News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20
What the Trouble In Egypt Is.

The Albany Argus gives this sue
clint account of the trouble in Egypt:
1.-The Egyptian trouble has many
details; but the main facts are few.
The chieftain, Arab Bey, is the lead
er of a political party, and has secur-
ed the adhesion of the army. The
party call themselves the Nationalist.
They want to have the government
freed from tie control of foreigners.
Egypt for the Egyptians" is their
cry. The reason why foreigners run
the government now is because they
have advanced hundreds of millions
of dollars to the Egyptian government
in times past, have taken pay in bonds,
and not having secured principal or
interest for many years, they have
been given secondary securities in
land grants, railroad concessions, the
right to control taxation and custom
duties through agents of their own,
who set aside fixed sums for the bond
holders, etc. The civil service is thus
overrun with these creditor classes,
who are mainly English and French,
and the debtor class, who are the peo-
pie of Egypt, have little to say, hard
tribute to pay and very small benefit
to get for themselves. The Egyptian
bondholders are so many and infuen-
tial as 20 be able to force the English
and French governments to make COM
mon cause with them. Both govern
ments, in fact, are large stockholders
in the Suez Canal, themselves.
1.-The condition of the Egyptians is
that of slaves taxed to pay bonds
which were issued by Khedives APP
pointed by the Sultan, and the pro-
ceeds of which the ruling classes
squandered on their vices and favor
ties. The position of England and
France is that of protecting the citi-
zens and themselves The Suez Ca
nal must be controlled by England to
secure her inside route to India
These facts enfold the Sultan amid
interests. In 1871 Turkey
gave qualified independence to the
Khedive. He could issue bonds and
make improvements, without recourse
to the permit of the Porte-but he re-
manned politically vassal to him. The
present Khedive has the same right.
If the Sultan sides against Arab Bey,
the Egyptians will throw off the Turk
ish yoke. If he sides with Arab Bey,
England and France will parcel out
Egypt among themselves. The Khe-
dive is a mere pawn played by Arab
Bey, and the Sultan is a mere pawn
played by Bismark, who, with the
Car, has an understanding with the
Porte which neither France nor Eng
land has got at.
''These complications will enable
Americans to see the mixed nature of
the case. Egypt is in condition of
slavery and injustice at the same
time she is incapable of self-govern-
ment. England and France are in
struments of the injustice, yet they
are the instruments of civilization in
Egypt. and England is the custodian
of civilization beyond it. There is
not great chance for any one of the
rights, which war should promote, to
be promoted by this war. If it is
limited to the allies and to Egypt, the
allies will win, though not until after
possibly great reverses. If it takes
n Turkey, it will be more likely than
lot to unite her to Russia, in spite of
heir immemorial feuds, for both will |
lave common cause in paralyzing
England in the east. Then Germany
would see France and Russia fighting,
md their weakening is her gain. This
7iew of the case would render any
except that of a general,
ong, bloody and deplorable war, i'm
with Turkey preserved as
he necessary ulcer of Europe, and
Bismark content to see every one of
Germany's rivals graphing one an
other by the throat"