Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-31
The Situation in Ferpt.


The situation in Egypt is what may be
forcibly characterized as decidedly
mixed" 1t will be remembered that
Arab Bey, Egyptian Minister of War,
recently raised revolt against the Khe-
dive, who is the mere creature of Eng
land and France, because of the heavy
taxation to which the people Of Egypt
were subjected for the purpose Of repay
ing monies loaned by certain French and
English capitalists to the late khedive
to enable him to carry out his extrava-
CANT ideas AS a result Of this re-
volt, Arab Bey was removed from
Office. and his expulsion from
the country was demanded by
England and France, with which demand
the present Khedive was very anxious
to comply. The recalcitrant Minister,
however, had the people with him, and
so emphatic was their demand that he
should be restored, and that Egypt should
be governed by Egyptians and in the in
terest Of the people rather than of for
eign countries, and so great a pressure
was brought to bear upon the Khedive
who was himself threatened with
arrest and forcible deposition unless he
c1mplied-that he was forced to show
to the will of the nation, restore Arab
to his Office, and virtually yield the gov
eminent into his hands.
Thus stands the situation at present.
And now the interesting question
suggests itself, what will England,
France and the powers of Europe do
about it," That the two former coun-
tries will yield their claims is not to be
expected, and the remaining powers have
already tacitly agreed that the manage
ment Of Egyptian affairs shall be left in
their hands, inasmuch as NJ. De Freyci-
net stated in the French Chamber last
week that the Sultan of Turkey would
not be permitted to interfere. The next
news which we receive from that coun-
/ try. therefore, may be that these two
powers have determined to support the
/ Khedive. declare war upon the insur-
/ gents, and again remove from Office the
/ defiant Minister. If this should be the
case Arab Bey-provided he can make
his escape into the couHtry-will proba-
bly, raise the standard of revolt. and,
gathering the people around him, will
prepare to defeBd the rights of the
Nationalist, and then would undoubt-
edly follow state of anarchy, the re-
suit Of which it would be very hard to
fOresee.
Whatever the outcome of the present
complication. however, the Egyptians
have taught the world one unexpected
| lesson, and that is that they are not the
| lazy, passive, unambitious people which
they have been credited with being They
have heretofore been looked upon as a
race fond of ease, and careless of how
they are ruled or who ruled by, so long
4 ds lley were peTHulLteu " 1.-Two III pSaSO'
This revolt of Arab Bey, and the energy
with which he has been supported,
shows that the Egyptians are as
ready to resist what they regard
as tyranny and oppression as are natives
OF other countries, and that they are as
FESTIVE under foreign control as are
nations heretofore inclined to look upon
them as an indolent, inferior people, fit
only to be ruled by despots, and utterly
unable to govern themselves. Arab Bey
may finally be overcome, but he has
already forced the world to accord him
respect, and if he remains firm, and. in
case he is driven to fight for what be
considers the just rights of himself and
his people, he makes a good fight, this
respect will be heightened into general
admiration.