, 1877-12-26

yet + and It. ruler should be coenecs.:
Cd With Constanstnoplc ty a political
nea Of her money fe o .np ,ps o.s estsy.
Rance Of Turkish Pashat. sultans. md ennucha,
and that It this VERT moment, Egyptian fc1iAhs
nse diving on tne Danube in ortier to sustain =
while Ru'sa, although ahe does not .onsder Il
polite to use II, has an untouhtcd casus befli
The country Of thu Pharaohs has been lnhat-
hsri.so1sin9 ad .inp1s rnes, whosss ~ see i: a.p:
ration il to l,e allowed To tll its ferti'c eol and
to be granted portion Of the resu|t Of their
lahors. Just and cqu!tattc 9ovctnment
he no question that the entire population Of
ERvpt would not only welcome. with open
arms. our prcscncc IN the country, but that It
would be N unnixcl blessing to them. Who,
very doubtful. An arrangement. might casily
he made with him which would satisfy hin.
He has afEeady largo estates. whici, would be.
con'u rnoso valuable br our occupation Of tho
nov pa!d 70 TURKEY, rhisl'' q sous.e, would
and scrvia to the Porte viii lapse. But
should tl,e KhsliVg b 80 il!.adsi,cd
resistance wouia Be- be- Of Itie avail ~ i, liz would
not ind one single Egyptian to support him,
and It Is eyIucut that Tic safety Of tho British
Empire must not be endangered because ono
4usA q not PIepa1cu 10 give up *oat ne !aHclea
to be his right to govern tevefal million Egypt
ians who would gla1ly be rt1 Of him. Moreover,
were 1t considered advisable, the khcdESc, in
stcnd Of being replaced, might bo pnt in tho
aame relation With tte Empress Of 1ndia as the
Of Germany. AZ to Europe. not ono Power
would object TO our dealing with Egypt, ~
seems best TO us, with the exception. pcrhsps,
Of ltaiy' .nd = Is nedles: y say that we may
have. for the nonce. t!esonac sensible, and hare
other matters nearer homa to think about tllan
n run nlter tbs mirage Ut influence where they
bare no interests. Germany. Austria. and Rus
sla have already told Us that they hare no sort
of rcakon to care whether Egypt belongs To ua
or TO Turkey, except that they regard its con-
ncesion With tho latter country "a compromising
and foul,sh.
Awake, t>lcn, Dlsracll, Bcaconsae1d, Or by
what other nane It mar please you to be known
In history. Within sl1 days Of the fall OF kars
troops SHOULD have been under o1siers from India
and from 4 England for Egypt. Remember that
clear your mind Of all hazv nonsense respecting
tl,e mission and the position OF tho Semitic rare.
lou hold brief for ", and not flor Molta1n-
mcdans or for Jcws. The futurs Of your race
sophieal nuslngs. Tic. future Of tho British
Empire Is tho material fact which now concdrns
you md US: Your policy, as Jet, has been the
accident Of m accident. You have blusterctl,
ant. when youF bInstefings have been Of no
avail you hare cs!ngca. We want no protocols
nor protests, no compromises nor conventions.
Wu live In an ace-to use the words
ofI'rince Dtslnarck-of bloot! and iron. The aafo-
ty Of our Empire must rest upon no treaties
that may be broken, aud upon no pledges tint
may bo cyadtd. and neither upon tho good
faith nor the good mill ot foreign nations. X
VIC want India to ren,nin under our rule we
must hold our communications With India with
~ iron grasp. We must, in truth, hare EgJpt.
Halt tneasnres are no measures. When Russia
comes into the next European Congress. with
Armenia as portion Of hef possessions, md
tho FREQ passage of the bosphoTas to her shipa
nf war 'Hn existing fact. Ne must appear with
then tc In a position to treat either upon tic
bass Of VII jussfdttis, or upon tho sta!u qrso ante
! otaam IN respect 10 Attncnla, the l'osphorus,
and Egypt. To Russian :" accomplished facts y
wo must oppose EnEllsh accomplished facts"