The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-06-28
EGYPT!
The Result of British Interyen-
tiOn in the Land OF the PharO-
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In the present alarming crisis in
Egypt the duty of England is per-
fectly clear. She has the misfor-
tune to be governed by statesman
whose skill in sophistical argument
is only equaIed by his dexterity in
evading responsibility. She has
! grown wealthy, lazy and peace low
ing She needs to be reused by a
call to her patriotism, her sense of
honor, and, perhaps, to her material
interests. And it is necessary that
this call should now be made. In a
country over which she has long as
sumed virtual protectorate, in a
country where her influence is as
least as great as in any of the semi
independent States of India, Europ-
can settlers are at the mercy Of a
lawless mob, American citizens 90
in peril of their lives, the rule res
! tablished with her aid is threatened
with disposition or death and the
Government is in the hands Of
military braggart whose pretensions
have been fostered by British phil
anthropists, whose vanity has been
fiattered by the British press and
whose power can only be broken
with the aid of British arms.
OF the three excuses which Eng
land brings forward for hesitating
to intervene by force, none has
shadow of reason. France, whose
consent will be made the first CON
| ditiOn of intervention, has really
very little to say in the matter
France has neither sought nor
claimed a tithc of her neighbor's
influence in Egypt Her interest
has lain chiefly in the protection of
her bondholders and of her citizens
who settled in the Nile Valley. She
had no need of a clear road to India;
she had no need of controlling the
Suez Canal With the signature of
the Bardo Treaty she had advanced
as far along tho northern coast of
Africa as the most Chauvinist of her
statesmen hoped TO carry her in the
present century. She had learned
from the Tunisian expedition the
folly of adventures. Fever and a
guerilla war had played havoc with
her troops; a heavy bill of expenses
had spread discomfort among her
taxpayers She was pledged to
peace; her new administration was
committed to q policy of internal
reform and if there was any fight
ing to be done in Egypt she would
lend moral support with her feet, |
and, leave the fighting to those who
alone would profit by it, ...
Nor will it avail the British to
claim that Turkey is the suzerain Of
Egypt, and that Turkey must first
try to govern before England can
come to her relief Turkey has not
yet recovered from the effect of a
harassing war. From a military
and political point of view she is
weak. Her elements of strength is
sporadic, Abdul Hamid, her ruler,
is one Of tho ,aDlest monarchs of his
time, far sighted, cautious and en-
thusiastic He has schemes Of do
mlnion as magnificent as were ever
inspired by hashesh and at the same
time he has practically no means of
realizing them. If he could unite
all Islam under his rule, if he could
establish q throne at Cairo or at
MEGA, he could settle the Egyptian
question in a fortnight. But his
weakness is nowhere better known
than in England. His representa-
tive, Dervisch Pacha, has been play
ing the clown at Cairo while men
were being shot down in the streets
of Alexandria. Hissovereignty has
been asserted with the knowledge
that if accepted he would rule as
the puppet of Great Britain. .l
AS third and last excuse, there
fore, England appeals to confer
ence of the European Powers. Sha
appeals, before all to the three
Northern Powers, who have no
more to do with the peace Of Mad
agacar or the Transvaal. She
knows that theiradecision would be
nugatory that if it went against
herself she would pay no heed to it;
that If it went against Turkey she
would encourage Turkey to disre-
gard it. She knows. that there,
would be delays and recriminations J.
that there would be fight for pre-
cedence and a scramble for the
spoils; and she hopes that when the
wrangling was ended the Egyptian
problem would have solved itself
the Khedive having hanged Arab
or Arab having hanged the
Khedive, and the soldiery and pop
ulace being SO exhausted by. in
ternecine strife that they would be
glad to sue for peace on any terms.
Bnt in this she has been disappoint-
ed, for none of the powers but Aus
tria has yet received the idea of a
conference in serious and salts
factory spirit. aaa ~jdi
On the other hand, there, are
very strong reasons why England
should at once intervene She un-
questionably encouraged the Khe-
dive to believe that she would help
him against his soldiery In adj
his quarrels with the malcontents
her representative has stood by his
side, eounselling resistance or con
cession. !, He has learned to look to
her soldiers for protection, as he
has learned to look to her financiers
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