New-York tribune., 1885-07-07
POLICY OF THE TORIES.
lord SALISBURY MAKES A STATEMENT.


EGYPT NOT TO BE ABANDONED.
rovnoN. .July 6.-In the House of Lords this
.rernoon upon the reassembliDg OF Parliament inc
..r,s Of salisbury moving the adjournment OF the
,ouse said that 1t would be convenient to explain .no
condition of one or two important quesuons wn''n
reatly affected foreign affairs and the posioh oi
land The matter of the gravest Importance no e"u'
as the recent ne gotatous with Russia In regard 10
srort,er of Afghanistan. The business OF 'ne
-.r,or. was not now to consider or
,nrent moon the past 1t their business 10 take
mn the policy OF their predecessors and to conduct u an
tssue consistent with the public interest,". b"' ~ woo
mot their interest to enter into any controversy
,pe that policy 1t must be observed he sad tha' o'
we're clear restrictions upon the action OF tue pr0son,
Government arising from the 1act that INC! A"
.s.,ued office at a time when certain matters were
drawing near an end the result being that many Peuse
were Civ en- and the first duty OF any GoVerhmen. w"
IN ace that pledges which an English GoVerhmen' La"
.iven should be observed As tar as he had an oppor
tupity Of judging, he said, tho negotiations
Russia and England had been conducted Win an e"io
desire to arrive at an adequate se''ieno"',
hut he was bound to say that the negotiations hau no
gone far enough to enable him to speak posioVeiy'
He must ask their Lordshps not to attach TOO ""cn ~
portance to these negotiations as nhai anu conoiu
even when concluded as the whole conditloh oi "n'
IN Central Asia was unsatisfactory ana uncertain W"
hone" he said arrive at an amcable settlement .,
,be In regard TO Zukar Pass, which England
has promised the Ameer will be included In Aghahs'au'
The promise must be kept. Whatever se'ic"e"'
might he arrived at, 1t is our duty skiiuy 10 oe'
and vigorously to carry out measures ior 'ho ~"
fence of the Indian frontier Furthermore VIC snouu
stretch out beyond so that when the tide OF war comes
n will not come our defences lhese Prep"i"''"'
must be promptly and energetically made' anu "u''
that this policy will never be abandoned
In concluding his speech Lord Salisbury said; Inc
present difficulty in Egypt Is. perhaps one vi 'no o
complicated problems that has ever been supmt'eo ~
Government. The difficulties are enormous ana Vi
many kinds Those difficulties now form the SUBJECT vi
negotiation 1t is perhaps rather too early TO express
a., onipion "a TO the ISSUE Before deciding upon any
remedy the Government take counsel of those oeS
qualified by experience to guide theui' Ihcf poH0!
should be steady and without oscillation one m"s'
nome nous issue the defence OF the frontier OF hg!p
by the Egyptians-assisted doubt In some measure
nv the tide of fansticsm and baroa
ISM 1t is necessary establish such state OF thng
that II we eventually withdraw our protecting hahu
Egypt will be left safe. All OF these questions require
time TO settle. One principle must animate u.s. hainey
10 so weigh steps that, once taken we must no c
trace them. The military diihculty Is i"'so
one: the political difficulty is greater one
.,u, Tho onestiou Is whether the provinces
IN the soudan which have lately ceased TO be
practically under the control OF Egypt, shall he ahan-
doned to their fate The most important OF all hgyp'n
questions however, Is the financial question: "ncn "
yet unsettled Until this question is settieo ho'i."s ~
be DONE There is alternative between taxing
steady cautious and crcumspect polcy, ana TAXING
course which would England with shane-hameH'
to abandon Egypt to her fate"
He then referred to domestic policy OF the Govern
mept and said that it intended TO avoid contentious
legislation and to promote only such measures as were
necessary These would include perhaps the secretary
for Scotland bill He would wind up the session a. inc
earliest date possible and expressed the hope hat the
g.ueraI electiops would be held November IL.
Lord salisburys statement lasted half an hour. lie
frequently emphasized the fact that the Khedve mad
throughout been loyal to England.
The morning papers generally approve Lord salisbury
abatement I'm the House of Lords last evening me Its
especially praises the statement relating tothe Egyptian
policy of the Government which declares souhd anu