112, 124 Franks or European Christians in Egypt, The, 59 "Fraternity" in Egypt, 199 French and Cairenes, mutual satisfaction of, 107 in Egypt, 35 and Mamaluk rule compared, 275 and the Egyptian Christians, The, 201 Arrival of the, 42 Attitude of the people towards the, 70 Author's criticisms of, 271 Condition of, compared with that of the Egyptians, 116 destroy public buildings in Cairo, 157 distrusted by the people, 78 enter Cairo, 107 experts with Bonaparte, 134 invasion, the starting-point of the modern period, 24 Influence of the, 36 leave Egypt, 267 occupation, cause of its failure, 273 Effect of, upon trade, 203 Evil effects of, 267 Good effects of, 270 "Most important event" during, 209 opinion of Egyptians, 71 relations with Ireland and India, 37 welcomed by the Christians of Cairo, 136 Frenchmen in Egypt in 1798, 34 of high ideals, 270 Friendship between British and Moslems, Preface, 380 Gabarty, Egyptian historian, 96, 181 censures the Mahomedans, 96, 221 character of his history, 209 personal character, 179, 181 his criticisms of Moslems and Christians, 96, 99, 221, 246 origin and family, 180 on the wearing of the cockade, 144 praises the French, 175 Gates of the Harahs in Cairo, 135 Gordon riots in London, 57 Governing class in Egypt extinct, 389 Government by force, 251 of Egypt in 1798, 42 Governor of Cairo, 45 Greeks and the English occupation, 306 Haeckel and the Monists, 15 Hall-mark of European civilisation, 270 "Handyman, The," training of, 364 Hero of civilisation, The great, 217 Hero-worship of the Egyptians, 189 Hindoos and their gods, 189 Historians, Admissions of, 248 Mistakes of the, 213, 243 of Egypt, 268 perplexed by Mahomed Ali, 284 by the Copts, 124 History, Character of true, 15 Most interesting century in Egyptian, 13 of Egypt, Early, 12 Two kinds of, 27 Unity of, 13 Honest man, The, 270 men and rogues, 85 Horsley on the rights of the people, Bishop, 115 Humanity, The lowest type of, 193 Ibrahim Bey, Governor of Cairo, 46, 54, 93 protects the Christians, 63 Ideals, English and Oriental, 258 Influence of, 196, 201 Indian peoples incapable of self-government, 112 Moslems' loyalty to the Sultan, 32 sepoys in Egypt, 267 Influence of French occupation upon the English occupation, 267 "Ingratitude" of the Egyptians, 185, 272 Inventor, A famous Egyptian, 180 Irish rebels, Pursuit of, 57 Islam, Despotism in, 78 favourable to freedom, 30 Fidelity of Egyptians to, 30, 33 inconsistent with radicalism, 379 Progressive thought natural to, 144 Democratic spirit of, 77 teaches self-respect, 200 Islamic ideals being approached by England, 196 spirit affects the Egyptians less than other peoples, 29 Ismail Pacha, 292 Jaffa, Massacre by the French at, 206 Jews, Character of the, 126 in Cairo, 249 join the Moslems in opposing French reforms, 158 Journalism of to-day, 323 Justice and Mercy, Eastern idea of, 253 Even-handed, 258 under the French and the Mamaluks, 198 Kasr el Aini Hospital, 48 Khedive, difficulty of his position, The, 391 Kleber succeeds Bonaparte, General, 220 Assassination of, 259 Knowledge in Egypt, Spread of, 356 Koran, the "Word of God," The, 77, 258 Korbag, its use in Egypt, 123 Laboratory at Cairo, French, 176 Law of retaliation, Moslem, 257 Leaders of the people, 252 Legislative Council of Egypt, 28 Liberty, Egyptian ideas of, 123, 145, 344 "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity,", 130, 197, 243 of Press in Egypt, 330 Library at Cairo, French, 175 in Cairo founded by an Egyptian, 181 Lighting of London and Cairo in 1798, 131, 132 Links between the Egyptians of the present and past, 22 London, Safety in Cairo and in, 128 Lord Cromer and the Press, 330 Attack on, 376 a well-wisher of the people, 387 Egyptian Press on, 376 his devotion to the Egyptians, 395 his "pets,", 395 his resignation, 394 his work incomplete, 394 Loyalty of Mohamedans to the Sultan, 281 of Cairenes to their