New-York tribune., 1908-03-15

he sees what they lack especially the Iat,,.
these two. he is equally candid about Abbas 49,,
Said and he draws singuiariy dIsnas,iou.,N
portraits OF Isnan and Tewfk Igrnau :.
thinks. might have been Khedive until he a.,
IL he had had poise and the brains ,o 60
into perfect cooperation with the foreigner, -
were only too ready to help him on HI. co..
He fell because. though he could read The -
Of the times. he could not adapt himself os..
perfect understanding to the modern rnover,ar,
"He wished TO introduce European civIjza,fo.
into Egypt at a rapid rate says Lord csro,,o.
but he had little idea of how to set abo,,, o..
work" BY wanton and stupid abuse Of no
he brought about his own fall
As Lord Cromers narrative proosss- =,
reader Is struck by the inevitabIeness a,
British occupation Tewfk had not anz
than IsnaI, a genius for government ana -
the policy of muddIe which be was disnoesa !.
follow his British advisers were hard nm, q
to keep the administration going along sou,s
lines The entrance Of Arabi upon the e.
made matters worse. The tale of unrest ar ,br.
time. and Of his share in II. is too long and n.
Intricate particularly regards Anglo Fre,oE
relations to the subject, to be traversed he-,
But 1t must be noted that Lord Croraers cba,
ters on the events leading up to TeI-el-Kebi-
illustrate most effectively his temperate and "a.
treatment OF delicate questions He has :.
course no sympathy for the attitude to1a-4
Arabi held by Mr.. Wilfred Blunt and indeed
disnisses that commentator on Egyptian araf-y
with something like disdain Nevertheless. he
has lived too long in Egypt not to have learned
much about It's people. and. summarizing the
revolutionary movement. he makes these sig
nifcant observations:
The true nature Of the Arab revolt was mlsun-
aersto94 .o ~ IN Iil1 % % Co. s s ,T fl.a.y M.
a bona fde national movement. II was not solely
or indeed mainly, directed against Europeans ard
European Interference in Egyptian affairs although
anti European prejudice exercised a considerable
ment II w Was. in great degree a aEer,e55 s1
the Egyptians against IurklSa rue
He cannot persuade himself that. Il Arab rad
succeeded with the slogan OF Egypt for II.
Egyptians the country would have profts5
! at all events at that time But at least h
grants to the movement quasi-national char.
acter.
/ In speaking OF the disposition made OF AsaH
on his fall Lord Croner has occasion to refer
| to public opinion the matter in England
and this phase of his subject is brought .nto
sharp relief IN his long account OF events in
| the Soudan. 1t is good account. in which
however Lord Cronner shows the defects OF his
qualities. He is clear and cogent. Speaking
as a practical man. he carries the reader with
him There are moments. however. In which
his admirable practically leaves the reader
cold. His advocacy of withdrawal from the
Soudan In f883-'84 Is easily justified. he
demonstrates clearly enough that Mr.. Glad
stones government should have endeav0red 70
stop the Hicks expedition. that 1t should not
| have sent Gordon to khartoum. and that hay-
| ing done so, it should have taken relief nels-
| ures with greater pronptitude- One can real
fze too, how Lord Crouler may have had good
reason for not taking Gordon quite as he
taken by the British public In the SOS; anl
one can see, too. how the whole dreary bust
ness was complicated By party politics and the
passions of newspaper writers and Iayrnen Wh9
had not the knowledge OF the facts possessed By
the British governments agent in Egypt Bu,
while he pays cordial tribute to Gorions
noble qualities and vigorously maintains that
the delay in sending the relief expedition "u1s.
! forever stand as a blot on Mr. GladstoHe's
political escutcheon," he makes altogether too
much OF Gordon's departure from the strict Line
of official conduct
He is at pains to record that he was az first
opposed to Gordon's being sent 70 Khartoum.
because he regarded him as q man OF erratlc
character. and he goes somewhat into detail
to emphasize this fact about the soldier WIRE
the best will in the world he seems TO fn1
hard to reIinquish the idea that things might
have gone differently IL the defender Of Khar-
tourn had only played the diplomatic game ani
not given way to his own nature His fee
IT, i tIIUct tad In