The herald., 1896-03-16
THE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT
A MATTER OF GRAVE POLITICAL IMPORT
TO ALL EUROPE
Tho Regulation Of Affairs In Egypt Is Under
taken by England With the Approval Of
the Powers - Great Britain and the
Drelbund In Harmony
Associated Press Special Wire.

LONDON, March 15. - The Associated
Press Is able to state, in connection with
the reoped Egyptian question, that the
British government consulted and obtain
ed the approval of a majority of the pow
ers before deciding upon the advance upon
Dongola. This makes the new Soudan
campaign of far-reaching political impor-
tance in its bearing upon Great Britain's
relations with the European powers.
That the disclosures by recent events of
Great Britain's complete and friendless
isolation in the community of nations has
given a shock and a feeling of uneasiness
to the responsible craftsmanship of Great
Britain has been frankly admitted by Brit
ish statesmen themselves. and that Eng.
lands diplomacy has been busy with
efforts to make some inroads into the uni
versally hostile array of nations has been
generally understood.
When the terms of the settlement of the
dispute over the boundaries between the
possessions on the Mekong in Indio.Chna
of Great Britain and France were made
known, the world expressed it's wonder at
the substantial concessions made by Great
Britain. and the opinion was generally
held that Great Britain sought to procure
an entente with France as n consideration
for these concessions. Many commenters
professed to see confirmation of this opin-
Ion in the suggestion offered by the sultan
a little later to Lord Salisbury that Eng
land should regulate the situation in
Egypt. 1t was suggested that the sultan's
suggestion was inspired by Great Britain
itself, in order to open up course for the
evacuation of Egypt, thus relieving the
present cause of irritation between Great
Britain and France.
The announcement of the new Soudan
campaign is clear and convincing evidence
that there is to be no rapprochement be-
tween Great Britain and France. II fur
ther evidence were needed of this, it was
seen in the prolonged visit on Friday to the
foreign office of baron de Courcei, the
French ambassador in London, and his
subsequent departure for Paris to impart
the result of his interview to the French
cabinet.
Confederation OF Frances opposition to
the proposed Soudan campaign is found in
the dispatch from Cairo. naming as the ex-
plict grounds of her opposition that no
movement in the Soudan exists warranting
such campaign, and that the Khalifa
Abdullah, the successor of the late Mahdi.
Mohammed Ahmed, and military chief
under him in the former war. has lost all
mis- authority and has withdrawn his loyal
adherents from the Cassala district.
The advance upon DongOla was decided
upon by the British government with a
view to the favorable effect it would have
upon the Italian situation in Abyssinia as
vas stated by the Times, the organ of the
British cabinet. in connection with its an
nouncement of the Soudan campaign.
Almost simultaneously with this announce
ment comes the news of the visit of Count
Goluchowski. the Austro-Hungarian prime
minister, to Berlin. and the statement that
as a result the dreibund Is to remain in.
tact and that the German governments ir-
ritable attitude toward Great Britain AS
manifested over the Transvaal episode,
has been Modified through the eXertions
of Count Goluchowski.
AN ADVANCE IMMINENT
CAIRO, March 15.-The Egyptian coun-
ell yesterday stated that Lord Cromer, the
British agent, had announced that thou
sand British troops, drafted at European
stations, were coming here directly to take
part in the advance uDOn Dongola.
1t is reported that France, as a guaran-
teeing power to Egyptian bondholders, will
refuse her consent to the cost OF the cam
paign, which is estimated at G2,O00,O0O,
being charged to the Egyptian budget. In
support of this decision it is alleged from
French sources, that no movement exists
in the Soudan warranting such a campaign
and that, on the contrary, the Khalifa Alb
dullah has lost all his authority and has
Withdrawn his loyal adherents from the
Cassala districts fearing assassination for
himself.
ITALIAN NOTES
ROME, March 1o.-The Italie states that
the Crispi ministry authorized Gen. Baldis-
sera to negotiate peace with Menelik after
the defeat of Adowa. The messenger says
den. DalClSSeFu OH leaving NOME uau
authority to evacuate Cassala, Agordat and
Adrigat. The latest news from the front
In Africa is that the main body of der.
wishes Is advancing upon Cassala.
GERMAN FEELING
BERLIN, March 15.-The proposed SOIL
dan expedition of the British excites vast
deal of attention and comment in political
circles and in the press here. The Ger
man newspapers in commenting upon the
proposed Egyptian advance to Dongola
still show an intense hatred for England.
The National Zeitung scorns the idea
that she will do anything to help Italy in
the straits into which that unfortunate
power has come in Africa and hints that
England will acquire Oassala as a result of
the campaign. Most of the newspapers
here regard the Dongols movement as a
clever movo OH England's part to silence
clamor on the Egyptian question and to
offer an answer to France and all those
who press her evacuation of Egypt for
years to come.
The Vossische Zeitung thinks that no.
body is better fitted for the task Of the
conquest of the Soudan than England.
The Kolnischs Zeitung, through the in
spiration of the foreign office, thinks Eng-
land has DELAYED the proposed expedition
too long, and that she will find great diff
Guilty now in crushing the dervshes.