New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-27

10 interested in the Traffic across the .sthnu, N a.
the canal were feasible, English engineers voaAl.
executed it long sgo. All that be done . NJ
railway and tba, has been efectsd while :hos. -
elsmor for wonderful projects have been sitting dyS
home.
The occupation OF the rock Of Perrin lie qas-ta, =,
smilar nature. English steamers, as We nav, "a
are passing and repassDg the entI snce Of the Ps a.
daily. No other European flag ever appears On :.
wat rs of this tropicsl sulf. Neither France =,
Russia, nor Auftria has the slightest coucen vttE
IL is in the exclusive occupation OF EDga and and r.
in the nature OF things remsin 80 ss long a. Eass
bss ysst possessions beyond Il, and These o.he, 49,
tiles have none at oil. Perrin, which Is aivsnta..
ously situate at point where the nav CATION IA "a
cult, has been uniDbsbted rock, except a. a..
intervals sirce the crestion of the world. IL vns
cupied wien Sir David Baird wac about 10 :p,I.
Egypt from Irds nesrly sixty years ago, AID vhn
few months back, our people returned, they fcrrS
We are tod the foriitcatIors and reservoirs jar :
their grandfathers lett them. And yet bse,as
We form 8 settlement ON tns desert rock 10 4 a,
v be no flag but our Dan ever comes We must l-,e,
10 4 T. burst OF spite from the ContlnentA pres
We are 10 foyego the possession OF spot which u,
tepsrted by any human being and which is fund J,
be = convenient hating place for mail s,ssue,
rdtfsnspors simply out of Difference 10 the scseea
bities Of Continental politicians who have 10. ia
su allies interest in those regions OF the word aaa
who never heard the name OF P,rim in Their svss.
Perrin II ay be necessary for the D'ercourse between
Europe and Asia but Perrin must be left dsssisie BE-
cause France thin ks that the occupation VII 100 much
increase the influence Of England on the Arabian ed
Abyssiran coasts. This 10 what the science Of POI.
ii has como to among the publicsts OF the ssesid
Empire
\ We have had enough of such trfng. Ever ,a,s
the FreIch press has been forbidden to Discus dca
tic subjects 1t has always been searching Tor Has
Ia try matter OF this kind, and seeking TO eleyaa
IL into great political question. The Contsey.l
iourr as's have ase thought tit TO insnuste pscrh
s.ion which we may a. well repudiate at once-Asns,
thst the policy Of this couttry 10 Asia Is TO Be slb
dipated TO some general Council OF European Posen
and we consequently hear Of the occupation Of Per,
being brought before the Partisan Conference, and
collective Lotes being meditated on the sueec. There
is probably no truth IN s TINS; but st the exssrce
Of the report is evidence Of notions which NAV A,
well dissipste at once. As for Egypt and the Rel
Sea the int ntions of this country are soon sed We
have TO wish to acquire Territorial POSSESSIONS n tho.
PARTS but we will not for q moment tolerate oy
scheme for interfering with the great system Of ickr
communication which we are now building up. A.
for any nation pretending asuperor or sQaA
position with England in Egypt It is out OF the ques
top We have rot labOred 80 much ogive up new he
fruits of our labor. Twice within the last suty YEA,
have British arms preserved Egypt TO the P0k Il
the fret of these conflicts great French army NJ
feet led by the first Of modern genera was uttst
defeated and destroyed. Forty years afterwNd vkes
an ambitious vceroy made war against his sovsrs.sr
IL was sgain Brltsh force that crushed his pre.et
sors The policy and spirit of England are what tier
we're in 1898 and 1910. Oar own ignts and the rsha
of the Sultan we will support, as we have done before
against either Europesn or Egyptian ambition 81
we would advise these journalists who are buyA
themselves about English proceedings 10 the Red 81
10 attend 10 matters which nearly concern then
seves. Perrin can only possibly belong - tas Sala
of Turkey the Imaum of Muscat: If either oftiss
potentates chooses to make reclamation We sAA
know how to deal with it: but any other StsA VI
only lose its time and temper by interfering With d
question. Probably oil that has been sgd on them.
ter proceeds oply from the i-humor of she Contiaet
al pIess, but, should any Government be 50 i-sdv
as TO give effect to these suggestions, we trust III
Lord Malmesbury will simply decline to Listen su,
such meddng with our national effsrs.