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guarapteed. subieet only to tribute parable

| guaranteed, subject only TO a tribute payable
10 the sultan, and limitation as TO the
number Of the Egyptian army. So matters
continued until his death and during the
short reigns of his three successors. In 1868
Ismail Pasha succeeded to the throne, and
new epoch opened in The history of the coun-
try The official relation of the ruler OF
Egypt to the Porte still continued. Izna all
was only udt, or governor-general. With
this position he was not content. Shortly
after his succession he opened negotiations
with the Porte. and by increasing the annual
tribute from e376, 900 TO e675, 900, obtained
the title of khedIv-el-mIsr, or king
of Egypt, with the succession direct
to his eldest son. But the old limitations
against contracting debts without leave
OF the Porte or entering into CONNER
cial treaties still continued. In 1872 another
firm an was issued which conferred on him
every attribute OF a sovereign except the
right of being represented by ambassadors,
trameed only by an increases tribute and
military aid in time OF war. Both these fir
mans were communicated TO and acknowl-
edged and approved by all the great powers.
The status 90 created has puzzled the jurists
ever since. Sir Robert Phillimore in the
case of the Charkieh decided against the
claim of the khedive to sovereign rank.
Wheaton, however, takes a different view,
and regards
THE KHEDIVE AS A SOVEREIGN.
Even in 1885, under the effeminate rule of
s4Ahhss Pacba. when IL was Thought that the
tanzimat or charter of reforms granted BY the
Porte was in force in Egypt, the claim was
successfully repudiated. The difficulty which
the jurists and diplomatists are now called
upon to face is this: If the khedive is
sovereign in his own right subject only to
the rendering of feudal dues TO his chief,
what right has the sultan to step in and in
sist upon the Egyptians receiving again
the hated giaour. And, indeed, the in
disposition of the sultan to interfere is not
difficult TO understand, if we look at tie
matter from his point of view. His authority
over the country, such as il Is, is recognized
by all the powers. Even Arab Bey admits
the sultan's rights while declining to trust
himself in Constantinople. And the sultan |
may naturally be expected TO regard the out |
break in Egypt from a Moslem point Of
state of affairs is entirely due to
English and French interference, and |
that the movement is legitimate and |
national attempt TO throw off the foreigner. |
The Porte may also have other views. Should |
Arab ultimately dethrone the khedive the |
present status quo so fsr as the reigning fam |
lily is concerned, would cease. All the rights |
of the khedive would go with it. Any bar
gains made either with Mehemet Ali or |
Ismait would by such an event be annulled. |
The sultan could then enter into new nego-
tistions with a new reigniug power and OBJ |
tain an increased tribute. If, on the other |
h and, Arab should be suppressed either by |
England or other powers, the authority of
the sultan will be acknowledged by them
without his risking the opportunity of new
deal. On these grounds the hesitation of the |
sultan to intervene becomes not only reason
able, but the best policy for its own Interests,
and On such only can he be expected to act.