The New York herald., 1870-05-02

we're improving wonderfully; that .ne op nf the
ns eson, tSat nev we're incurred In indemnfyng
foreigners because OF vexed quesu9ns nn mc0 line
aon Is n attending telegraph lines 70 souakm
Massowah and the Sondan ID iplos,ds sd Vessels WAS
Said; that the purchase o Ieess shps. and finally
concluiina with promises OF nnlalng aevou0n @ 70
his Imperial Majesty and submission 10 'ne a'c'a'os
OF the sublime Porte. nr.
This reply, as mght have been expected saIls1ea
Este,n aneston IS regarded as very delicate one,
involving infinite consequences @ tne mos. tSs
nature S mad thsre sne 0ssn yceroy % 0uso' almost
possible To- say where So and Sos when Ss those y ld
have ossse snass that an Would ono have , %nc
Div with tie destruction Of the ylcerosI ma ali
schemes o. autonomy for Egypt, with tDe waste Of
tresses and the defamation Of th9 Egyptian troops.
THIS raciie solution " the EasteZn question would
never be borne out In fact 1t M ght possibly inv0ve
England and France, though " Is probable that it s
premature to hazard the conjecture that France
prepared to launch out In defence OF Egypt ana the
possession ol the Sues Canal and the sea and land
iouxe 20 India Russia In such complication
might not be sent She might possibly still feel sore
However advantageous such war wonld be for her
.ef revenge being sweet, she could wait, for the
sne slSnars powers to stand aloof during the con.
test where could possibly be the danger 10 Turkeyf
This question Is easy 70 answer For turkey com
posed largely ofrcmnas oE former empires, portions
Of different antagonlstc races and varied religions
none more fruitful OF yirulent antagonsm IMAM Inc
wide distinction between Christians and Moslems.
Had Egypt actually taken up arms, who would uil.
dertake 10 youch for the submission OF the European
Eyalets OF Bulgaria, OF Wallachia, Moldaya, R0uma
nia-Albania and Macedonia, Bosnia and Croatia and
Seryia and other European provinces, two-thirds of
whose population are either Greeks SlavoniansY
Who would dare sssert that the Greek islands OF
Canda had SO soon forgotten tne PRINCIPLES OF tne
SYRIA with its turbulent ana lact!ous races, would
| remain quieseent; tina, the Wahabees, which Dut
| fam nyya1 OH n
nave seized tis occasion break out into open war;
| that Tunis and Trip0li would remain faithful to
| battling FOR incependenceY Who would undertake to
say that Persia would not seize the opportunity 10
take by force those provinces which she lost few
| years sgo9 Can any one doubt the animoslty which
suosists between the Christians and Moslems IN Asia
Mnorr Not only was there great probaDiiy tnat
that the detection OF Egypt won'd have been quickly
followed by disarecdon in Indla, and that when oil
these disturbances had become OF sulclent lmp0r-
| tance and riots had waxed into armed rebellions,
| Russia had commenced her long deferred march
| towards the South, conquering and to conquer
| There Is nothing Of false augury In these views.
have Kept within the srlces bounds OF posloihties
Against this combination OF evils what have the
| Government Of TURKEY TO oproseY Canddly Turkey,
IS by no means weak, nor unable 10 cope with DIN.
