, 1893-03-04
Daily Telegraph, JG". 301h.

pc ltto6SOr at the QuAl uOTSay, M. 0uAoS
Ferry considers that France can now do little
in Egypt. Not, however, that he accepted
the accomplished fact. The ex-President OF
the Council based some hopes on Mr.. Glad
stones 70 Urn to Office, but he Is now fam to
admit thqt Lord h~osebery is to the full as
firm and rs determined to maintain a holi on
Egypt az was Lord Salisbury. N. Jules
Ferry expresses the frank opiuion that no
representations from NJ. Waddington, or
demonstrations Of the French Parliament,
will indnce Lord Rosebsry to swerve from his
purpose, and he adds the very candid and
significant confession that in this Egyptian
question France stands alone and isolated,
without any serious alliance, and without the
right to expect any moral or material support
from tn majority Of the Powers, thus con-
trming all that | have SAID on the subject.
In 1885, when he was still in office, the posi-"
tons were reversed. 1t was England that
was then isolated. NJ. Jules Ferry considers
that France has since lost ground all along
the line, and that it will take years to regain
it. BY her general policy. France may one
day be able to cut a good figure in the affairs
Of Egypt, but until that date isolated nego'
~tiations and demonstrations will not affect
the deliberate attitude assumed after mature
consideration by Great Britain.
n. Richard Waddington, member of the
Serate and brother of the Ambassador, also
expresses the opinion that tho peace Of Europe
will not be in any way imperilled by the
Egyptian Question. He thinks hat an iso.
lated protest would lie unattended with any
result. If France were to tell England that.
as according to her Egypt was in q disturbed
condition, she would like to assist her IN re-
storing order, England might we'll reply that
she did not do 80 during Arabs instruction.
and decline to accept her support. Twice
had France an opportunity of setting foot in
Egypt. aud twio, did she lose the ohanoe
Though her own faalt. Now she percslves
the blunder that she committed, but at pre-
sent she can do nothing. ". Richard Wad.
dington thinks that the Egyptian Question
may infuse some GOODNESS into the diplomatic
relations between the two Powers, but he
does not believe that things will so further
than that.
In the course Of another conversation, NJ.
Barth6l6my Saint Hilaire pays a tribute to
English patriotism. He says that where
domestic affairs are concerned men may be
Liberal or Conservative, but that when
the future of the Colonies and Of India is at
stake, the utmost unanimity prevails. What
can France do? Barren demonstration and
exchanges of diplomatic notes will be of no
avail. AS for an appeal to aims, it would not
be popular here, nor does the ex-Minister for
Foreign Affairs believe that, especially under
existing circumstances, the Government and
the nation would ere 70 embr k in such al
adventure.
BY a special decree signed by the President
Of the Republic and counterSigned by The
Minister of Justice and the Grand Chancel-
lor, the u anne of NJ. Cornelius Herr, Grand
Officer of the Legion Of Honour. has been
struck of the rolls If the Oder. 1t is hardly
necessary to explain that such q measure is
very unusual, and is only decided on in cases
of lextreme gravity. In other countries il
would have been deemed proper to await the
result of the proceedings instituted against
Nj. Cornelius Herr ere taking such a step,
which, moreover, is hardly calculated to i'm.
press any court of Justice in favour of the
accused. But the reasons which have led the
authorities TO remove his name from the list
of Hrand Officers are duly set forth in the
preamble TO the decree, and we learn that
it was on the 'strengh of a report from M.
Franqueville. the Juge obstruction, for
varied by NJ. Bourgeoiso 10 tho Grand
Chancellor of the Order, that this decision
was arrived at. It was stated that, in the
course Of the examination Of NJ. Charles Do
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