New-York tribune., 1878-10-05
ANGLO.AMERTCAN TOPICS.

| United sTATES-GREECE AND EGYPT RECEIV-
| ING ATTENTION-STGNIFICANT CONFERENCES.
rrRoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
! LONDON, Sept. 21.-Mr. GladstOne's article in me
| North IBlnicaa Reriec has been the subject OF
| much comment this week. 1t has been received
! with chilling GOODNESS by tho press need haiulS
! say that The Times and the Ministerial journals
sncer at it, for they seem TO think that MI "iau-
Stone has forfeited all rrg6t either to speak or write
| more-at all events without their leave. Ihere are
many points on which discussion has been raised
! for there il food for controversy in almost every
! line, but there is none which have been
| 80 universally attacked as the candid
! admissions which MIR. Gladstone makes at
! the outset that he considers the commercial sh-
premacy of England will ultimately wreStcd from
her by America, and-here Is the sting WIN man!
| of them--he does not murmur at the prospect III
! their wrath at this confession, some OF the papers
| have forgotten all about tho main subject when
Mr. Gladstone discusses while in most OF the clil-
cisms this occupies quite subordinate place Even
! The Daiiy Neus the one friend wEIch Mr. OIadSlohe
! has left among the London morning Jonrnals calls
! his admission a rash prophecy" me iGH h""
| Gazcie more apparently, in sorrow than III anger,
asks sadly what Mr.. Gladstone be thinking
| about to make such confession, and what haS De-
come of his patriotism, When he Is able to do 1t
! without tears in his eyes.
| OF course 1t has led to an elaborate comparison
| of notes. The ex-Premcr has been miHuteIy fol-
lowed in all that nc mas said which bears upon the
relative positions Of the two countries. For IN
! stance, the reference TO the rapidity with which
| the United States Government has paid oil the
National debt, and the disbandment of the army
after the war, are taken up by The Times, winch
asks why the English national debt should be paid
at all since none Of the national creditors have ever
asked for the money, ana winch finds a parallel IL
| CromwelPs IrOnsldcs for the rapldty with which
| the United States army returned to civil me-
| II strikes one that there is good deal Of childish
pctuiance III all this resentment of the uterance OF
a very paipable truth by iaTse"lnR Engllsn STATES
man. That the tone which pervddes al the Cruz
| cIsm of that portion ct the article w n.y., we are
| asked, should cousin Jo0athaHs VANITY be tcA'eu
ia this way; why should We abaso ourselves before
! our selI-suihCIent OtishOotT Charles DIGhchS
| Is brought very much INTO TeqhNitoh' anu tit
| spirit winch pcrvaded most OF DchensS 3 carcajulcs
of American character is apparent but III most cases
| without DIckenss sense Oi hGmor.
When we come to the real subject of the article
there is the same feeling prevailing which usually
D-ryades the discussion in this country OF American
affairs, and in most cases there is a want of ac-
quaintance with tine subject Strange to say how
ever, what MIR. Gladstone says in this respect is
with tocrablc generality recognized as truth. That
the Constitution OF the United states does not af-
| ford the same opportunity for the expression
! of the popular VIII rs The British Constitution.
| is one of Mr.. GladStOnGs contentious pretty
generally acquiesced in, also his remarks concern
ing the cOnyusons caused bv the frequent electoral
struggles, and the absolute powers i'll the hands of
| the Executive. Most of Mr. GladstOne's readers,
! like himself appear to have too much overlooked
the fact that there IS such a thing as vetOmg the
Presidential powers OF that II is possible to re-
! move that OticcT'by Impeachment altogether lie
| fTpOupUtlE
| if tuey took place III TINS country Destroy tDat
mechanical majority wlih winch Lord BeaG0hSheid
Is seeking GO bring Asldtic notions INTO Europe;
and Vet neither AT. Gladstone nor his critics can
see anything bat evil in frequent political COnyul-
| slOns. Without following all the critics of the
! English press through the points OF approval or
otherwise of MT. G,adstouos dtteranccs, the lore
| going synopsis shows the general spirit III winch
| that article mas been received.
The outlook IN the East scarcely be said very
much to improve, though there Is reason to think
that matters have began to mend. When Lord Sal
sbury few days ago declined the proposal Of
Prince Bismarck to join in Joint remOnstrance to
| the Porte the supporters Of the Government took
| care TO renew some OF the buster and brag of
month two ago. Russia, said The Daily Telegraph,
was very much moro Of a InalefactOr than Turkey,
| and any European rcmOnsuancc ought to be ten
| dered to her as well. But while the Government
rejected the proposal, or appeared TO the outer
world 10 do so, 1T Is pretty evident that SIR Austen
Layard had explicit Instructions to give to the
! Sultan. At all events, there are signs that things
are getting more in tram That extraordinary speci
| men of an Angu-IuT who calls himself Hobart
! Pacha, has been hun2ediy recalled to CONSTANT
! NOBLE almost away from tho Prince OF NaeSs din
uer-tabe, and tins every one Is constituting INTO an
indication that the Turk has at length made up hIs
mind to consider the Greek question, or, as some put
it, Lord Boaconsied cannot see his way TO drive
of any longer The Encouragement of tho affairs of
Egypt, II Is confidently expected. viii lead to
! arrangement of the affairs of Turkey, and when
once II is said the Sultan gets ready cash the
work of regeneration Ill Turkey viii proceed post
haste
But there is an indefinite sort of feeling abroad
that the British public on the eve of another
! great surprise. "Peace with honor is becoming
worn out-crY, besides being an anachronism, and
! so it Is thought that Lord BeacOnsheld is looking
| around him for fresh stimulus TO the waning
national enthusiasm. IT is easy to find plenty of
! ground for the belief. The constant diplomatic
| correspondence which has recently taken place
! with France and The visit of Lord Salisbury TO
Paris mean, it thought, something more than has
already appeared in regard to the reorganization of
Egypt. On the hand it sand that the surprise
! refers to Grcece-the Government has resolved te
do something for Grecce-On the other that tTeates
! TO the suzerainty Of Egypt, which is TO be pur-
! chased of tine Sultan for q certain sum.
| 1t is probable that whatever is in contemplation
relates to both of these countries. The French
! the only people whose suscepJiblIties have to be
! considered in regard TO Egypt, but then NJ. Wad-
! dingOn constituted himself tho special friend of
! Greco" at the Congress-, and what more natural
| than that lie should nave been enabled 10 come to
! a compromise in regard to both questions in his
recent interviews with Lord Salisbury. This the
substance of the political speculation of the hour,
and repeat IL for what it IS worth.