The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-16
BRIeHI's RESIGNATION.

about his reported resignation, he
said the true cause of 1t was the
Egyptian policy of the government
eliminating in what Bright con-
siders the unjustiiable use for force
in Alexandria. He was opposed to
sending the feet to Egypt, originally,
for any political purpose. lie con-
sidered that England had no bust
ness to interfere with the Internal
affairs of Egypt, having
no serious interest there ex-
cept in the Suez Canal and the
Canal never was men3ced by Arab
or anybody else. He believes that
the massacre on tie 18th of June
was largely provoked by the pres
ence Of the English feet. He re-
CARDS the continued presence Of the
fleet with a constantly increasing
number of foreign men-0f-war in a
friendly harbOr is in itself men
ace and an unfriendly act. The mo-
tive of sending them, namely. the
protection of English subjects
was good motive, but matters
were so managed that the fleet
became source of danger rather
than a protection. o M
When asked what the fleet should
have done after Admiral Seymour
Phad delivered the Hltimatum, and
Arab promised to discontinue
the armament, and then broke
this promise, he answered that we
have yet heard but one side of
the story, and he seemed inclined
to discredit the report that the cleo
trio light showed that the troops
were continuing work. He insisted
however, that these details were
comparatively unimpOl tant. The
real cause of his resignation was the
use of force, which was not defenslble
on moral grounds. For forty years,
said Bright, | have told my c0Un-
trymen that morals were the true
basis of politics. have denounced
war. l should have been false
to nv principles, had l become a
party to a war which was begun
without necessity. He pro-
ceeded to express his pro-
found regret at parting from
his colleagues, and his grief at tax
ing the step which, as ! have said,
must seriously harm the ministry,
/ and perhaps will divide the liberal
party. He deplOred it, but to
abandon his principle he could not
from any regard to the party or any
affection for person.
Bright's extrem reluctance TO sever
himself from the government was
even more strongly shown By bus
delay in taking the final step. he
was present at the cabinet council
, 80 late as Thursday, three days after
the hOstilEtieS beg an. His formal
resignation was offered only yester-
day. Even this afternoon some
journals express doubts about the
truth.
, Sir Charles Dixie in an
swering q question in the
house with characteristic caution
, said that there might be some
grounds for the report. The long
conversation above, briefly given,
might be condensed into a single
phrase: Bright resigns from sheer
|; adherence of war. How wide the
!; divergence between him and the
rest of the world is, may be judged
from his declaration, that the only
4 war which was justiiable since the
time of William III. was the sup
D preston of the rebellion by the
northern states.
Bright's own friends feel, says the
! Pail Mol Gazette, that it Is hard TO
: find any reason for his retiring now
which did not exist last May when
! the cabinet approved the menacing
note and dispatched the feet to back
! I'D the notice, but no liberal is dis
posed to judge Bright in a
= critical spirit. Before his re-
signation the liberal party was
practically united in sustaining the
Government. The true course
would have been to carry away such
q English subjects as wished to depart
and then to leave the KhediVe and
4 Arab to battle their own disputes,
{ The Sultan, as the sovereign, might
: properly have interfered. Bright
i admits that the restoration OF
: Turkish authority in Egypt
u would have been misfortune, but
= the English would not have been
s. responsible and Europei could. have
" required adequate guarantees fol
: the departure of the Turks WheI
Is order was restored. He also admits
Z that English intervention would
y have been beneficial to Egypt, bUt
. he repeats that England had II
business there. When asked Il
fix the points where hi
mind parted company with tn
minds of his colleagues, he replied
u that though unable to approve the
d general course pursued with refer
y ence to Egypt, he always hope
~ they would stop short OF th'
a employment of force. He ridicRle'
~ the notion that the feet wa
Of seriously menaced by the forts, an
De dwelt strongly on the state
a ment of the Standards CORE
n sDondent, and one other, that befor
IT. the bombardment had begun, DU
IT. after the expiration of the tina
Is, fixed by admiral Seymour, Tn
a. E1vrtian authorities offered TO OH
Is mantle the forts. He was not aWaI
that the statement was Ofhclall
confirmed, but should 1t prove trW
he thought the beginning
~. hostilities, after such an affair, w;
IN. deserving OF the strongest censur
'te | whether this report was true or n