New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
EGYPT.
-reunEs OF THE ooUNTE r-,-o. miiD
~us on PRESENT CONDITIONS.

,-,z-FPTIoN OF EGYPT BY w I Basi
/ csars1oId n A. Bsrrister- Tongrnans
sesour Octave, PIP XVI DO
/ s-sen Co ,ob
/ = IN travel in Egypt appear WIN 81,
| ,-.rv that the repetition IN tnein y us,,7
-, fhinCs is unavoidable. MI -,,,,,
- descriptions which To many re11e- +b.,
= s1uer1iuous. Alexandria caro- t.,-o,7
s--,iss how often they have been ~. s.,,-
p. nen and pencil. even within Inc -, hos
- Vet for the reader OF traVeiiei -. ;s
- -,,,ch attention to the literaINIe
- ,,1as m around Egypt, we couIe 80 e
- -. ;-+-o5Yo+ory volume than ms
u---sos7ss He has taken ram -
......,,-s1 knowledge and taste WIN -
-, g common and his ooSei
- : -. buildings and monuments a. -
.,-th reading. especially those ~ .s md his
-. -,,oSoues His illustrations a.
ayie Is q pleasant one r hook on
T.,-s cror,er figures in every he ...-+,,a-
-, svmboizing for the authors '"e -,
: .,s british occupation Even cru" -
-, are s2t 20 rhapsodize ABOUT MN
= T.,o-sfoi5 Is scarcely critic. ne S11ilii'i g
p, c.-,-,a- enormously. and sees chlehS inc
- q. - me work being done by nm ana oS
-.r,--vn,er AL that Egypt wants. ne SaSe'
&c remark credited 70 Nuoar Pacha- =
--,s t1sricer She is getting ootn IargeiS
-. the u1inistrations Of the English II
= +,deAd as though she could never expect
, -, them from any ether source II Is True
= n. French have achieved some important
-,a.-ing fears on the Nile, but it IS also true
= :. ,rbat they accomplished IL the construction
-..atar,ous Barrage was only rendered really
- when Sir Colin -MOncrief TOOK
- +he -,ro famous wiers and made the
,oun5 This great factor in the irrigation
e. -. .,,,nrrv was begun by the French, but 1t
= 70 he completed by the English and as Is
- the big dam al Assouan. which is to
- ,,a,snensable aid il the conversion Of an
.-nense area into cultivaoie land. Is an ENG
9 .r.e-,-tse In the matter OF justice, Mr..
-z,-s<o,d Is hopeful but he has 10 depiore, as
- ,,.rv of MS predecessors. the ambiguous
~.-,fscance of the Mixed Tribunals. SO long as
- Is ruIed by more than hybrid form Of
rovs-nmeut her movement toward prosperity
= haDuiness Is bound 70 be comparatively
- r might be urged, however, that very
.serrsIy progress is all that the Egyptians de-
..-re for as We have often pointed out the
ks,ursI Incidence Of the people offers a ire
<,andous obstacle 70 the march OF civilization
r. British are cautious about fitting the
.arTes fsr participation II the government, but
esr caution would seem 10 be justified by the
,ssBtiary selfish nature Of such ambitions as
~ the community.
This seIhshness is wildly illustrated by what
Az Eorsfold has 70 say about the School of
kgiculture established II 1857, during the reign
4 Isnal The institution is conducted on an
.am-sbIe plan. TIE examinations are most
ndjcously administered so as TO meet with
sut too much severity the capabilities Of the
spne 100 highly educated applicants. Practically
b sought from beginning TO end. Out Of the
sirty-three hours which make the weeks work
student Is obliged TO spend eight in actual
york IN the fields Now, as Mr.. Worsfold well
rs L the national income OF Egypt being de-
BED not from minerals, but from the produce
d ne feds, the Importance Of g good school Of
sriCutre cannot be overrated. But when he
rsisd TIE school there were only sixty students
. ne roll, and about Is per cent were Euro
beanS Principally Greeks, French, Italians
se-mzIs and Russians. The explanation brings