The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-16
rNGIANn.s VICTORY

The British triumph " "Wednesday
morning and the unconditional SURRENDERED
ARARI PAsnA and his army leave GENERAL
woIsELEY in undisputcd possession Of
Egypt and put an end for the present to the
Egyptian war but Of course not 10 the
Egyptian question No other result as
final outcome of the war was anticipated,
but the speedy manner In which the am
bilious rebel was disposed of was hardly
looked for. The question now remaining
for settlement is what will be the perman-
ent treaty agreed on or determined by the
powers with reference to the government and
the occupancy ofthe Nile region by foreign
ers. This is of course not now to DO told,
but one thing is certain, chat British
power and influence will predominate in
the Levant and particularly as
regards Egypt and the Suez canal. An
other rich and great country, indeed the
most important key in the old world opera
tions, viewed with reference to the extern
sion of European influence and civilization
over Asia, has in a couple of months been
virtually reduced to the position Of an Eng
lish province. No nation could have acted
with greater vigor or courage than has
Great Britain in this matter. As soon as
her citizens were maltreated and her in
terests icopardized, she acted and acted,
too, in manner that left no room to doubt
what she was doing or intended to do.
Tho exhibition of such energy and re-
sources, though her capacity in these re-
spects was scarcely rullled or touched upon,
has again impressed the world with the
fact that IL was beginning to forget, that
Great Britain has the grandest empire and
the vas.est interests of any people on the
globe, and does not hesitate to act in the
face Of universal opposition. 1t has shown
indeed that the English are still the first
nation in power and iearlessnessin Europe.
With its terrible burden Of the Irish dill
culties, almost amounting to rebellion at
home, deserted by France, threatened by
Russia, worried by the attitude and con
duct, half inimical, of Turkey, Italy and
Spain, without an approving nod or wink
from any source, she has moved denantly
forward with her ships and her troops,
seized the Suez canal assumed the Dictator
ship of Egypt and in the spcediest
and apparently easiest manner, crushed
an army Of 100000 men under an
ambitious and bold leader. And
yet all this has been done by ships not one
twentieth of her navy and by 4 handful of
men not one sixticth in numbers of the
force that she could III six months throw
into any country on the globe, Her defiant
attitude, her exhibition of spirit and power
her iearlessness of consequences, have but
served to prepare the way for the adoption
tacitly at least by the powers of almost any
terms she may insist upon for the final de-
termination of the Egyptian question, Bat
the most marked result of this campaign
will undoubtedly be felt in Great Britain
II has given her renewed confidence in her
self and resources, has revived the old mar
tial spirit of her people, has occasioned
thorough ovcrhauling OF the war aud
navy departments and placed the country
again in a position in which she is ready
for either the aggressive or defensive in any
emergency which may arise. In II word,
this recent British campaign and victory
have run English prestige and influence
considerably above par. We Of America
cannot but feel benefited aud gratided at
all occurrences by which English speaking
people, the world over, are gamers in terri.
tory and power, for each accession Ia but
another step towards the final conquest of
the world by the English language, English
literature, English commerce and ciyili1s-
ton using the word English IA comprc-
heading all English speaking countries, for,
at last, they are iualmoSt every respect bur
one people. The further determination OF
the eastern imbroglio will be awaited with
interest everywhere.