Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-25
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TaR FATE % EGYPT.

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rnR FATE % EGYPT.
rovus. the land Of political expert
ments, says the New York Herald IS
nov undergoing, or about TO UNDERGO
another transformation. She has SUD-
missed to many masters in her time and
has remained the same people under AL
Ethiop and Psrsia, Roman and 'reek'
Arab and Turk, each has held nef III
subiection, and still the peasants SOW
that others may reap, and still tie great
.tcra faces gaze on tho Nile patiently,
ironioally, seeing one rae, after another
come and 90, one dynasty after another
Y;se and fall, and none Of them leaving a
&r.oe behind. 1t is now the turn OF
ENGLAND 10 govern Egypt. She knows
the fate of her predecessors. and tries 70
evsde the responsibility. But to tins
she must come.
The issue which Mr.. Gladstone IL try
ING industriously TO conceal IL thai
Great Britain has for several years heid
EQypt a. q province. Her material IN
terests in the country have prevailed
over the purely sentimental interests OF
France. Even the passing traveller re-
marks how effectually she has gained
tho control. The harbor master at Al
sxandria Ia English. The officers OF the
Custom House and Postoffice are Eng
lish. The bankers are English; the
merchants are English; even the guides
10 the Pyramids are English. II a mas
sacre should take place today It would
be chiefly a massacre Of English. The
English victims would bear nearly the
same proportion to the rest rs though
the rebels were bepoys and the slain
we're residents Of Delhi or Cawnpore.
Other countries have been content to
see Great Britain gain this prepondsr
atinQ influence on the Nile. Some OF
them are concerned about the ownershir
Of the Suez Canal, but Lord Beacons-
fields porchase of shares provoked nc
more resentment than il a private cap
italist had bought them. Spain IL rarely
excited about the commerce OF her col
onies in the East. France holds Iunis
on condition Of supporting Great Britain
In Egypt. The Northern Powers were
content to give away the province in the
hope Of compensation in other parts OF
The Turkish Empire. The United States
are only remotely interested In its vel
fare. Oar commerce with Egypt,
shough capable Of great developments,
\ still embryonic. Four years ago, in
the total navigation through the Suez
Canal, the American flag was represent
cd by one war vessel. Our mission
schools, established in 1856, are doing a
great work In q quiet way; but the
Egyptians, who admire extravaganza
and luxury in their rulers, laugh at the
simple habits, the insignificant salary
Of the Consul General Of the United
States, and believe the country which he
represents TO be quite fourth rate
Power.
Tho apathy. therefore, Of some ma
lions and the policy Of others have given
England her chance to get possession OF
Egypt. Her hold has been acquired
gradually and stealthily. She was not
willing, like France at the Bardo Pal
ses. to force treaty from the Khedive.
She was not prepared, as we now see. to
ssise his territory by force Of arms. The
cannon which she used we're coupons !;
her soldiers were fnanciers her plan
Of campaign was to all every lucrative
Office in the country. BY the decree es-
tablishina the Control she was allowed
to investigate every branch Of tho pub
Ito service her representatives have the
rank Of Ministers and, a seat in the
Council her inspectors supervise the
collection Of tho taxes. by the forma-
ton Of the Commission of the ''Caisse,"
or public debt, ahe receives and distri-
butes the revenue devoted to this OBJ
jest. By hcr influence In tho Jnterna-
tional Tribunals shs has power over the
judges, and IL gradually introducing
Es,rliah A tha language Of thu Law