The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
LONG ABONE OF CONTENTION
Interesting Review of the Struggle for
Supremacy in the Land of the Nile.
Bonaparte's Memorable Disaster After Briefly
Occupying Egypt, and Great Britain's Sue
cessful Bomtsrdment Of Alexandria.
MODERN EGYPTIAN HISTORY.


European Occupation OF the Land of the
Khedives-The Present Situation.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LONDON, Jan. 9.-The death of Tewfik
Pasha. the Khedive of Egypt. has natural
~ excited considerable discussion regard
ing England's occupation of Egypt. and re-
yived what is now called 1.-THE question of
Egypt" An old attache of the British
Foreign Office, in speaking on the subject
this evening after stating that the death
of Tewfik would not affect England's posi-
tion regarding Egypt. briefly summarized
the situation as follows: The first Euro
Dean occupation of Egypt was that of
Bonaparte. which was rendered futile by
the destruction of the French feet at the
battle of the Nile and terminated by
the surrender of the French forces
ct Cairo and at Alexandria after
Sir Ralph Abercrombie's victory at Abou-
kir. Bonaparte's purpose in going TO Egypt
was TO gain a footing on the way to India,
with view TO assailing what he thought
was the weak point of the British empire.
A second European Intervention took place
when Mehemet Ali. the VicerOy of Egypt,
having conquered Syria from the Porte.
wished to retain that country. France.
under NJ. Theirs. was in favor of the claim.
but the other powers were opposed to It.
and, after military and naval operations
compelling the withdrawal of the Egyptian
forces from Syria. agreed to recognize Me-
hemet Ali and his descendants as heredi-
tary rulers of Egypt. subject to tribute
20 the Porte. In I his arrsngement the
THE third intervention-a peaceful and
private one-was that of VI. De Lesseps.
who. with the aid of Egyptian labor and
subsidies of grants of land from Ismail,
constructed the Suez canal. Ismail was an
extrsvagant prince, and burdened his sub
jects with the interest of much of the
debts. the principal of which was squan-
dered by himself Eventually the English
and rench governm ents, with the consent
of the other powers. took joint steps TO Sc
cure the creditors. Two delegates. one
from each nation, were accredited to the
Khediye with authority 10 be present at
the meeting of the ministers and to give
them their advice. This was the famous
dual control. procedure of this sort
tends TO greater interference. and In June,
1879, the two governments ordered the alb
hication and exile of IsmaiI and set up
Iew1k in his place.
"Tewfik was a mere tool of the two pow
ers, and as such became unpopular. Evil
hence was coon abundant that the Egyp-
tan party would attempt to upset Tewtik
rs soOu as 1t had reason TO hope that the
bwo powers would not prevent them. Di-
plomacy followed regarding cOerciye meas
nres in the event of an outbreak. The hes
itation of the two powers TO cooperate in
The use of force was soon perceived by
Arab Pasha and his friends, and disturb
snces followed; Diplomacy was still at
IL nwfAa ah rrnlh han ak.or dad
Alexandria. the harbor having been previ-
ously left by the French fleet. Nesotia-
tions followed. in which proposals were
made for the cooperation OF France. of
Italy and of Turkey in the subsequent op-
erations. But before any result came of
them the battle of Tel-el-Keber had been
fought, and England had conquered alone.
The English government In 1882 was In pos
session of Egypt without being bound IN
any way.
"Since 1882 the French have hardly ever
ceased to press for the evacuation of Egypt.
not. so far as can be- perceived. on England's
promise 90 withdraw the troops In 1888, If
circumstances would permit 10, but on the
ground of a special French interest In the
country. The French opposition to British
attempts to set the government of Egypt
upon a solid foundation have been a levy
for every diplomatlst hostile to Great
Britain. Prince Bismarck obtained several
concessions from I'm gland to his unfriend-
~ colonial policy by the threat to side
with the French diplomatic opposition re-
garding Egypt. In 1858 iJ was necessary to
defend Egypt against attacks from the
Soudan. French statesmen admit that the
English have so far succeeded IN benetitlng
Egypt. The pledges gwen by Mr.. Glad
stones government, of which the validity
has never been denied by any English
statesman of either party, aim at the right
of Europe to settle the Egyptian question.
Unfortunately since 1852 the concert of
Europe has disappeared. TO give place TO q
Enrnna If
French government would unite with that
of Great Britain to bring about In regard
TO Egypt an agreement between the Two
powers, the true baSs> tor the evacuation of
Egypt would be obtained and q step would
have been taken towards the restoration of
that concert, which has so long been in
allegiance. According To the sincere belief
of very many it is desirable from an En-
glish point of view that the occupation of
Egypt should cease. But it is one thing to
withdraw by way of admission of peculiar
French right IN regard to that country and
quite another to hand over the response
bility for its future to the common will of
the two powers"
The Khedive Not Killed with Morphine.
CAIRO. Jan. "a false report was put
in circulation here to the effect that Dr.
Seiim. one of the native physicians. who
had attended the Khedlve during his ILL
ness had made fatal blunder in admins
tsring an overdose of morphine, and that
when the ruler died the doctor, realizing
the result of his mistake, became terror
stricken and had fed from the palace and
put an end to his life. The report naturally
caused excitement for q time. but the fears
of those who had been duped by the canard
were calmed when, upon investigation. it
was conclusively proven that the story
was q falshoation pure and simple.
DIR. SelIm has not disappeared
and he is still attending to his duties as
usual The sole complaint that has been
made against the native doctors who min
istered TO the khedive before the European
doctors were summoned is that they did
not ascertain the fact that Tewfk Pasha
was suffering from congestion or the lungs
and inaction of the kidneys. It is true that
morphine injections were administered to
the patient To ease the intense pain he was
suffering. but these were stopped after the
European doctors had made an examina-
tion of the khedive and agreed upon their
diagnosis. DR.. Comanis has not made a re-
port as TO what fastened the death of the
khediva. de has only certified TO the
nature of the maladies which caused the
deeease of the Egyptian ruler.
The Official journal of the Porte an
nominees the accession of Prince Abbas, the
eldest son of the late Khedive, to the throne
OF Egypt. rumOr that the Knediye's