Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-13
TIE Situation Abroad.

While the tone Of the foreign press as re-
CARDS the Dardanellcs incident Is not Gs
excited as il was q week ago, il is none the
less omlnous, sad the situation appears
mono the less critical. And not the least
interesting phase II the complication is
that which Involves the Egyptian quss-
ton. For some time the shadow OF the
hand Of France has been visible through
the curtain that intervenes between the
public and diplomacy st STEAMBOAT, and tho
impression deepens that, guided by Rus
Ga. that hand is endeavoring to influence
tie Sultan TO demand British evacuation
OF Egypt and attempt the deposition OF the
khedive. IL IS easy 70 understand that
should the Porte yield 70 this influence the
chances Of an immediate crisis would be
materially increas Z. British patience
with Turkish duplicity is slready well-niCh
exhausted. and Is consummate O diplo-
matist ns SAL1sBuBy has proved himself
and "a successful as bis foreign policy has
hitherto been he could no more withstand
the pressure Of the war spirit al home
should /; develop. thsn could ApERDKES.
Great Britain has about IS much inten-
t!on q relaxing her grasp upon Egypt as
the has Of relipoui.hing her Indian empire.
Under present conditions the two propo-
sitions are inseparsbly associated. More
over, che would not consent to the dsposi-
ton OF the Ahedive so long as he con-
tlnues 10 serve her purposes as well as ct
present. What. then. would be the direct
outcome OF the Su!;sn's taking the steps
referred to? Englspd would unquestion-
ably BE between two fires. and it must be
confessed that the answer does not present
itself with marked distinctness. How
ever there are probabilities which obtrrde
themselves in connection With the pro-
blem that a: least afford Instructive study.
The day has passed when q Sultan OF
Turkey could successfully initiate Ma
noNNED H.. SxLIW L. or SoLrnoS the
Ma.uifceat- turkish dominion, no, only
IN its territorial aspect but as regards
Islam, exists through liberation and the
necessities 4 Europe. and not through the
power that determined kCsoyo and
NoHAcs, overthrow the byzantine empire,
conquered RaooIs, Numbered at the very
ShscS u loL-c, t4uru0O kNS 0lA-uSINkSr,
aud seized the sacred banner.
But 4 Is still possible Tor 3 Khedive 70
I'll in rart tie roe OF MrHE,iEI All.
TEwF1z IS known 10 be ambitious to I'LL
this r6s 50 fsr os the Soudan IS con-
oerned. and in view of the now mere
nominal control Turkey has over Egypt
and much other of her tributary territory
that ambition might assume wider
scope TEv,K's army. as was MEHENKr
AIRS. has been trained by European off,
GERS. and II the Dreibund can be depended
upon 20 take care o. Ru.na and France. as
the utterlnces Of the seui-oticisl journals
of Berlin snd Vienna indicate is the
case, British influence. British money. and
Bri,s Sd guns may be found openly ar
rayed with the khcdivs. A var upon the
Arabs by the Khed.vs IN his capacity "a
a subject of the Porto would be quite diff
ferent thing IN its efect upon tho Mahom-
medsn world from al isssa with the Scl-
tan on the question Of SUCCESSION and DO
Power would know better than Great
Britain how 70 turn this fact TO advan-
tage, no. only in Africa, but among the
Shah Aahonmedans IN the East. Az far
ss can be seen by present lights il must
b. accepted that Germany and Italy, indie
pendent OF their connection vita the Triple
Alliance, would aud 1t ~ DO TO their inter-