The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-12
OUR FRENCH LETTER,
Correspondence of the HERALD

PARIS, July 10.
We are a shade calmer after tn,
excitement Of the fete, which wa
really brilliant and successful, an(
the bombardment Of Alexandria
with the fight Of Arab and his co
communists. Last July the French
| bombarded and burned Spax, TRYING
TO catch KrOumirS, but then they
| had Tunisia and it's Independent
| Bey. compulsory converts to liberty
| equality, and fraternity.
| The gallophobism is a degree OF
| two less rabid; cool heads commence
to see 1t is better after all to pull
] with England; if the latter be left
TO clear away Arab and his saliva
| ton army, she might be very indis-
| posed, it is guessed, to retire from
Egypt. 1t is pity that there is not
a sufficient force of red coats and
blue jackets to make an ugly, but
salutary rush at Arabi's camp, and
SO dispose at once Of the imbrOglio
and the cOnference-betWeen which
there is no great difference.
1t is Ito be hoped that the lull
| in the English ornaments will be
but Of short duration; to display
weakness in following up the admir-
able blow England has struck in
Alexandria, would be to neutral
ize its excellent effects throughout
the entire east. Brother Jonathan
has won golden opinions by being
the first to land his tars to help the
English. AS at the storming of the
PeihO Forts some years ago, the
American admiral also struck in,
alleging that blood was thicker than
water. The German sailors debark-
ing and protecting the French hos
pltal and nuns, while the French
fleet was conspicuous by its studied
absence, has been a sore pill for
many to swallow. 1t will be more
bitter still when the cabinet shall
have to thank Prince Bismarck for
the courtesy.
The chances are that France will
join in the international police force
TO be organized by the conference;
but as NJ. de Freycinet has bound
himself to only join the concentra-
ton when he should have received
permission from the Chamber, that
permission must depend upon the
capriceS of the deputies. Gambetta |
will never be able to GUST de Frey
cinet so long as the latter sticks to !
the role of simply executing the
orders of parliament. This Will at |
the same time make other govern
ments very shy Of drawing the
bonds Of amity very close with
France. As for England, she will
never be more valued by
the French than when she
relinquiShes alliance hunting
and eIlte2teS c0rdiaIeS; the strongest
bond Of union for England is, her
irm resolution to manage her own
business in her own way, and feel
ng 10 be in the right, display the
most profound indifference for
French or any other nations assent
u dissent. England can afford to
nave a programme of her own.
The bold stroke of business at
Alexandria has convinced French
that the arm of Eng
and has not become shortened, and {
nat a lew courageous men can dis
lose OF bandits, enormously pre- ]
Umed to be soldiers. In the Egypt |
an army, only the artillery had !
equation, and which it alone main
aimed in Abyssinia and Turkey; but 1
n army IN state Of despOtiSm and S
narchy, cannot proftabIy avail it. /
elf Of Krupp cannon ard improved
Arab, till the burst L
lg Of his bubble reputation, was I
Important, simply owing to Eng L
md and France employing only O
treats; their united action proving S
ut a joke, augmented his pride and @
and he finished by be- S
ewing himself invincible, as the @
akIrs assured him he was invulner- S
Die. The Egyptian movement was
he product Of the barracks, deYeI- t
ped by fanaticism, ignorance, and l
from a military emeute, t
had become a religious reVolu- l
ION, a holy war against the
Christians. No one laughed more at c
ne liberal, social, and emancipatory
rejects attributed to him, than
Arabi himself. Of the French ideas V
With which he was said to be in S
pred, he borrowed none, but the a
and incendiariSms of the t
Ommune. To the qualities of the /
he added its vices, and so f
7as fifty qualified to replunge Egypt
1tO Islamism, bondage and saw b
gerry. 4
Even the monarchal press has d
ad to admit the 14th of July fete r
7as eminently successful. In the T
ecorations Of the streets and houses C
here was more method, and if not y
lore taste, greater ingenuity. The Il
ncient streets were most bedecked, ! t
lst like old beauties who have re-
purse to acceSSionS to repair the Ii
avages of time. Although the au- q
lOrities had forbidden the use of
Iuibs in the streets, never were So a
any let off by big, as we'll as little f;
0ys, The festival was kept ND To- C
nee days. and is now acceptC q "a b
I institution. If evera DYNASTY he l.
estined to succeed the French re-
lblic, it will find it difficult to sill
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