| aGars ana home government who ts o man wei
qualified TO hold the helm OF state even IN danger
| lutte officer, enlightened, possessing broad views OF
| iustcethe gooa genius OF tie empire: In appear
| a
crowd OF lawyers ciergyinen and college professors
he would pass unnotlced there being nothing IN his
ace manner bearing TO distinguish him from such
| men. He has tnat lofty brow ana impressive
seriousness Which belong to such characters. His
features are thin ncisye bearing decidedly the Inn
press OF intellect, with certain humane and lofty
nature just perceptibe about the eyes. He is one
whom at one glance yon would insnctively Judge 10
be qualified for business who would do credit 10 II
and engage in it with spirit ana sense. Such Is the
statesman in whose hand alone Turkeys fare would
rest; 10 whom would be LETT to mould adverse and
d.ssonant characters for The good OF the State to
cone with hydra-headei rebellion. AT his disposal
would be IN army OF 800, 600 men, to be despatched
to al points OF he extensive empire, to fight Per-
| SLAMS N the East, Egyptians, Syrians and Wahahees
| south. Candioes west, Greeks and slavonians
the Turks are good soldiers, but they are poorly
| oGicered. 1t would be difIlcu6 to match Turkish
strength, in god temper and adapa6iiity for the
| fatigues OF campaign; but the officers have no
no resource; they are spirltless lack.lusre eyed
| spawn or men. mean the majority OF the officers
e III, e er ne Ne me ol ,var men ney
men. For a navy to operate against the seq towns
he could despatch q fleet OF ntty good vessels, well
\ armed and manned, twelve OF which are llon-cad
rigates Of the New lronsides class carrying heavy
| metal complete in al the latest improvements OF
| naval architecture. But the enemies OF Turkey
| would number million. What could the Turkish
soldiers, despatched into the held with but crude
under such ofcers as they have2 How much Of ail
army could the Sublime Porte send against the Vice
Not oyer men 1a a the most 10 e these
imagine it then drawn game-looO 600 strong Turks
| opposed to 100000 muscular Arabs. In physique
still the palm lies with the Egyptians. They are
their own so they have much better oiIicers; pos
sess much higher IDEAS OF their duty. Englishfnen
and few partial Americans may, perhaps, smile at
the latter statement; but cannot iorego it, for It is
other races and fragments o races submissive there
need be no doubt that Turkey could conquer Egypt
IN short % As it Is mot within the Of
Gambia aud the European Eyalets the vindictive
Syrian Arabs would remain quiescent with such
splendid opportunities of regaining their inde-
pendence, It Is not difficult to forcsee the end.
CoRDIALlTY.
But Egypt having made the G7l2eide honorable
with such unctuous, soothing phrases, that must
have smitten the heart Of the Grand Selgnor since
e eW TsaS s Sens ana T
corvettes Musaier and Hare given up to the Porte
the sultan much stronger in h,s navy, the vlceroy
where he was tue Egypto-Turkish question is con-
sldered as settled and sapient surnise as to its po
tical significance and consequence OF violent So
The Viceroy has returned to his alegance--if
people must have Il that he ever entertained the
cannot help thinking that other very good rea-
sons might have been produced why the Viceroy
which have not seen. nol heard advanced by any
organ or body. When the arman OF 184I was
arawn up Mehemet All was s me ruler ruler Of Egypl,
Of Egypt, Abdul Aziz Khan sultan. The respective
the turkey Of $50 Is not Inc TgrSey oi ls4l. ii
1871 the losses incurred by the Turks, and the YlctO
r-s OF Meheinet All were still fresh iii the minds Of
Turkish ministers and foreign Powers Greece had
become irTevocably lost TO Turkey and the destruc
non Of almost the entire Turkish navy ten years be-
fore was yet recent and unrepaired when Egypt
became, by the treaty, province nomnally tribu-
tary to The Ottoman empire, powerful enough any
moment TO throw or the yoke; able to take tue
offensive character OF strong enemy. Now, how
stands tle case = ~
80 THE NAVY.
Turkey has q reconstructed navy; she Is the fifth
OF tile naval Powers OF Europe-Ens land, France,
Russia and Prussia being alone stronger than Tur-
key In naval 1eeis She has twelve 1roncad rigates
In the Bosphorus three more building, besides
multitude Of wooden line oi-battle ships rigates
cOyettes, steam tenders and gunboats Egypt
though commercially far more prosperous, in ma
eral OF an army much finer, IN internal commune
in her navy than she was during the reign of Me-
heniet ALL Such being the case 1t was but fair that
she should purchase irOnclads, not for the purpose
Oi gaming her independeMCe, bnt for maintaining