New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-21
THE KHEDIVE'S SUBMISSION.
,ucH VOLUNTEER ADVICE FOR THE NEW
FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER.


HIS E:TIMATE or LORD RcsEBERY-
TIE ISOLATION or FRANCE IN RE.
GARD TO EGYPT ENGLISH
RApICAIISM 4 BROKEN
REED FOR THE FRENCH.
(pY CABLE TO TuE TRIBUNE,
copyy,ost 1893: By The Tri5une Assoc,a,ion
Paris. Jan 90 The submission of the Khedive
N Enyland continues to provoke very interesting
and curious comments The French Foreign
omce has not said its last word we are told.
n would be odd if it had Egypt is its standing
r,;ov,nce against England. and rev hand AZ the
rcre;on Office may prove more energetic IN
,,;s;s than an old one. VI. Dcyclle whose interest
has hitherto bcen bu"o!ic, has an excellent OPP
,or,unity Of proving what nobody doubts, that the
to,scn policy of France, and especially lis policy
..word Ecvpt. is continuous But we shall have
~ wait some tine for the publication of NJ
Deyelle's dispatch.
Meantime there plenty of amateur dlplo-
.,o,ists in the press who are busy in explaining
,o N Develle what he ought TO say. and what
tome NJ Waddington ought - take III his inter-
views with Lord Roscbery.
Tbcre is also one writer in the press who is
amateur. VI. Jules Ferry himself has taken
.0Ia q, the Egyptian question and he discusses
=. Nth precisely that respect for facts which the
roh amateur 90 often lacks. He is as hostile
rnl.nd as others are. He dcrides those silly
va continental admirers of Mr.. Gladstonc-the
- ;s VI Ferry's not mine-who imagined that
pr," Gladstone once in power would show either
..,,rd for French susccpubilities or respect lot
~ own nliqhted faith. The English Prime MINIS
NE ,rhor n Ferry and Frenchmen more or less
aSouainted with the English tongue call 'ne
"e. al, ola man. has put his diplomatic conscience
into the keeping of his Foreign Minister
rrorcs may therefore. as well understand that
she has nothing 10 expect from tnghsh soou Will
Sha ,ishtlv mistrusted Lord Salisbury. L"ru hoso,
h.rv is worse. Lord Salisbury never perpe'ra'c"
an act of such brutality as Lord koSeoerS Id,
now been guilty Of IL ls sheer Nlo,e"Oo
pos.horv saws NJ Ferry, is beyond dispute a
wv, ais,;ncnisbed man. with great future be-
,o,s Inn, of immense ambition, who does not
hesitate 70 be more lingo than the Torres
themselves , ...ou
That is an interesting estimate. More ln,er-
es,;rc still il NJ Ferry's clear view OF 'hc
actual situation and of the change that mas co'i'
over the face of Europe. France ne a''mI,S
stands alone. so far as Egypt Is concerned sic
has no aly worth counting, and can cApcct ITO
moral or material help nom any othcr io"oi
whatever. Eight years ago tie exact contrary
was true England Was then isolated aS ri'"''
10 France in Continental politics. The ahroh'
she offers to Europe in Egypt is intolcrahc' nn'
Fnrope nuts up with it, The only chance France
has Of recanirc her f'othold in Egypt Is ny
modifying her foreign policy in Europe ltseii.
Never will She overcome the stubbOrnncss OF Eng
land by isolated diplomacy or by stcrhe
demonstrations.
Those last are words OF sense. but they fall on
deaf eais. NJ Ferry is out Of the running MS
experience and his real capacity are oil no aNai
to his country. lie will only be abused ior say
ing things which are true 10 people who WISH
only 70 hear what is agreeable. 1t is far more
agreeable to the French to be told, for example,
that the English triumph in Cairo is not alter
all quite complete
That is what the Repuhliquc Franchise tells
them II is not complete because Lord Cromer did
NOT insist on the restoration of Mustapha Fehmy
nor on the resignation of two Ministers nominated
az the same ti.ae as Fakhri tacha, namely, MAJ
boum Pacha and Boutros Pacha. faihri Pacha
moreover. is not disgraced but gets a high cerc-
ponial post and a decoration. All that Is one.
Lord Cromer let down the Khedivc as easily AS
he could He told him he lad no wish to Illuminate
him nor 70 diminish his Just authority o"t 'he
French cannot have il both ways They cannot
well denouncc British arrogance and brutall'Y'
a word Of which they. like the irish. are fond.
1bev admit Lord Cromcrs cOnciliatory spirit
and cite it in proof of partial failure to cocrc'
the Khedive They are nevertheless quite rish'
in thinking English RadicaSn broken rcco 10
lean on. The acquesccnce of the English K1uic@lS
in Lord Roseberys firm policy anu determined co''-
duct is far more complete than was supposed
They do more than acouicsce in 1t, 'hcy 10
more than applaud it-t!ev delight in IT, lhelr
organ congratulat"s Mr. Glad-tonea Government
.on most complete and genuine triumph ye'
regrets that Fehmy was not restored ana 'hihh'
Riaz a poor exchange for him. worse 'llah '''"''
it welcomes the approval OF GERMANY anu i''e"''
and ridicules the attitude OF the fichch pres,
The lesson of all this is plain II France """in -;
only consent IN learn it, The lesson il that III
England no considerable party, 10 matter no"
friendly TO France will when the pihch
comes prefer French interests to British interests
G.. W. s.
RON II.