Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-27

has worked into Its politics something Of a for
eign policy. but with Egyr. it is all foreign
policy. When it is simply question OF whe Their
or not 80 annex 4 group of islands that have
every desire to be annexed, the foreign policy
of a nation is simple. But when the buying
of half a dozen towels for government use must
r cOISideTed in e.at;On 10 me views o. Sly
teen other nEtiCHs why LaeI;. the foreign policy
tscore- - :opheGvy a. If a pyramid had been
SCI or - apex. and tt life Of q minister be-
Cones c.Ss:let3 viva rsssI-ilsIn and gloon.
iGis IA sSo1c the case w':h Egypt. She has
scras:h.l. Of government OF her own She
has kbeliivs. who noninaiiy appoints : csbi-
ret This would seem to &c enough for any
one little country. 5Gr the world has decided
that u Is not by any means enough for Egypt.
There IL Turkey. who claims Egypt as a vassal,
and every year Egypt recognizes this claim by
sending big tribute to the sultan Above all
there Is England. with her army OF occupation.
ranging at different times from 200 to 10000
troops. and her minister, clothed by his gov
eminent with almost absolute powers of dicta-
zion To make things still worse there are
fourteen other great powers all ready on the
slightest occasion to put finger in the Egyp-
tian pie. and above all who have to all be con-
suited before any change of moment can be
made in even the points Of vital Importance to
the internal government of the country. With
all these cooks lowering spoon in hand around
the broth. il is great wonder that Egypt has
prospered TO the extent 1t has.
EGYPT FOR ENGLAND.
England has retaInod a masters grasp on
Egypt for some time. and from all present
prospects she has very little idea of loosin z
that grasp. 1t would be useless to discuss WHY
and when England came 70 Egypt. She came
certainly for the protection Of her interests and
the protection of the interests Of other foreign
ers. and there can be little doubt that early in
the eighties. By suppressing the Arab or ma
tonal movement. her troops did exactly what
they came for. Had England at that time an
nexed or established even a strong protectorate
over Egypt there would have been little OF no
objection from any OF the great powers not
excepting France. England did neither of
these things. but adopted a shilly-shally policy,
Row yielding, now firm. which has proved irrl-
tatlng both to Egypt and to herself Her posi-
ton IN Egypt, after the uprising had been sup
pressed and Arab banished, was expressed
in a note TO the powers from Earl Granville
then minister for foreign affairs, written in
january. 1883. in which Granville saws: AL
though for the present British force remains
In Egypt for the preservation of public tran
guilty. her majesty's government is DESTROYS
OF Withdrawing 1t as soon as the state Of the
country and the organization of proper means
Tor the maintenance of the khedive's authority
will admit of it, In the meantime the position
In which her majesty'S government is placed
toward his highness imposes upon them the
duty Of giving advice, with the object OF Sc
curing that the order Of things to be estab-
hshed shall be of satisfactory character and
possess the elements of stability and progress -
very well. that statement definite
enough. the troops only 10 stav until
tranquility should be restored and only advice
was to be given As a matter of fact, from that
time to this, according TO the English idea
tranquility has not been restored. and advice
given with 10000 troops to back il has an ex-
beedingly convincing way of Its own. England