, 1877-05-29
sill lie nat1c until after Tukisl, defeat OF the
tanHhc. "vr,1 II the berlin negotiations are
-rniIy rt,fntr t,,

!,a'a',c. :v'n + the ber''n negotiations are
THE SURF CANAL
r irtk,r1tfnrs fI4ntnn Tfmtk
ALEXANDRIA,. A,ril IA tortc now prom
i1,nt in EGyIt r. the sucz Canal. ", de Les;
I'a'mrr-ion str'nEiy o,'mtea It On polti,ai
ertnl':':s, rrtrcsct thnt an article shoulu hc IN
ur'c'' N inc Treaty Of Paris guaranteeing tic
neutrality IT tic ennaF. But the tlra was ncvct
sus1IcA mt. The canal. remains part ot
:,sr'ian tertttnr,. leased for nincts-ni1,e years
10 Il r,ntpany, nj the cni of which per,otl the
ff.snt nh tsnrttnr,nt may sntsr lnto full nos.
m s & X ysG s s,s1, 10 s Gpa1Xy r. X Tug i Fae i, ta e,
sfrct III Grant, On Whttfi tho title Of tte Com.
}'au, rests, and whcl, WAS signed Lv Said ras'la
y, tue ata Of January, 1859, tho International
sh1ratscs o1 the rahaf "a vcsy clearly limited to
tho frcc passage Of trading Icsscls:
We snennfy declare for rs and our successors,
un'cr The reserve Of tho Sullan'a 1a.acnttot. Tho
rrcnt maritime canal from suuz 10 rc1u.tum md
intervening InteA npe0 tef ever ~ nGutenf pas.
*acrs t, MI shirs o. commerce crossing FUN una
scn 10 tho other. without nny t!stnciton. cxcla.
payment of tba duties md execution Of tic pnlra
established by the. tn1scrsa! Company, 10 whor,
;hecnnccsso1 has been a,ado Of ths uso Ut tho
eald canal arh lis arpMftenAnces.
Tho Universal Company fas been formed, the
cana! has t'ccn male. fleets Of steamers have
been constructed Of special type for passage
aiong this new waterway, md 7esscle Of an aE-
Ereat" tnnage ot over thrcc millions Of tons
ycar. THUS al tic world Is Interested in tho
maintenance Of the cannl ns fro passage, aud
England, 10 tho great carrier. Of the
rn erc xtef t thon ot aI t1
Df tho nations. Nuw coscs tho difficulty. Thu
roast If thG Rcd sea Is 4 weak point IN Turkeys
Ernulr. None u tho ports arc sufficiently de-
tS9 ta a..a sT fssii s h,, It IL ttefetSrs te ats t
canal. Eyen II Egypt tako part Ia tie
war, slle In. no !roticfads;. nothing that
eonl! offer real re:!sta,,ce. Tho Turkish feet
alternative way ot larring tho rassaue Of Rus.
Elan vessels Wunld tlcu lu tu sunttlc U,,e or two
ships, mud ~ eloso tho canal tu MI c0H,crs. Or
st,li sasler aud equally more c'1|cacloas would
I'ttsr Like. in snsie nrt thcy ~ IN sht SaiI at
wu,li stop ~ ali '' navigation. is''''"sb a. tbe
'lcc(ewatcr channel b Nhfrow and tpstnotts I'll
Of The whole world would su!Isr in et,ntc.
auc'cni but Turkey would TO acting within
l!cr rights III taking tlu lcst MEASURES for
t.e pr'tcctl1n of her outlying provinces.
i,usg. Il ss ts Exns ea.fs Ss' nSt St Is 9 s n ,o
fnry tor fto Turks tn take. Nobody here,
however, believes that the utcr. Powers wn,l,,i
sa!Nt!on nr ,rcr1nit sl'cl. prHoe.!tng. United
nstign ;, VII b b. , takcn t. prevent u. lat Tho
'lcnntionaltzattoI Of thu canal mn Imperative
Necessity. At present 1t bclopga to Turkey
qnllc ~ much as The Calet10nlan Canal belongs
to England.
TIE 1unKtan rNEss LAM.
NxinslrA tn L7naaH iIn,.x ...
TEnA, May lk-.tn oiicIai Communication Of
!, thc nare"N =, q. "a hrn.t published on Friday,
present, In force, is md rcmnins suspended,
and MI Journals published In tic Elm.
p.lc w!ll, ftnm tho present dosre., pu
subject ta administrative jurtsdlcion. Tint thu
gathered from thu fnto Ut II. t'assape, who, fur
nPcricrtly harmless cartcatu..c Ii, q humorous
Journal, which any other Guyctuulent would
conslltr bcEeAth nhtlcc, Ia now. by virtue of
In te1rn jail. Certainly, that the iasr II inng
un c people, hail 10 Influence over tic {ny-
eFnt'c'lt inay le inferred from, the faet that
on Friday, before The ilcw tlecrco wns published,
the ctl,tor of the sfamtoM wis suInsiloslc, b.
foIu lnlcc Court lur an prtir!c printed l,ng
n;.a in lbs pAtcr, III spite tf the 'iaw of lSll5,
which trcstrbcs That tlc press should bc un.ter
tltG Sole Jurisdiction Ut LII Hureau mud Foreign
Eclorc the sa,ne r0lica CURT thu Tor
Respondent of a,! English newspaper had nsst,
to nnpcar OIL Friduy, OH tho cl,aryo VI having
wtltten ~ errollto!s mud libelgls account Ut
r"'ire Court coltl nut without Mucl, tliIllcully
tr inntc to understand tint tllu nlat, ID
JoFa then, was not rckpUnsthit tit Turkey
inr nj! ul.ci'Se committed III EnEla,ltl, that
NJ! prtIcrs ind correspondence II, a,, En-
rsn ]vlsrnal ars anon, nous publications, for
Wh!t Il the fnurIaI hlt ur It. tiIbl[aller cun da
m'Ie t. unEsHcr, ni'u uni. before nj, English
t"'ls'. !lc eaae, Vi cot'Itc ttoke down III ut.,u
irTeu's WIS 'tlt ,te'l with ltlat Vi lilo r.trrc-
s.s nsthrr t.: conr1 n"r @ 'iis, liz c,1is:ai ai
aAs':8r nt,, Y tue 1,s Was r. r., tAs ecsass.
e'tIy, III. e'su va. .rc1uanEc!, tl.v otticia Vi
Tx War Ollie tugA.i,. u produce Ito Enrit.I,
Journal ii .it''ssl.h Will, thu signature III thu