The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-23
rsTTs . = = 1913. =
4 Na~v Rona NJ Contentio

The French journals are grumbling considerably
1t The oce upation of the Isle Of Perrin, Red sea-
BY the British East India Company, The London
Times comments sharply upon the French grumb-
lsng. IL says that Perrin u barren rock,
which has been uninhabited. except at rare En-
tsrvals since the creation of the world, and yet,
because England takes possession Of = spot which
10 untenautsd by any human being, and which is
found 10 be . convenient hating place and coal
depot for the lines OF steamers which carry the
East India aud China mails, there IL 80 great out
burst OF spite from the Continental press!' Eng
land has vast possessions beyond Perrin, other
countries have none at all; but Perrin, necessary
for the intsrcourse between Europe aud Asia,
must be left desoiate because France thinks that
the occupation will too much increase the In
auenes Of England on the Arabian and Abyssinian
coasts.
The Thunderer very plainly tells France to mind
her own business, which business is na 10 the Red
Sea. "The French people" says the Times, mot
content with their high position on the continent,
not recognizing the truth that their destiny,
though great, 10 merely European, seek to follow
usover the world, and. without object but the
qualification OF an uneasy selfesteem, to force
themselves into all concerns" This Is plain
talk, and what follows Is palmer. W. hare had
enough Of such triang.' And again
As to any nation pretending to superior
or even an equal position with England in Egypt;
II 10 out of the question. We have not labored
90 much TO give up now the fruits OF our labor
Twice within the last 60 years have British arms
preserved Egypt TO the Porte. In the hrst OF
these conflicts Q great French army and feet. led
by the first Of modern generals, was utterly de-
fsated and destroyed. Forty years afterwards,
When an ambitious yiceroy made war against his
sovereign, 1t was again British force that crush
cd his pretensious. The policy and spirit OF Eng
land are what they were In 1898 and 1910. Our
own rights and the rights OF the Sultan, we will
support, as we have done before, against either
European or Egyptian ambition. SO we would adj
wise those journalists who are busyng themselves
about English proceedings In the Red Sea, to at
tend 20 matters which more nearly concern them
selves. Perrin can only possibly belong to the
Sultan Of Turkey, or the imaum OF Muscat If
either OF these potenates chooses to make recla-
nation, We shall know how to deal with It, but
any other State will only lose its time and temper
by interfering with the question"
The Times is evidently out Of humor with the
French press, and, as it generally presents faitl
full reflex Of the public sentiment and spirit of the
English people we may conclude that the yoke of the
alliance does not sit comfortably formerly on
the neck Of honest Bull.
On the other side, it Is confidently asserted that
France and Russia have protested in joint note
against the English occupation of Perrin. The
Paris Iatric chsrscterizes that occupation as 'a
most violent attack upon the integrity of the Otto
man Empire and the principle Of the liberty Of the
seas" and declares that IL the nations Of Europe
do not mean to abandon the navigation Of the Red
Sea TO England, the occupation of Perrin by the
English must be made political question Of the
highest Importance.