The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-01

Egypt is becoming highly civilized
country. 1t has established railways,
steamers, police, telegraphs, iron c'ads, and
great many other Of tho , inventions wa os
wanting of it's title to rank amongst the
peoples of progress. 1t has not rs yet an
nexed any thing. But at last the khedlve
has awakened to his Deficiencies, ana ID
about to follow the excellent example OF
his European instructors. He has sent OUT
annexing Abyssinia. Already an expedi,,
tionary force, consisting OF two thousand
| men, hae seized the provinces OF Bogos,
! Hulhal, Bejak and Mana. This force is
armed with Remington rifles, mltrailleuses'
and cannon, proof that the Viceroy mas
made GOOD use of his Intercourse with the
civilized nations. But there is yet another
instrument of warfare he has acquired
which, even more clearly than the i'm,
proved weapons, shows that he has studied
the lessons taught him by the West. he
has found a moral pretext for the annexa-
ton. 1t is oil done for the good of man
1 Hind. The route between MassoWah on
the Red Sea and Bogos has become I'M
passable on account of civil war and roo.
berry, and the khedive has resolved to put
an end to this state of things by taxing
the whole territory under his own paternaf
rule. Would not one fancy that he WAS
reading bit of the history of India, and
statement of the reasons for apnexlng q
Mahratta territory or q bit of the PuDjaubf
The English correspondent who communl-
Gates the intelligence says in tone OF non
est disgust -" The whole scheme, 10 fact,
10 contrived to secure to Egypt and mum
Der Of adventures the profit and plumber,
before Europe becomes fully aware of what
> is going Oh, or can take steps to interfere
Monstrous, is it mott limitation is said te
3 be the subtlest fattery, bat somehow grea,
o nations do not seem to appreciate tnt
' compliment. Here is Egypt, manifestly
5 after study of the example of Epglane
o in India, preparing to play the came prohG
# able game of cruelty, fraud and Hypocrisy
and the very first English opinion pro
. nounced upon it is one OF indignation,
. Strange, is it not, the difficulty Of reconcil
= ing professions and practice. For our owl
. part we have no more aympathy with To
It proposed Egyptian conquest Of Abyssinr
t, than we have had with the accomplished
Q English conquest of India. Apparently
the influence OF Egypt on the oessinles .
Africa in modern times has been of moe
J. mischievous character. All Europea
! travellers agree in assigning to the Egyp
o tians q large share of the responsibility 70
II the continuance of the slave trade, whic
70 has shockingly degraded the people wit
l. whom it has come into contact. 1t is IN
fortunately true that wherever the race
'r which are called savage come into contac
" with those that are called civilized, til
n former Immediately become either exteI
,e minated or degraded. Ihls 10 the case eve
er where it 10 the virtuous Anglo. Saxon rae
ID which represents the purer faith and th
be more developed intelligence; how niue
n more so when it is the roguish Mahomme
g, dan with his lust, his cruelty, and b
90 greed which does not fall an atom belo
tx ~ that of the very purest Auglo-Saxon.
10 deliver over to his tender mercies ne
in territory would be but to add to the miss
fr. res and degrading influences which Il
d. Arabs have already spread over the nortl
en- west of the African continent. This is
xn serious question for the protecting nation
if Dependent as the Viceroy is upon the
Ter good will for his existence as monarc
,o Oh they are already heavily responsible for Il
u" continuance of the slave traffic which the
me- have permitted, and they will add to the
law accountability if they now permit til
are system of annexation aud extension
est slave trading over new areas. They ha'
i've the power to interfere, and they ought
aIs exercise it. Indeed, we can scarcely don
ef i5 that Eugland will do so, as she general
;n b aisapproves of robbery by another natl
~ 4 oxcarf hersalf and having given up alaVh