New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-30
1P4BUC TRITuPU.

A MavOr of the Palace has been forced upon
the Khedivc. Arab has n0mlnally been rem
stated in tine War Office but virtually ms
SUPREMACY has been acknowledged by the SOW
erein,n and the Chamber Of NOtables. y Tort
night ago he was kissing Tcwiik's hands and
feet in mock humility while the sovereign re
ccivcd his advances with an attitude of frigld
courtesy. His Will is now law in Egypt. After
debating his own terms to the NotableS ana
threatening the Khedive with imprisonment, he
has regaincd his former post nj the head OIL the
military administration. The sovereign :
words were: " | bow to the will of the nation ;
but in reality he has surrendered to the army
which was under his rebeliOus Minister :
orders. That surrender could scarcely have
been more ahjcct if the palace had been sur
rounded 10y mob of soldiers, and a corporal 5
guard had been in readiness to conduct INN to
a prison fortress. He still remains on the
throne. but it is the Mayor OF the Palace who
governs Egypt.
One element in the situation is not so obscure
rs it has BEEN That is the duplcity of the
Porte. Ii has been suspected 10y the most care
ful observers in Egypt and in England that
Arab was acting in collision with the ling of
Khcdive has received every outward evidence
of the Sultan's support, the latters diSapprovaI
of the attitude of the military party being
cmphatically expressed as ,ate rs Sunday but,
on the other hand the Egyptian colonels have
resented the intervention Of :hc Western
Powers as an encrOachmcnt upon the exclusive
rights of the Sultan, and Arab has seemed TO
have a secret understanding with Constantine
pie. In Turkish diplomacy it is the open
communication which is to he distrusted; the
real aims are worked out by stealth and
secret intrigue, the devil lying hid i'll the still
waters, as the German proyerb runs. Now 1t
cannot be doubted that the military party IN
ConstantinOplc has secretly encouraged the
military party in Cairo to pcrsevere III its re-
sistancc to European intervention. The Pachas
have perceived that England in an emergency
would propose the use Of Turkish troops and
that France would acccde TO the suggestion,
and they have calculated in advance the bene-
fits to be derived from active Intervention in
Egyptian affairs. If they have been playing
"a double game" as The Times Oondon)
charges, they have known that they held the
strongest cards and have had the gambler ;
instinct that the cards never forgive an irresO-
Lutte player.
There have been so many compromises by
which the crisis, accounted on all sides as in
cvitable, has been temporarily deferred, that it
would not be safe to assume that the end has
been reached The representatives. of the
Western Powers in Cairo have become imbued
with that proclaStlnatng spirit which IS one Of
the secrets Of Eastern diplomacy, and they may
be able to make temporary arrangement with
Arab aud cXtricatc themselves from their pres
cnt plight. But even if there be another
compromise, they will not be allowed to stand
guard over the Egyptian treasury very long.
Arab has purchased the loyalty Of the regi-
ments by a system of wholesale promotion and
lavish expenditure for military purposes. To
retain his popularity he must have more money
for the army-he must raise more regiments
and increase the pay of officers and mcn-he
must plumber the treasury and rob the foreign
bondholders. If the English and French
Controllers are to retain their Offices and the
civil service is to be administered mainly by
Europeans, the army which is now at the orders
of Arab must be either disbanded or reOrgan-
led But that army cannot be brought under
control by any series of naval demonstrations.
4 military force must be employed-cithcI
Turkish OF European. If the Turkish troops
are once suffered TO land, they will be in no
haste to return. The pachas never neglect an
opportunity for governing province or empty
ing a treasury. Gladly will they replace the
Egyptian Ministry and re0rganize the National
army in their own interest. Turkish interven-
ton must involve mSrule yet the only altcrna-
tive for it is a Joint military expedition which
may open the way for European war.