New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-06
NOTES ON EGYPT.
4, FEW POINTS. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE

nh announcement Of yesterday has cio"iou :.
,rocoin Il was cleared by the bonn IN -,
-as Growing thick once more WIFI q ~
% f,rthsr action Mr.. Gladstone s"'' -
,o,dav that on Monday he shouIu INV 'V' 80
Of Credit for the Mediterranean SCI N .ho
will naturally occur. Inc "0,.-N'' -, IN +ben
- ooso fullv for the first time ana tli 'n'"
e'"'' - - ,hat has occurred during the last zen
t s,,Icmatjc inactiOn may be premature
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NTH nore or two on minor matters may $40
bowever. thai Mr. Giadstone's own friends n0'
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Tretty often Precisely. There are alorss c'11en1
go The reasons against fighting. said some0S9y.
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mere logic. not a battle womb eFN wv "NAN''
They are fought. however. ana VOu ~, c7.,
From merely political point Of view, N.Y. ulau-
stones delay has been as mschieNouS dV H'iN0 % -
t~vnt 1t is clear the Tories are going to attack
the Government on the ground. first OF want q
foresicht. secondly want of energy. Why DID sou
not have troops at Alexandra to land at once alter
the bombardmentl Why did you not send them ~
once when you found they were wanted The an
svers can he optjcipated. The best defence lave
hoard Of the Government was volunteered by an
eminent Continen tai diplomatist Tie English
said he did as much as the nerves OF Europe
xroull bear The view is cleveTly put, but every
thing points to an opposite conclusion. II AuinlId
Seymour had never fired gun we Should nave
been told the nerves of Europe would have been
shattered at the first shot. But they were not ana
no more would they have been had troops been sent
70 Malta IT advance. and sent On at once from
Malta TO Alexandria. What advantage Arab mas
derived from the procrastnation IS now only 700
obvions and too well known here elsewhere.
arri in ~
ANYTHING England might do IN Egypt. hairspltting
over fornalities was clearly superfuOus. What
Prince Blsmarck's motives might be matters less
That he would like to see England and France cool
10 each other is more shan probable. But they Will
he all the cooler after Joint expedition Had
England acted alone. France, like the rest OF
Europe. would have accepted the result.
Tie dispatches to some of the London papers have
Ieen Of very unusual excellence. The account Of the
lombardment telegraphed 10 he Standard deserves
to rank with the best pieces Of modern Work III
journalism 1t was full. accurate, sufficiently PIE
turesoue and quite free from superhuous ornament.
Nothing published in any English paper OF the
same date is to be compared with it for moment.
The author of it is Nj Emerson. to whom the same
paper was indebted for dispatches from the Trans
vaal also remarkable for genuine ability. Nj
Tnersou's work has the note OF the true journalist
The correspondent Of Tke Times had not the good
fortune Of his colleague in the bOmhardment. lie
was on board the gunbOat Condor, the little cart
under Lord Charles Beresi0rds command. Inc
,s,,lt WAS that we heard nearly much about the
Condor from this correspondent as about all the
rest OF the feet together The Condor II rs true,
owing 70 the gallantry and dash OF her commander.
WAS really a very conspicuous character. Her as
sault-hardly any other word describes II 50 well
on the M.rabout fort was an exploit which recalls
,r1 In
lated warfare such an outburst of individual daring
and ipdependence deserves all the praise II has re-
eeiyed ana that is saying great deal At The same
time the actual direct contribution OF the Cohuor
TO the destruction of the Alexandria forts was less
iuportant than reader of The Tia's narrative
might have supposed MI Emerson was on board
the Monarch His position was perhaps not ilore
perilous but it was more central, and the Work OF
ina Monateh herself was OF a serious kind
than that Of the Condor The accounts OF the other
papers were in all respects inferior to these two
Since then. the Two leading journals have been
mare ON an equality RE lines has come more to
the front 1t has, at any rate, been more coplous
than the Others and the able man who represents
that journal shows great energyi and grasp Oh the
situation He is. at the same time, very active
and argumen tative politician, and there is perhaps
lust touch more than is wanted OF his own lndl-
yduality. OF all the English correspondents az
Alexandra IL is 10 be said that they have shared
The nerlls they have described. AhOat they have
shown themselves ready TO face shot and she'll and
ashore the knives of Arab assassins; not TO speak
of pobs and explosions. They have done their
work under a climate of great heat, and have done
4 great deal of It. Altogether they have been a
credit to thei1 profession, and then profession
seems in 10 particular hurry to take credit to Itself
M award due measure TO the brave and brilliant
men who lift journalism step higher by their de-
Soton and capacity and courage The public looks
Oh in wonder at the quantity of readable matter
turned out each morning for its eager perusaL
Never so much telegraphed before, say people with
short memories; which Is nonsense
Lord Charles Beresford ought in common polite
ness to have paragraph to himself 1t shall be a
brief one. He has become all at once one Of the
heroes OF Alexandria Heretofore he has been
known in London as one of the Princes set "a
phrase with a very definite meaning TO those with
whom it has any. He belongs to family cele-
trated in ways too various TO be particulaTzed.
He won the affections of his future King by his
brilliant proficiency in practical Joking, which IS
branch of the tine arts known to be in favor with
the Heir Apparent. Whether the details OF his
best-known Jokes are of kind TO be safely m-
parted 10 a distant public IS question which !
must think over till next week. OF Lord Charles
Beresfords courage there never any question
whatever 1t In his very smart handling Of his shit
and the degree of administrative ability be ha'
given proof of on shore which have perhap'
slightly surprised the miscellaneous multitude no"
cheering him on TO glory. 1t IS only one more CASE
of glddy youth being sObered by new responsibIii
ties. The correspondents have made hero OF him
which they certainly would never have done ha'
he not contributed a good deal OF raw material
The Positivists have come to the rescue Of tn
other In practIcables Professor BeeslY is ont will
n protest a column long and against the Gov