New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

Orient obstructcd. Face to face with this peril.
Great Britain called upon the European Concert
to intervene for the purpose of restoring order.
One after the other the great Powers declined.
and oven France which was appealed to by
england ID associate herself with the latter IN
dspatching troops and warShips to Egypt re-
fused at the last moment to comply
NJ DE FREYCINET IEsITATEs.
n Vas NJ. de Freycinet. then Minister ot FOR
egn Affairs and now at the head or the "r
Department. who was responsible for th'H re-
fusal TO participate with England IN IN" sup
preston of the insurrecton, and can never
forget how bitterly Gambetta was wont 1T
those memorable breakfast parties "hich ne
used 30 give in the Rue Saint Dder 20 anuse
NJ De Freycinet for having sacrificed france >
entire position on the banks Of the Nile. The
fact vas that owing to the Tunis ana Ionl'"h
scandals the French people had become sichened
of colonial enterprises, which they asserted were
instigated by Prince Bismarck with the object
Of iiyerting France from her purpose oi recover
ing Alsace and Lorraine. and NJ. de Freycin"t'
In doubt a. 10 how far an Egyptian campaign
might take in France. was afraid 70 embark
his Government IN ANYTHING Of thu kind The
consequence Was that the task Of SuppreSsins
England and 70 Turkey. the after a. the
allzerain Power But. as usual. tn, Turks 'ere
slow probably ne, luse the sultan ~ Ca.iph
felt 4 hesitation about siding with the Christians
against 4 VAR which had taken the form OF A
Mahomctan revival. and the ayowed object or
which VAS 10 iri,e the Christians out ot a
Noslem country. And - il happened that Eng
land was practically left by the concert ol
Furope-one might almost say delegatet-t
suppress the insurrection. which "as accom-
plished by means Of The bonhardment of AK
andria. the BATH. Of Tel-el Keblr and the capt
ure of cairo
Having thus fulfilled this not worry iifi'uA
task in behalf Of Europe England found it'rit
in absolute possession Of Egypt. The de iacto
insurrectionary Government had been smashed.
and The Ie jure khciiyial Government vas put
a phantom There wa no Egyptian army and
no Egyptian administrator. In fact th'r"
was no little resemblance To the prcsen, cOndi-
ton of cuba and the Philippines. Most iu.
ropean nations under these circumstances woulf
simply haye annexed Egypt Mr.. Gladstone.
however. Nho vas Premier at the time. declined
70 10 anything of he kind. entertaining The
same objections as Lord Palmerston to the in
corporation of Egypt IN the British Empire
Indeed a petition signed in lSS; by thousands
of the foreign inhabitants Of the Delta. repre-
senting all the European wealth and enterprise
of The country and including eYen Frenchmen
as weH as the American Missionary Society At
Cairo. the most widely spread and benencent
Of ali such agencies on the bank Of the Me-
asking England to proclaim protectprate, wax
3eclinel Mr. Gladstone declaring that soon
a. the British Government had established
capable and strong Egyptian administration
powerful enough to stand by itself and Offering
guarantees Of financial honesty and stability 1t
would Lave the coIntry.
NATIVES USELESS IN POWER
This proved 4 far more orduous task than
contemplated. Natives are all very Veil IN
subordinate positions. But they are useless IN
responsible posts Something in their religion
and temperament contributes TO stuItify all
IDEAS Of proper organization Of method. ana Of
administrative order in their minds. Besides
this the Dcrvish nsurrection broke out in the
Soudan. and it is only this year that after
numerous campaigns. costing an immense
amount Of British life and treasure. the Der
wish power has been smashed, the rich Soudn
provinces restored 20 the khediyiate. and Egypt
delivered from a terrible danger. which has
been a continual menace ever since the early
part OF 1884.
OF course France by degrees to regret
cruelty that she had left England to accomplish
alone the task Of suppressing the Arab nsur
rection Of 1882 and of restoring order. and by
dint of negotiation with the various Great Pow
ers and of clever diplomatic intrigue at Con-
s'antnoplc. she finally brought the matter 80
FAR that in 1887 Lord Salisbury actually signed
an Anglo Turkish convention agreeing to termi-
nate the British occupation Of Egypt at the end