The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-02

religion OF his own, and In his public SER
vices reads at one time from the Bible, al
another from the Koran, and at still an
other from the Sacred Works Of the Orient
IA cosmopolitan In thought, word,
and action, and always ready TO give
an impartial history Of any matter which
claims his attention. A virginian by birth,
an Enplishman by reason Of residence, and
frequent sojourner upon the continent, he
may be presumed TO have no prejudices
known to himself against any nation, peo-
ME. tribe. or class. We notice, however,
that he seldom or never seems TO think that
England's wars are just. He. appears TO
entertain Quaker's horror OF war. But
Ire Is so thoroughly informed as to Eng
lands public affairs as these stand connect-
cd with other nations, that we always eX-
pect TO find in his London letters to the
Cincinnati Commercial some statement OF
facts. or some clue TO the matter in hand,
: not elsewhere to be had.
Mr.. CoNwAY's last London letter shows
that he Is, as usual, OF the opinion tila'
England has made war upon Egypt unius-
tifably. We regard the war as being
waced not against Egypt but against ARAB
Pacha. a turbulent demagogue. Bpt such
is not Mr.. CoNwAY's theory; and so we say
"war upon Egypt" He quotes Mr.. FRED
ERIC HARRISON as his authority. Mr.. HAIR
RrsoN is frcethinker also, and, like Mr..
CONWAY. has no Christian prejudices.
Nevertheless, both Of them are truthful
gentlemen. incapable OF wilfully misrepre-
senting any nation, or person, or policy.
Here is Mr.. CoNwAY's first striking re-
mark:
"But il is tremendous thing, neyerthe-
less, that q city OF the size OF Cincinnati
r25O, 900 soulsl should have persisted by fire
In two DAYS, and that over TWENTY-FIVE hum
bred human beings should have found in it
their pyre."
He says that although protection OF the
Suez canal is great interest to England,
there is too much reason TO believe that
other considerations than necessity nave
prevailed i'm the policy of the Government.
He means that as the Wing section OF Mr..
ULADcIONE ijsi iihNS iOi ccii'N N'HN 'NS'N
FESTIVE under lingo sneers. the Cabinet
wished to please them. We quote again:
al have not the least doubt that if the
adherents Of Arab had been Christians a.
way out of this difficulty would have been
found without war. The instinct OF the
Arab men seems TO have suggested the
same thing. for the first building they fired
was the Christian church, the finest ediflce
In Alexandria"
The reader will have seen that Mr.. HAIR
RIsoN and Mr.. CONWAY can look at the diff
ficulties through Egyptian spectacles. Mr..
HARRISON, quoted by Mr.. CONWAY, says:
"The European nations have been COM
peting which should be foremost in civil
izirg and protecting Egypt. Their civili-
cation at first took the form OF loans at
high interest, bounties to the amount Of
Gl15, 600. Then the ciyilizers, when
they found Egypt sinking under this debt,
invited themselves to fill various offices at
large salaries to keep things straight. The
number OF these European officials in
Egypt is 1925; their salaries amount to
G373,704. The number of taX-free civilizers
In Egypt is 10000, or some say 100000.
The European i'll Egypt has made him
self tax-free. The native is taxed
II per cent. annual value on his house.
The native fly-driyer pays heavy tax on
his carriage; the European banker drives
his pair taX-free. Next, the civiliZers
having obliged the country with one hun
dred and fifteen millions at 7 and 10 per
cent, obtained CONCESSIONS for thirty
five millions more. They set up local
courts to decide on their own civil and
criminal affairs before judge Of their own
nation. Egypt was occupied by am army
of European judges, secretaries, assessors.
barrsters at high salaries, and exempt from
taxes. One Khedive was dethroned and
another put in his place who would do as
he was told.
"To maintain this system the Control
was devised England and France each
send Controller, who revise the eXpendi-
ture of the country, provide for payment
OF the foreign debt, and regulate the Bud
get. These two men control the purse,
and are the Egyptian House Of Commons.
Each Controller receives $4,000 year, and
the cost of the Control institution is 'Cl4,-
900 year. There are two other Controls,
so that the Egyptians pay 100000 year
for the luxury Of having themselves taxed
and their resources expended with sole
reference to the four and half mil
lions OF interest annually demanded
by foreign creditors. The population
OF Egypt is rather more than five mil
lions; The revenue of this very poor people
is nine or ten millions, or nearly two
mounds per head OF this nine millions
one half is carried straight out Of the coun-
try to foreign Insurers. For centuries the
fellah, or peasant, has been the prey OF OPP
pressors, but no Moslem taX-gatherers
ever imposed on him anything like the
burthen borne under his European civil
izers. This is all bondholders' defence
OF their own possession Of Egypt The
canal is not threatened. The canal is one
hundred miles from Alexandria, separated
by fifty miles OF impossible and uninhabit.
ed desert from the cultivable soil OF
Egypt p;. v,,.,,.,,. Draw .,,,,,v ., 60 n,,,.,
civilization. The thirteen hundred officials
paid G373,O00 per annum out Of their taxes
the sixty thousand taX-free Europeans
among them; the foreign courts and rule
over them, and the half of their revenue
taken out Of the country, made them muir
muir. The native army gathered around ,
native gentleman--Arabi Pacha. A par
Hament was called, and the European
ring opposed this as a military rebellion
The strength Of the movement is not mill
tary, but lies in Cairo University-th
intellectual center Of the Mussulmal
world--with twenty thousand members
Arab became the Prime Minister OF tn
Khedive. The English Controller wa
Prime Minister Of the British bondholders
The English Government implored tn
Sultan OF Turkey to crush the Nationa
party in Egypt and restore the dry-nurs
system. The Egyptians, irenzied by that
inassacred some Europeans"