treaties, 235 Luther greater than Bonaparte, 178 Lying policy, The price of a, 285 Mahars and Mangs of India, 14 Mahomed Ali, an Arnout, 283 and his successors, 275 their influence on the people, 311 Death of, 289 essentially a European, 315 his early history, 277 impoverishes the people, 288 his tomb, 290 the "Great," 285 Mamaluk and French role compared, 275 Beys, their contempt for Europeans, 50 their loyalty to the Sultan, 52 Mamaluks, better than the French for the Egyptians, 184 Character of, 44, 126 and the Egyptians, The, 251 Marchand at Fachoda, Captain, 294 effect of his withdrawal, 307 Massacre by Bonaparte at Jaffa, 206, 285 of Christians proposed at Cairo, 56 opposed by Egyptians, 82 ordered, 226 of Jews in Russia, 58 of the Mamaluks, 285 Mecca, The pilgrimage to, 209 Menchawi Pacha, Trial of, 365 Mercy and Justice, Eastern ideas of, 253 Methodists' anxiety for salvation, 200 "Ministers" and "Advisers,", 363 Miracle, A modern, 178 Moayyad newspaper, The, see Al Moayyad Mokattam newspaper, The, 336 "Monks of Islam," 96 Morality, European and Oriental ideas of, 269 Moslem and Christian persecutions contrasted, 61 distrust of European friendship, 322 to the Sultan, 281 "pride," 200 sentiment outraged, 266 Moslem treatment of Christians in Cairo, 244 Moslems and Copts of Egypt of the same race, 124 in Egypt more oppressed than Christians, 200 protect Christians, 62, 227, 245 Mosques destroyed by the French, 157 Murad Bey, his character, 54 Military Chief of the Mamaluks, 46 Music, Effect of Arab, on the people, 96 National character, Effect of circumstances on, 16 "Nationalist" party, 378, 383 Negroes and their leaders, 253 Nelson at Alexandria, 37 New era, Birthday of the, 309 Newspaper attacks on the English occupation, 383 Newspapers, Influence of Arabic, 384 "No Popery" riots in London, 57 Object of this book, Preface, 21, 396 Occupation, Good done by the English, 386-7 Official corruption, 304 Officials in Egypt, Minor, 302 Training of, 365 Oriental and European thought, 17 Orientals capable of high education, 18 Orientals' difficulty in understanding Europeans, 18 Panics in Europe and elsewhere, 100 Pan-Islamism, 324 Pan-Islamism the true interest of the Moslem world, Preface Peace, The people of Cairo refuse, 232 price of, 237 without honour, 197 Persian deserts, The villagers of the, 13 Pharaohs, Egypt under the, 27 Philosophy, Christ's, the philosophy of the East, 192 Pilgrimage to Mecca, The, 209 Pitiable "Greatness,", 287 Plague in Cairo, 156, 208 Police, An infamous Chief of, 260 Policy, Price of a lying, 285 Politeness has a limit, Egyptian, 142 Popular science in 1798, 176 Poverty in Egypt and in India, 129 in England and the East, 122 Prayer, An omitted, 207 Precision, French love of and Egyptian dislike to, 131 Pro-English Press, 369, 371, 374-5 Progress, a flight from evil, 215 The great hindrance to, 318 Progressive thought in Islam, 144 Prosperity of Egypt under Said Pacha, 292 Radicalism inconsistent with Islam, 379 Ramadan, Fast of, 205 Reform of weights and measures in Cairo, 181 Reforms, French, opposed by Moslems, Christians, and Jews, 158 how regarded by the Egyptians, 145 in Cairo under Bonaparte, 130 Reign of Terror in France, 58 Religion the chief division among Orientals, 256 Representative government not desired by the people of Egypt, 357 Retaliation, The Moslem law of, 257 Revolt of the Cairenes, 165 "Rights of Man, The," in Cairo, 155 Rise of the Nile feast in Cairo, The, 140, 219 Rogues and honest men, 85 Ruskin's parable of the children, 191 Said Pacha, 291 Sayed Mahomed Kerim, Governor of Alexandria, 40 Execution of, 146 Sayeds or Shereefs, Respect paid to, by Mahomedans, 40 Scotch Sabbatarians, Egyptians compared to, 353 Servants in Egypt, Character of, 373 Sheikh Ali Youssef, 331 Siege of Cairo, 217, 229 Slaves, Christian, in Africa, 50 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