New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-03

mp What yet lacks of the completion of the under
standing by formal signature of the documents is
very much less than what has already been gained
| 10y England toward enjoying the moral support Of
the Sulan's power for her Egyptian enterprises.
The Grand Yzier seems to have yielded every
thing
The policy of the Turkish Government is so in
voIved IN complicated intrigues, and in
trlguos that do not always originate with
those highest in power, that il is difficult
to trace the real objects which it seeks. 1t
IS fully aware that Arab is working for a general
uprising Of the Arab races throughout the Empire.
! / knows that unless Arab IS cru ned 1t will lose
Egypt, and perhaps Arabia. Yet it hesitates
openly to be the agent of the overthrow of
Arab 1t even hesitates, for its own security, 10
be openly party to this overthrow. / am as
sured by partisaus of Arab that the deliverer of
Egypt has no wish to ruin his chance Of iberating
his people by turning The war into holy war of
Islam in the bloody sense of the word. am told
that he finds his followers constantly melted to
deeds OF violence by the religious fanatics who
have been IN the closest relations with the Moslem
theologians at COustantlnOple. | know from nv
own information that the Christians of Egypt were.
at the first among the warmest partisans of Arab.
They could not be so if they believed him to be
man who would turn the sword upon all nOn-MOs-
|
sole object is to achieve the independence from
Turkish masters Of the Arab races Under this
view, the explanation of the policy of the Porte
would be this: In the first place, tie
Porte thought to use Arab 10 advance
the project Of reducing Egypt to the condition of a
province Of the Empire. To this end it fostered
such disturbance would make Turkish interven-
tion necessary but was checked by the action of
England, which threw the whole weight of public
opinion here against Turkish intervention. II
then found the surest method of running Arab to be
through making his name stencil In the nostrils Of
all Europe. 1t has therefore fostercd the fanatic
feeling among Arlbi's followers to the highest de-
gree assured that, whatever the fate Of Egypt
Arab AT least Will 90 down in darkness when the
day of reckoning comes. But 1t cannot expect that
England will conquer Egypt without Turkish aid
and afterward make over the results to Turkey. SO
it is endeavorng 10 mould pubic opinion into
assent to the dispatch of small force which
shall represent the Sultan by the side of England
without, however any real participation in the
work 10 be done.
This theory of the ruling policy Of Turkey, though
complicated is possible. But there are also explain
atoms of the course Of events arising from the pc
cuharties of Turkish administration 1t is entirely
possible that dignitsries. near the Sultans per-
son, men of the religious hierarchy. send dis
patches to the Egyptians. which have all the weight
of che Sultan's name without having the sultan'-
cognizance. You this extraordinary feature of
Turkish administrative possibilities illustrated any
day on board the Turkish coasting craft. In calm
weather and at ordinary times all is quiet. The
sailors obey every hint of the captain. who sits upon
the high poop, picture of impressive dignity a. he
steers the ship himself. and surveys from his
quantity decorated throne his little realm. But let
danger Of wreck OF collision arise and every in
that ship becomes a bawling captain One man
deems II best TO let go the anchor, and does 1t.
Another thinks ii wiser to bout ship, aud begins TO
haul the yards around third thinks 1t more pru-
dent TO take in sail and lets 90 everything at once
with the general effect of extingnshing all lesser
enterprises. Meanwhile, the captain, bound TO the
poop by his responsibilities dragging his cumbrous
tiler and fro frantic efforts to cOune ract the
ill-jud ged zeal of his crew, bawls himself hoarse
while trying TO secure attention to sufficiently
stigmatize the rotten religious belief of the men
who have failed him in the crisis. An hour later, If
the ship survives, captain and crew will be once
more IN happy harmony. neither having any grudg
against the other for well-meant enthusiasm in
hour of danger. In the way. some of the con-
fusing vacillatiOns of Turkish policy quite as
much due TO the existence of many masters as 10 |
the working of any great controlling scheme of
deep-laid strategy.
Turkey has yeered from bitter hostility |
to England nearly into completed alliance. But |
the people have not swung around so easily. The |
change Of front of the Government has silenced !
the more rabid advocates of general attack on
Christians In this senset the condition Of the Empire
outside of Egypt is improved. But the adhesion Of
the sultan to the side Of the nfdel in this con
troversy Is proving wrench TO the loyalty
of numbers. There is perhaps nothing really Sc
rious in this fact and yet In the extraOrd nary ia
vors shown by the sultan TO the troops, who are in
vited in turn 10 feast royal prOvcnderl in the
largesses distributed among the rank and file aud
especially in the attempts now made 20 isolate |
the heir presumptIve from intercourse with the |
people see evidence that the discomfort Of the |
people makes the Government uneasy. AprOpOs OF |
the heir presunptve, story Is going the rounds Of
a certain gentleman whose wife Is pelated IN some |
way to Reshad Ehendi, the heir 10 the throne |
few DAYS ago an official signihed 70 this gentleman |
that the fact that his wife was related TO Reshad |
Efendi'. household was n damaging one, from the |
effects of which he could clear himself only by di-
vorcng his wife The gentleman in question turned |
upon the official with go tell the man who sent
YOU that there are not royal fayors enough in
Turkey to make me divorce my wife. And you
NAV say. too that cannot be killed. | have too
many brothers who Will take blood-revenge." The |
story shows d nervousness about the stability OF
the throne and Independence of opposition to
the will of the throne which does not reassure at
all the immediate circle of the Palace. }
saw the Sultan at the Bairam parade at sun
rise this morning. lie seemed worn and weary but
less so than when last him, at the close of the
Russian war The time-honored route Tor the
Bairam procession-from the Palace to the Mosque
of Sultan Ahmed in Stamboul-has been given up,
and the sultan tuis morning attended the Mosque
AT Beshiktash close to the p alace, and under the
riyid surveillance of the Imperial Guard.