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which might advantageouSly be Initiated
in some other quarters, but in this case
their assent to our policy rests upon an
even frmer foundation. 1t IS the direct
and indubitable interest of the Sultan to
cooperate Loyalty with this country, II
as he is now freed from the apprehenSlons
which the transient success OF an lnSur-
rectiOnarv and fanatical movement was
well calculated to produce, he Will natu-
rally be governed like other ~potentateS by
that consideration. Turkey has nothing
to cain, but rather a great deal to lose, by
any re-opening of the Egyptian question
such as the withdrawal of our authority at
the present iuncture would involve. Our
abandonment of Egypt might, III fact, lead
to troubles by which the peace, II not the
security and integrity, OF the Ottoman
Empire would be seriously menaced. The
Porte is more keenly alive to these cOnsl-
deratiOnS than any other Power can be.
We may, therefore, expect that no obstacle
will be placed by Turkey i'll the way OF the
action which we may find necessary for
the permanent settlement of Egypt.
Something of the impatience with which
people watched Sir Garnet W0lSeieY'S pre-
parations for the decisive blow at Tel-el-
Kebir MAY be noticed i'll c%onneXlon with
the work that is now in hand. 1t a few
DAYS pass without news OF some definite
step having been taken or some important
decision arrival at, there is a tendency to
lump to the conclusion that nothing is
being done. The reconstruction OF Il coun.
try from which every veStige OF effective
organization has disappeared is, however,
an even more tedious task than the COLI
duct Of a campaign. 1t is a task that can
not be hurried, and which it would be tho
height OF unwisdOm on the part OF this
country to attempt to hurry. BY the time
that Parliament meets there may be some
develOpment of our policy sufficient to
Indicate to an experienced eye the general
character which the finished work will
bear. but that is the most we can hope for,
and it need cause no great surprise If the
hope is disappointed. The diplomatic
world is perfectly aware that we are super
intending a process Of growth rather thnn.
an act Of creation, and it's perception Of
that fact explains the general reticence.
No nation expects us to come Onward
with a perfected scheme, nor would any
statesman in Europe think the better OF
ms if we volunteered one. Our rapid and
successful action hitherto has been SO
strictly conditioned by events whose bear
inc none could mistake that our conduct
Of affairs in the immediate future is await
ed with tranquility. This calm confidence
is the best confederation of the views Of
those who, like ourselves, advOcat d from
the first a firm and courageous policy.
What we have done is known by every
EurOpean Government to be exactly what
its own subjects who have interests III
Egypt were DESTROYS to see done, and
what none but ourselves could cOnveni
emily or safely undertake to do. Europe
is, therefore, very glad to stand aside and
give us scope; and so long as we continue
boldly to grapple with the changing
aspects of the situation in the spirit we
have hitherto shown, Europe will main
tain it's present attitude. 1t is, of course,
perfectly possible that a political storm
may arise on some as yet unforeseen point.
Perhaps we have no right to expect every
nation to follow with undertaking precision
the course marked out for it by a phileso-
phic conception of its permanent interests.
Nations, like men, are occasionally sWayed
by motives upon which it is difficult to
calculate, by gusts of passion, by transient
whims, or by some sudden access OF envy.
But there is no need to anticipate evils
which we shall, no doubt, find means to
should they arise. We ought
to acknowledge the confidence
which Europe has reposed III us, and the
eminently reasonable spirit that has gov
erned it's action from the beginning OF the
disturbance. 1t now awaits without i'm
patience the English initiative, which in
ought to wait very much upon events
1t is impossible at present to indicate the
exact methods by which we shall meet
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