The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-03
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN TUR.
KEY AND EGYPr.
MtSSRge Of tho Sultan 10 tho KhCdIve
Of Egypt.

| MtUohlS0 OF Gl4O huItou 10 tnN 1AnCuItG
OF Egypt.
WASHINGTON, December 81.
The following Is u translation OF tue
Imperial Grnlan OF the Sultan, sent re-
Gently by his Hiehness the Grand
ViZer OF Turkey to the Khedive Of
Egypt. After the usual c0urtesIes Of
address, the Sultan says:
1T would be HupertnouB to say how
greHt Is my sollOltnde for the prospect.
" OF the important provinces OF Egypt,
and for the growth Of the well>beInR
and security Of lts Inhabitants. While
devotlng serious attention to the COM
plete maintenance OF the local or home
privileges [priViEeges interieurSl Accord
ed to the Egyptian Standardization, II Is
at the same time my duty 10 supervise
tho strict iultllment OF the obligations
OF that administration, both towards
my crown and towards the inhMbltRnts
OF the province.
'Couseq have accepted the
explanation that you have given, and
the engagement, you have entered into,
as we'll In regard 10 the arms and voR.
sells OF war az to what concerns the ex-
ternRl relations Of the province, by the
letter which you wrote under dsLe OF
the 10th Die ma Zlul ct Ell 1885, In re-
sponBe TO that which my Grand VlZer
addressed to you by my sovereign or
der, on the 18th Rebl al Aker 1886.
However, the financial question be'
Ing vital point for all countries, II the
quota OF imposts 10 beyond the means
OF those liable to contributes or II the
product of these impOsts instead OF he
ing appropriated to the actual wants OF
a country, is absorbed by unfruItIul
expenditures, It unquestlonRbly ex-
poSea itself to incalculAble losses and
damages. Hence resulted the secret
and ipdefensible right OF the Sovereign
OF the country 10 watch over this i'm
portant subject with 6Olloltude; and Id
order that there may be no doubt or
Misunderstanding In this regard, /
have resolved 10 give you the following
explanations, With which all my sub
jects will be made equally acquainted.
Thus, In accordance with the fundR-
mental conditions which form tho basis
for the present administration OF
Egypt, all the tmposlS and duties must |
be apportiOned aud levied In my name.
I cannot, then, consent In any manner
thatthe proCeedS Of these taxes shall
be employed otherwise than for the
real wants OF the country or that Its In.
hablL&ntH shall be burdEnsd with new
lakes without the existence Of q lsRiti-
mate and acknowledged necessity.
MY absolute desire Ia, therefore, that
your zeal and most constant efforts be
towards These two most i'm.
portRnt objects, and that you will not
lose sight Of the necessity Of treating
my subjects In Egypt with justice and
equity. likewise. / cannot permit 9
OF foreign loans, engaging
FOR u long term OF years The revenues OF
.he country, unleRe the reasons therefor
have been submitted In all their details
10 my imperial government, nor unless
NY authorization has been previously
obtained can allow the sums nekotI-
lted upon the revenues OF Egypt to be
appropriated 10 the service or a loan.
Ny will Ia, therefore, that no loan shall
,ver be contracted before the actual me-
'sssIty OF having recourse to It has
)een we'll established and my authors
'RIlOn previously obtained.
'You will hencef0rth conform your
ICls and your conduct 10 the formal
erIns Of the present imperial Arman,
which itself conforms In all points to
ur respective rights aud duties Rs well
4 10 established preCedonts.'