New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-28
ENGLAND IN EGYPT.
AND HOW LONG SHE Is LIKELY TO STAY
THERE

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| The Prime Minister, and got his answer. and does
| not seem to quite like it, What Mr. Morley asked
Mr. Gladstone to say was whether the 'ioSerh"on'
! had changed their minds about the temporary
I character OF their occupation OF Egyp~ anu
| whether il they bad not. they would explain NO"
| and when they were going to get Out oil 'n"' "1o
| esting country. Mr. Gladstone's answer was q nno
specimen of his most diplomatic manner ino.0
| had been. he told the Hvuse change whatever IN
| ,ho ,,,s,s of Her Maiesty's Government Their
ohiact 10 not merely to secure tranquility Tor tine
tbs moment but to Obviate future pertnrDatlon-to
| Ioave bebind them when they shall quit Egypt
| something more firm and stable than the laurie
| which wac overthrown. Circumstances may deisy
| the denarture of the English troops The cholera
has already DELAYED it-delayed the process of re-
Organizing the institutions OF that country inter-
ferrd with the collection of the revenues and
| But the Infections of the Government are what
| they were and their inability to tx date LOT the
depal ture OF the troops is also as great as ever
Time and l. said Philip, against any two. Eng
| land is In Egypt. every day she stays din'nshes
| the probability of her leaving 1t, and with that
apvrehend the imperial party may be and Is content
Mr. Gladstone is perfectly sincere in hoping ana DO
| ueying he shall compass the withdrawal OF Tue &C.
cupyug forces. But events are likely 70 prove .oo
strong for him. 1t is possbc that ne himself oeRis
to foresee the permanency of an occupation which
| he fully meant to he temporary only. III IL cerVa'n
that his answer of yesterday gave little encourage
Inent to the party of abandonment anu sa'o
much to those who believe 1t 70 be tne
| manifest destiny of England to remain where
aha i, to-day. mistress of her road 10 India Wh'n
the Prime Minister declared that 1t was Impossible
| In anticipate any very early withdrawal OF inc
troops IN, House cheered. The Standard WHICH,
though porninay the chief organ OF Conservatism
ir perfectly capable of taking independeht ''e"s'
sums ND the general effect of the declaration rs
reassurng to those who deprecat to tho p'icy OF re-
tirement "The cholera. he asserts. "aS oeiaSou
the organization Of European institutions IL
would DO more accurate TO cav that It's advent mas
demonstrated the rottenness of the foundation on
which British Ministers pretend to Duiid. All MS
assertions, il they mean anything. mean that We
sball keen watch at Cairo till a people which has
never vet in history conceived the idea OF manag-
ing its own affairs has assimated a paper csnsti-
tution of pronounced Liberal type. TINS being so.
we need not further speculate about Withdrawal
So saws the ablest OF non Ministerial journals, ana
Mr. John Mor-y himself, discussing next day IN The
Pail Mall Gazette Mr.. Gadstonc's way OF deailng
with his own query, declares IL To look extremely
like a step backward IL not a step backward, 1t
does at least promise that the foOthold which Eng
land has gained In Egypt she will not lightly rein-
quish.
Nor 1t may be said. would the actnal departure
OF the English troops from Egyptian soil necessarily
settle the question in the sense OF remuneration OF
English control. II is conceivable that the British
battslons should leave and the moral force oil the
battalions remain The Government has only 10
make it known that il regards the Khedive as
protuge and will support him against malicesdo-
nestle or foreign levy. Then. whoever assaiia
HIM will know that he has England to deal with.
corporsrs guard in such circumstances might Keep
him ON his throne. lie is puppet, and puppet he
would remain Bnt while England wills that he
should be Kbedive. Khedive also he will remain
Our own history will furnish q convenient
analogy to the Anglo Egyptian position; and
strlk ng comment OH the contrast between the pro-
fessions and purposes OF statesmen on the one hanh
ana ON the other, the results they were powerless
TO control. We began our struggle to pat down
rebellion by an assertion that we were hghting Tor
the Union and for nothing else. The memoraole
dispatch of Mr. Seward 10 Mr.. Dayton was a
declaration to Europe that slavery had nothing to
do with the war and hing more chilled the sym
patl,ss of Europe than tins official announcement
That our object was not freedom but the nag. Iho
declaration was sincere II was true at the time ID
sense il remained true throughout the conflict and
vet when the end came slavery had disappeared.
Mr. IIadstone's idea of the future is perhaps not
ukeiy to b- moro prophetic than was Mr.. SewarPs.
Epglsnd's mission is to establish. without meaning
H. and IN the teeih of her pledges to tue contrary
English dominion Oh the banks OF the Nile and
the Isthmus OF Suez.
A great deal ia said about the pledges OF England
10 TIE other European Powers and what these other
Powers have q right TO expect or demand In c"nse-
auence of these pledges. What they have night to
demand is one thing; what they would 10 disposed
to demand 10 another. The facts OF the situation
are notorious There is put one Power which looks
with serious jealousy on English operations in
Egypt. and that is France. But If France has the
will To hinder she has not the strength. She is
without an ally. Germany looks on with something
more than contont the consolidation OF English
influence in Egypt. Germany in this matter meaus
Bismarck and BIsmarcks opinions have long been
known. 1t is easy to imagine the roar oil derisive
laughter with which the news of Enpands Of
Placement from Egypt would be received AT
yarzin Only to-day The Times copies from a
French ps per an anecdote which has fol some time
been current In London touching the last visit OF
the Prince of Wales 10 Berlin. The Chancellor
asked him point blank why England did not
for ali annex Egypt. ave and our friends would
not oniy" he added. not oppose, but We should
approve and even abet it. It needfu" The Prince of
w .les replied that Mr. Gladstone was the proper
person TO speak 10 on this subject "whercupon
Prince Bismarck expressed himself so dsrespect
fully on the subject of the English Premiers want
of patriotism and judgment that the Prince Of
Wales abstained from repeating the Chanoel.or's
words" The story may or may not be true in fact
1t In true IA expression of Prince Bsnarck's
view of the situation. And the policy OF Ger
many in this matter would he the policy of Austria
and OF Russia. AS for Italy, the Tunis business
ged any sympatbies she might be disposed to
give to France. and there other reasons why 10
French statesman looks to Italy for help the
tingency of war; while short OF a war there exist
no means of ariesting the advance of English