New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-10
THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS.
A GREAT UPRISING IN ENGLAND A1AiN'i
THE MINISTERIAL POLICY.

THE VOTE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NN'NN'
rxo GENERAL GoRpoNs sAFETY-INDIGNATIoN
THROUGHOUT ENGLAND.
IBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNEl
l1ovnov. Feb. 9.-General Bakers defeat near
rr;nkitat was known in London by O'CLOCK on
Tuesday afternoon, and it profoundly modiheu
nnhlic opinion aud public feeling about the whole
r,,vntian question. The collapse on the same even
inc Of the debate on Mr.. Bourke's Conservative
amendment, attacking the Cabinet policy IN egypt
was due partly to this news and partly to the neg
Goence of the whips The political eject OF the
ster is visible in the announcement OF vote OF
censnre on the Ministry which the Marquis OF
Salisbury will propose next week in the House Oh
Lords. and Sir Stafford Northcote in the House o1
Commons, encouraged by manifestations through
out the country of impatience and alarm over 'ho
continued supineness of the Ministry IN the pres
ence of continuing calamities in Egypt
prp1Ic DISSATISFACTION INCREASING.
peon,o cannot understand policy of indifference
tomassacres in a country where England rules
and of indifference likewise to the defeats OF armies
which Englishmen officer All the ordinary signs
of rapidly growing agitation abound. Inc t"o
Iondon journals which endeavor to reflect the
opnion of the majority of Englishmen, The Times
and The Daily Telegraph. vigorously denounce the
Ministry. Liberal journals in the provinces, While
opposing the vote of censure, plainly declare their
dissatisfaction with the Ministerial policy. Let
ters from constituents pour in upon members IN
,ietino that something must be done.
The baseless rumor circulated on thurs
day of General Gordons capture Great
ed marked commotion and an increased
solicitude about him. General GOrdon's danger
for which men hold the Ministers directly respon-
sble. is far more regarded than General Bakers
defeat More than one journal declares that the
thoughts of the Nation are fixed on the Korosko
desert and that the dromedary that carries General
Gordon carries also the fortunes of the Ministry.
The gravest accusations from Liberal not less than
from Tory OF neutral sources are everywhere heard
against the Governments policy. The general feel
ing is that General Gordons life has been uselessly
imperilled because he was sent too late. The gen.
era dread is that he incurs fresh danger account
of the Trinktat defeat which will be certain to in
fame the whole SOudan.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MINISTRY.
Lord Granville's January letter to Sir Evelyn
Barring directing him to insist on the Khedive's
adopting the policy which England recommends
and warning the Egyptian Ministers that the Gov
ernors will be dismissed if they dsobey puts an
end to all discussion about English responsibility
for the course of affairs in Egypt the disasters in
the Soudan and on the Red Sea littOral included,
all which they might have prevented by exerting
the authority thev now admit they possess,
and by obliging tho Khedive to obey their
advice against General Hckss expedition and in
other matters.
THE VOTE OF CENsCRE.
II will he idle for the Ministers to argue that
point. The proposal of the voe Of censure, being
party attack will rally the Liberals to the side Of
the Ministry. For the purposes of that vote my
Judgment is that the Ministry are IN no danger as
matters stand to-day, from the debate and the di-
vision of next week; but they will be expected,
whatever they say about the past, to announce
new departure for tine future, to look the
facts of the Egyptian situation in the face, to
accept the responsibilities of conquest, and above
all TO substitute deeds for wOrds-not only to de- |
feud the Red Sea ports but to attempt to the
earrisons, to defend Egypt and to assert English
authority on the Nile. The country will not stand
many more disasters. General Gordon's death or
his capture alone might prove fatal to the Ministry,
unless they were TO anticipate possible calamity |
by clear pledges of immediate and vigorous action.
The Government cannot be overthrown. 1t may
commit suicide. 1t need not necessarily follow the
advice of The Times and proclaim at once a prOtec-
toratc over Egypt; but it must make its actual
plotectOrate efficient. The IGH Mall Gazette to-day |
declared that the adoption of definite policy has |
been postponed almost to the verge of cTminality,
and demands that the Ministry shall notify to all |
concerned that the entire control of Egypt is vest
ed in English hands for a given period of years |
Such in substance is the language held by the
press. Even The Spectator to-day while urging that
the Cabinet are right about the Soudan, comedies
that they are utterly wrong about Egypt
The crisis is urgent enough to draw Professor
Tyndall from his laboratory to express his shame
and indignation the news from the Soudan and
his grief at the irresoluton and cowaIdice of the
Ministry.
The press of all politics in all countries of Europe
IN France, Italy, Germany, Austria, teens with in
dignatlon and derisve criticism on the ineptitude
and the mbecility of the recent English policy in
Egypt.
THE GOVERNMENTS MEASURES
To-day's Daily Necs indicates that it is thought
that the Ministers will avoid saying anything till
next week They sluggishly accept meanwhile the
necessities Of the situation. Two regiments Of in