New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-09

10 get his merchandise ashore when the ponce
not looking
Mr. pen6eId masses from these paradoxes u
many others Egypt is indeed. in the enjoyment
y, the most extra ordinary administration known
"a the world AT this or any other time All '"e
Powers have a certain amount or Jurisu''''0"'
and England nominally. Is In the country ="
terms not very different from those opse''eu ~
her colleagues: but she Is, as fnat'ei Vi i''
the chief authority. The khedive mas HIS ''"'uS
and so has the Sultan above hitn' pu' !. 80 ~
England that the country owes not o'''' Nv"
roa,ar,,v but on the whole, the management
q, ber affairs The natives play their part
usuol,v of salaries far below those given W 'ii0
former "It Is estimated" says MI fehiieIu
chat . per cent Of the able booleu heh sei''
tho government In some capacity. ana to se0"''
nuhI,c employ Is the dream or nearly every
youth not satisfied TO become q FARMER pu'
,,.o,,ah ministries and public offices are over
crowded with subordinates. Egyptian anu
o,.or,, other nationality 1.-The responsible HEADS
OF departments are generally Engllsh' Inc uP
ebot of the British policy is bound to be- OF
course the permanent occupation OF the couh-
,rv The author Of this book indicates the quiet
-,.,,ar IN which this is being assured The
great dam across the Nile at Assuan' for eN-
oron,e 70 An English enterprise. 1t is 10 be com
Melted in 1903. but long after that time IL VIII
IN us financial relations and doubtless III Hs
administration continue to foster BRUSH su-
nremacv. And Mr. Penield willingly admits that
,bere Is nothing to contemplate In this pros
moot which is not desirable. Lord Cromer, WIN
the mower OF Britain behind him. has been
cautious magician in Egypt. True thoush IL
may be that he and all Of the other Enghsnile"
in the country doing everything 10 raise 'iie
standard Of education and of business aptl'uue'
II is also true that every NAIVE iroii 'ie
Khedve downward, is kept enough IN tutelase
and is restricted enough in power TOT the uate
when they might manage the country for them
selves to be pushed far away into the dlnmest
future. The present Khedive seems to be- from
Mr. Penfeds portrait OF him. capable gen'e-
man, but 1t is unlikely that he or any or MS sue
cessors will ever far conquer the natural
Incidence OF their as to take the helm from
the hands OF their British guardians ana mas
tiers. Only such energy as the Anglo-Saxon can
provide will serve to carry Egypt through the
developments which essential to the con-
soudation OF her fortunes The builders of the
pyramids might have constructed such dam as
that which is now being erected at Assuan but
their descendants would be powerees to DO the
work, and. with all due respect for the French
men who built the indispensable "barrage' near
Cairo II must be remembered that British Skill
was required to make that a safe dam, and the
British alone could carry out the Assuan struct-
ure When this is finished, and the area of fertile
soil is thereby vastly increased. Egypt will be in
fritely more prosperous than she Is now. and
that is saying much. Her cotton and food stuffs
Will cut tremendous figure in the markets OF
the world. But she will need England then no
less than she needs her now
Mr.. Penfed has not been nsensible to the mys-
terry and poetry of the East. All through his
book there are evidences that he has read Egyp-
tan history, and has appreciated the archi-
tectura and sculptural remains OF the past as
well as the ever living beauties of the landscape
But, the title of his book makes plain. 1T Is
modern Egypt with which he is chiefly con-
cerned. In his chapters on the development Of
irrigation in Egypt, on the Suez Canal and on
the native personalities who have counted in the
modern history of the country he shows Just
what has been done to bring the ancient land
out OF its stagnant past; and his survey Of
things commercial and political presents the
Egypt Of the present and immediate future in a
clear light His last pages are written with
especial reference 10 the information required by
those thinking OF sotourn in Egypt for their
health's sake. The volume is written in enter
tanning fashion and contains numerous illustra-
lions. artistic and instructive.