The New York herald., 1879-09-13


and Interior. into their own hands. rather put il
into those of newly arrived Englishmen and French
men. Whatever the motives OF the late Khedive
wore his final act, which caused his expulsion by
the combined action of all the European Powers-of
whom the Sultan was but the shadow--was tho most
creatable TO his public spirit of in his checkered
career. The folly of his opponents permitted him
TO pose as q patriot and protector of his people,
before them aud the world. against the grasping
Christian powers representing the foreign usirers
who had impoverished his people and now clamorcd
for high interest and more grinding taxation and
the standardization of the government. 1t may
justly be said that nothing became lsma SO well. in
ali his reign, as the manner in which he closed 1t,
save and except the plumber with which he departed
varionsy estimated at several millions Of pounds
sterling.
KHEDrvE TEwFK.
The first act of his and his successor has boen
to invest himself with the robe of his departing
father and with far more sincerity. tor Tewhk has
chosen native ministry with not even European
native in it. and has strongly protested Though pro-
badly in vain) against putting Egypt and its khedive
again ..in commission for the exclusive benefit of
the foreign creditor to the impoverishment and ruin
of his country and his people, The act OF accusation
preferred in Parliament against the Ministry. the
main points in which were conclustvely proven and
met with feeble and evasive responses may be briefly
summed up under the following heads. The oppo-
sition complained.
Fiyst-That we, the British Government have en-
barrassed ourselves in Egypt with the responsibility
of taking care Of the foreign bondhoders whose in
terests opposed to ours, because opposed to the
interests of the inhabitants OF Egypt.
Second-That coalition with France and joint and
complex responsibility with her foolish. be-
cause France has but two reasons for meddling-her
bondhoders and her keen national jealousy OF Eng
lsh influence therefor neither of which ought Eng
land to care much less cooperate
Third-That the English people have been kept in
the dark while the government was making these
coalitions and ''foundering' and "blundering" in
injurious policy, for which the government and
not the people should be held responsible.
Fou'Ah-That. as the result of these ''founder-
ings and coalitions" Great Britain is now in much
worse position in relation to Egypt than it was be-
fore the purchase OF the Suez Canal shares 900
worth, under the present admnistration), and has
joined in placing Egypt in permanently worse po
siton for the future. Furthermore. this coalition
has restored the influence of the Sultan in Egypt,
which he had sold out to the late Khedive for an
enormous sum, in 1866 and 1873
PVM-That the government is again doing under
Tewfk precisely what it did under Ismail, and with
the same inevitable result-tailure and disgrace.
RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
fierce assault was deprecatory and apologize, SUBJ
stantialy plea OF confession and avoidance" with
time with their coalition well that the
khedive might prove King Log. not King Stork
like his father. With regard to the coalition, it
measurably acknowledged and sought to be JUS
titled on the plea OF expedency But with reference
to the terrible wrong and suffering inflicted the
masses or the Egyptian people under these new
methods of grinding those unhappy wretches to
powder between the upper and neither milstones
mission and the Khedive-the government apollo.
gists had little or nothing to say. and made no
promises even Of amendment therein. So feeble
ally thought himself called on to come to the
of his beloved brother across the Channel. aud the
abest of the French journalists viz, those Of the
Debats conservative and the Repubtiqae Frmeaise
(organ OF Gambetta, Joined hands for once and CO.
operated in this defence. unfortunately, however.
laying stress on the chief point which has pro-
voked British susceptibility the utmost, viz.
Frances jealousy of British control in Egypt. Tho
French advocates ignore the people OF Egypt and its
Khedive altogether. considering the matter only
from the high political standpoint and the French
creditors interests. These French advocates
net rom
the charge made in the British Parliament
whose debates they refer to) OF only having had at
heart the interests of the French ana English bond
holders in the JOINT policy recently pursued in Egypt
under their sanction, for they ask. If the commission
desired to farm Egypt for the benefit of creditors,
us alleged. would they have proposed reduction
of the rate of interest the debt? Would they have
sought to modify the fiscal organization OF the coun
BILE though legal taxes and attempted to introduce
new system or taxation9" The childish simplicity
OF these questions must be evident at sight. even
without any knowledge of the facts of the Why.
these very suggestions and steps taken by tho
mission prove the aims and object of its orgun1za-
tion and labors. Those suggestions made SIM
ply in the interest OF their ciientsthe
to the collection OF taxes and encourage the
taxpayer to bring III his taxes to them not to the
man behind the scenes. who "knew the ropes" and
the existing machinery-t. e.. the Khedive.
REDUCTION OF INTEREST
AS to the reduction in the rate OF interest, it
very trifing proposed by them, and they had
they would get nothing and that the goose that laid
the golden eggs for European breakfasts might be
killed by over greediness on their part. But pass.
ing from tins consideration to the higher ground Of
French policy, these able editors clinch and rivet
the very nail driven in by the English opposition to
the serious detrment of that ally. Thus speak
these representative men of France:-
"As to the part France has played in the question
she could not allow a country to which she is at
tached by all her national traditions gradually to
sink to that degree of disorganzation which is tho
inevitable prelude to conquest. France had even u
higher practical interest than England in preventing
complications caused by IsmaiPs misconduct.
England has sometimes favored the venturesome
spirit OF certain Egyptian viceroys in the hope Of
drawing them under her protection. France never
has done so, knowing il Egypt fell under foreign
tutelage 1T would not be under hers. 10 preserve
French influence in a country where it has been
exerted for more than a century il aust remain in
dependent, and to remain independent it must be
well administered. Such Is the great motive Of
Frances interference in Egypt" Whether the Eng
lsh Cabinet has been damaged by the bludgeon
of its home opposition or by this French boomerang
thrown by their foreign ally is dubious. Certain It
is that the French apoogists confirm the accusation
of impolicy made by the Parliamentary opposition.
PREcARIous CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
An entente cordidle resting on very rickety o
foundation avowed national distrust and jealousy
cious. curious a mixture of high politics
and low tax collecting be expected to work WELL
That snci jealousy on the mart of France does ex
list is true; that England pandered to it to please
her bondholders and prevent complication that
might interfere with their interests il equally so
but that this the main motive, the secret spring
moving the commission is as false in in
the other. The OF French insistance shar-
ing the control of Egyptian financial management
Tor she claimed no other control-was the powerful
pressure put on her Cabinet by the Credit Foncicr
the great French banking concern whose failure
would have produced political rs well rs financial
crisis in France; and as the largest holder of
Egyptian securities Tor insecurities). such failure
threatened that institution in the not impossible
contingency OF the Khedive 8 initiating the Sultan and
wholly partially repudiating his debts aud those
of the government, OF which there had been ru-
mors. Honce the anxiety OF France not to have
everything in the hands of perde Aibton financially
well politically. and hence this most grotesque
coalition, reminding one of Horaces description of
the monster which sported horses head joined to
n fsh's tail. whose performances have boon as &C.
centric it's conformation
BIsMARCKIAN POLICY NEEDED.
In this age or universal publicity the wisest
diplomacy is that which we may term the Bis
raarckian--the policy OF even brutal frankness in
public uttcranccs when speech is necessary
planaton inevitable. What termed diplomatic
evasions deceive nobody nowadays. in the full blaze
OF publicity under which the whole world lives,
and outgivings such those of the English and
French diplomats in Parliament and through the
press, only prove that bad cause may be made
worse by injudicious defenders. The only possible