New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

to this form Of foreign Interference which he
objected 70 on the ground that it constituted an
obstacle 70 his looting The state Treasury. he
had been in the habit Of doing until then. For
Of the 5000 N0tOD borrp from Europe not
more than 500 ,spOH 900 had ever found its way
into the national treasury. the balance having
remained in the pockets Of the khedive AMI
~ his parasites foreign as well as European.
Finding that Ismail vas about to follow this
by a total reputation Of the debt with the Oh
jrct OF winning the good will Of his subjects
staggering under the burden Of excessive taxa
ton. England and France together secured with
out difficulty from the Sultan a firman d"pOsing
him from the throne and instituting his son
Tcwiik a. Khcdive n his place AT the same
tine a French Government official VI De Bill
snares. and Sir Auckland COlyin. Of he Indian
civil Service. were nominated by their reSpec-
tive governments European Controllers-tcn-
eral of Egy pt. with powers superior 1" those or
the native Cabinet. the understanding being
that their directions were to be followed. that
they possessed the right of veto. and that they
were in every sense Of the word the European
mentors Of the Khedve. This was known as
the "condominium.'
POPULAR Discomfort STIRRED CP.
| mort unattly, lnS power ol tnf lNp pt'i'li-
crs-Gcneral Vas purely theoretical in this sense
that neither France England prepared
to back up the commands of Sir Auckland and
of NJ. de- Blgneres by force The native officials
knew this. and resenting the Interference Of
strangers In the internal administration OF the
country. by degrees stirred up popular discon-
tent. not only against the two controllers. hut
likewise against Khedve Te~fk and those
ho in ia Of hp nsW order
OF things This movement gradually took the
form Of an anti foreign and anti Christian agi-
tation. It was easy to persuade the overtaxed
pcasantry and farmers that II imposts weighed
So heavily upon their shoulders il because
Of the necessity OF paying exorbitant interest 10
the European creditors of The nation. And
then. too. most OF the local usurers being italian
Greek Syrian Christians. the people felt con
vnced that il only the Christians could be
driven out ~ the country by means Of a Ma
hometan revival they would be rid. not
only Of their national debt. but likewise ~ their
Individual liabilities to the money Lenders. That
was the true cause and origin of T. so-called
Arab instruction OF lSS2. which eliminated in
the occupation Of the Land Of the Nile by Great
Britain and In the withdrawal Of the French
As soon as ever the nsurrection had actually
broken out. the Controllers General having
previously resigned. owing To their inability to
enforce any Of their recommendations and their
consequent uselessness. a conference OF the
Great Powers at once summoned at Con-
stantinope in order to devise means OF restor-
ing order in the Delta. 1t was realized that
Egypt. 50 recently dragged from the brink Of
national bankruptcy. was now threatened, not
merely with financial ruin. but with return 10
blank barbarism. Disorder reigned supreme
European property being destroyed on
every side, large numbers # Europeans were be-
Ing massacrcd. and there was every symptom
that not only would The entire country be gwen