New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-17

IRISH AFFAIRS TIE COAL
sTRIKE-IzTERARY AND
PERSONAL NOTES.
iBY CABLE TO THE TRIsUNEI
co,vrfOnt. 1882: Bg The Tribune Assoetdhoh
London. April 16.-Mr Blaines very handsome
accession 10 Italy in the New-Orleans business
49, characteristic sneer from THE Times
"a a comment not less characteristic lnc
- ;s all the more precious because MI Bialhe
:. a. nerhaps quite the finest flower OF Chrls'iah
h;valrvr That is the snecr, and inc conlneno
e thst the Italians to be congratulated upon
I.orinr genuine diplomatic triumph. IN 10
onao Known TO ChristcndOm is 1T d1plomauc
.s;r,nnb for Italy. The exchange OF notes ne
.--.on Mr. Blaine and the Marquis di Kudlm leic
ho Italian Premier without resource other 'hah "
'.i,bdraw the Italian Minister from washington.
M argument or other diplomatic eXpedleh's lie na'
name remaining So matters stood, ana nhghO
,onr have stood had not the American Government,
ont of pure courtesy and goodwill onered oil l's
own free motion what Italy had failed to assert
ss right. Aha
,omark that there has been no diplomatic Iri-
umnb for Italy or humiliation for the unltea
States
7, may vet turn out that the punctilios oil
Chinese diplomacy with Europe have an h'ei'''
<or the United States. There has been an oPe'
collision between the European Ministers anu .u'
Chinese Foreign Office. The earlier delaliS an
chiefly important because the kussiah .o''
broke away from the lead Of the German Minister
who is the senior of the Diplomatic Corps. ana '"7
French Minister had orders from home TO support
his Russian colleague in any line he mlghS take'
and did.
Ultimately all the Ministers had audience oil
tho Prince President Of the Tsuns- Ii-Name1, ana
handed in Joint note, beginning with an asse'-
ton that the respective sovereigns were the eq'a@
~ the Chinese Emperor. Having read this audH-
cious declaration the Prince-Presldent nan1e1
lack. or, according to other accounts, hunS pack'
tbe paper. and broke up the audience The same
lav brought news that the Chinese GoVernmeh'
lad failed 20 arrest Chauhau, the author, or one
Of tie authors of the outrages and murders OF
Christians last wear. 1t does not seem qulte clear
that they wished to arrest him. or wished TO 10
more than to GO through the forms in order 10
silence diplomatic complaints of their virtual com
plicity with the party which provoked ana
executed the murders Of foreigners. Behind
Chauhau and his accomplices the people of
China They DO not care about being converted,
and they hate the foreigner none the less for the
various concessions he has eXtorted from them
The foreigner for his part, does not want 10
quarrel but neither does he want 10 he murdered.
and no European Power can acquiesce In
Chinese policy which leads straight to murde:.
II takes time to do anything in China ana
there is no present question of applying military
compulson TO the dilatory officials of Pekin.
But what is important 10 us is the fact that Eu-
rore las a controversy with the Cclcstials which
must he settled, and we also have a controversy
with them, both Europe and America are more
-ln;r ni,tc ther thau
arately.
The collapse Of the latest intrigue against Egypt
will he the signal for the beginning of another.
Still il is d collapse, and once more has Sir Evelyn
Barring proved himself more than match for his
adve1saries on the Nile. II they had no home
elsewhere than on the Nile, his task would be
much simpler. rs it is, their domcilc has 10 be
sought not on the Nile only. but on the BOsphOruS
and, unhappily, on the Seine and sometimes on the
Neya The Neva this occasion seems not 10
have followed the lead of the Seine. More and
more often are these two streams found run
ning in different directions, politically well
geographically.
1t has been known since the accession
Of the present khediyc that mischief afoot
The Sultan long delayed sending that frman Of
ipvestture which necessary 10 make the
position of Abbas officially correct. The reason
for lis delay remained mystery. When at last
the Grman arrived in Cairo the mysterJ vas re-
vealed. The Sultan had thought this favor
abe opportunity for resumng direct control over
par: of Egypt The part lie hoped thus to re-
annex was none other than the Peninsula Of Sinai
As the Peninsula of Sinai happens TO include the
left bank Of the Suez Canal, the scheme was
Of the prettiest that has been heard Of for some
years. 1t might give Turkey. and whoever was
behind Turkey something like absolute veto
On navigation of the canal. II would give at
least a continued right OF interference with that
great waterway, and practical control over II.
True Sinai was part Of that Egypt which 1srnail
had paid for. The Sultan had received the price.
and now thought he would like the territory too.
II is not necessary TO comment on the honesty
OF this policy The folly of il is still more remark
able The Sultan really believed that revOlu-
ton OF this magnitude could bc carried cut BY
trick and that England would be too stupid 10 dis
cover the trick and would tainely submit 10 his
usurpation OF the canal That is characteristic Of
Oriental cunning. The hrDan which invested the
Khcdive with the government Of Egypt was to
strip Egypt OF province and England Of the best
part Of her protcctorate and Sir Evelyn Barin. was
expected TO allow document Of this kind 20 bc
proclaimed without troubling himself about It's
contents. Once read, il would be too late TO Oh
jet The credit Of tie conception Of this ingenious
project l. understood 10 belong to Mukhtar Pacla,
the SultaD's representative in Egypt. The credit
Of supporting it and Of encouraging the Sultan to
execute it, is 20 he shared with tle French Am
bassadOr at Constantin0pc.
Well Sir Evelyn Barring has governed Egypt
nine years. lie could not have governed it nine
days he man TO be fooled By q device 80
fimsy ;his. OF course he said be must see the
frman before it was read. The Sultan's envoy.
who had the frinan i'll charge, had to give way
Sir Evelyn declared at once that England could not
assent TO any change in the dcmitation Of the
boundaries of Egypt. lie had a straight talk by
telegraph viii, Constantinople, where the new
English Ambassador, Sir Clare Ford. did his
part Of the business with decision. 1t was seen