The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-13

inp,cy+1n, TT TO which Egypt RoW stands
irrpvocnbiy committed to stand or &c
fan. Gas 10 grapple with two fOrmidA bl-
AptsRonists; the first is I0terGal and in =
hsrent; the second external and sttri-
| butsrv. The inherent, ineradicHble eVi
| is Moslen fAtalism. The eastern dipl0m.
ntiat is possessed of surprising powers
but they are non-pregressive; they are
applied rG.hes to thu eVAsioR Of duties
and obiigA ions, 10 the escape from inter-
| pational measures OF social improvement,
aid 10 the maintenance of big )try and
corruption, than to the furiherAnce of the
worlds veal. The suzsFsiAty OF the
Turkish Sultan is an additional stumb-
ling block in the way Of internal ameliO.
/ ration in Egypt. Originally established
by COL ventiOn between Mehemet IL and
the Genoese for the protection of the
| traders of the latter once mighty power
it has been perpetuated aimee by the
ghort-tiRhted policy OF European powers
| Of which Austria is now the chief ex-
! emplsr. Egypt is virtually the only
country between the Danube and the In
dus which has broken with the fAnstical
conservatism Of Islsmism aud placed it
self in frank relationship with western
civilization. But so long ss . single
northern power can be found to uphold
the bond ofsnzerAinty TO Turkey so long
will The progress Of Egypt be delayed,
and SO long will internal troubles con-
tIDue 10 manifest themselves.
Rominslly there is q constitution in
Egypt, ard the eight ministers are cup
posed to have some voice in the affairs
Of the nation; but the state of things
hitherto existing is best described in the
witty epigram of the Frenshmsn, L'etGt
| e'e8t le KhediVe. In other words, the
government would be pure sutocracv
we're it not for the indebtedness which
has placed Egypt under the control for
the time being Of England and France.
It will be remembered that in 1875 the
treasury WAS threatened with collapse,
the hostipg debt beiBg then Sic, 600, 000;
but an opportunity was found - reduce
; this by $40, 600, 000 through the transfer
/ Of the Khedive's Suez Canal shares to
the British government, the fsr-sighted
Lord Beaconsfeld thus acquiring that
control over the eastern question In the
| Turko- Russisn complication which he
afterward SO skillfully employed.
The aid thus granted stayed the plsgu
Of national insolvency for = while, bu
the true possibilities of any Egyptian fu
| ture did not dawn on the world I'LL sfte
the Right Hon. S. Caves report to the
British government on the finances and
resources Of the country. He shoWed
that there Wes every hope OF ultimate
solvency and prosperity for the country,
if the errors of administration could be
removed Although the debt had sprung
from$20, 600, 600 in 1852 70 $3.50, 500, 600 in
1876 much Of the increase could be &C
counted for by the canal and railroad
improvements. which we're already pay
| ing beyond all expectations, while the
increase Of revenue had been from S15,.
900, 0G0 in 1885 to $50, 000, 600 in 1862.
| and the augmentation since that date
was in the same proportion.
It is not wonderful then that European
powers should watch Egypt eagerly in
its struggle trough the throes Of civiliza-
ton. France has been creeping along
under the jealous eye Of Italy from AL
geria to Tuuis; England looks OF trem
Alden and Cyprus; Russia chances OBJ
liquely from Armenis, and Turkey,
clinging with death grip to existence,
imposes q barrier to the aspirations Of
sll. The naval demonstration of to-day
msy not mean another Nevsrino; it is.
or the other hand, 3 mere assertion of
the interests Of Anglo. French creditors In
their $50, 100000 invested; but it is felt on
Rll hands that If Egypt does come we'll
out of the internal struggle its separation
from Turkey is a settled question, Aad
that then, by its enormous advantages Of
situation, the fertility Of Its soil and the
immigration that would be attracted TO
it, the glories of the days of the Phsra-
obs might once more revisit the shAd-
ows of Luxor, Thebes and CRrnsc.