The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-17

Esy ptian feilah was probably never - well
fed. a. veil clothed and a. contented ~ he
IL to-day The country has been lifted out
Of the mire Of bankruptcy: hs resources
have been husbanded and les finances placed
upon a. arm q footing a. h possible IN
country that 10 dependent for lie welfare
wholly upon agriculture Merchants. beyr
and pashas have grown rich beyond all
expectations Even he monetary crisis OF
Iso7 has caused only q temporary lnll IN the
prosperity Of the land English rule and
English superv ision have done all this Hut
the great fault has been that all this has
been accomplished while those who are
carrying GU, English policy have in no man
ner identified themselves with the Egyptian
people, even with It's elite. The intercourse
between English and Egyptian Ia purely
bureaucratic In the business that the
ruled must OF necessity have with those
who rule Even IN the Intellectual walks
Of life. where the Egyptian and non-EEyp-
,iAn might meet aud do meet on common
ground. the EsRlishman IL missing The
great Museum Of Egyptian Antiquities "
permanently in charge Of q Frenchman The
French have a school Of archaeology in
cairo itself 4 German directs he fortunes
Of the khediyial Library The Museum OF
Arab Arr and all the work done for The
preservation Of CoptiC and Mohammedan
efforts la Cairo one meets German and
French scholars Sho frn'erni1e with learned
Moha N medan- but seldom an English
scholar A. The meetings Of tho Egyptian
Academy there il no EnRlishman OF learn
ing TO evidence the interest taken by the
dominant power in developing the in:ellec-
taul resources Of the country Upon the
board OF trustees OF the new Egyptian Upi-
verSiiy in Cairo there IL an Italian and q
Frenchmsn. bur no Engli-hmsn " IL true
that the Egyptian Exploration Fund has
done pioneer work in discovering aud dis
closing the remains Of Pharaonic splendOr.
bur the men who engage in II go on quickly
TO London. as II present day Egypt were not
A. all concerned In their labors IL - the
same aloofness from intercourse with the
natives Of which piteous lament u hea ri in
India also Sir Eldon Gorst complains ha'
the greatest obstacle at the present time
- perhaps the general van, Of confidence
IN the intentions OF the occupying Power
which prevails in the unoriciAl upper and
middle classes But how h. such confidence
to be excited in the Egyptian n he knows
he EnRlishman merely in the character Of
lord and masterp
Another important factor In the situation
IL the someW hat vaCillstIng policy adopted
at various times by the English Govern
men' The whole ~ The early history Of he
occupation OF EGYPT j. dominated by this
vaCillaiion. The English desired ardently
20 leave The country. hut in some way or
her they never could make It possible
A. one time The army Of occupation VAS
diminished. al The hrst cry 81 new alarm
IL Was increased The poini IL that this
vaciils, IN As not an ar'ful dodge de-
signed 20 conceal The real ruth The
vacillation was true Gladstone never
really intended thai the British should stay
in LEypt In the Circular Note OF January
=. IssS ENGLAND declared that her troops
would remain in Egypt a. long as II Vas
necessary for them 10 keep me peace here
And in 1897 she Vas ready to hN a further
three wears IS the limi' Of The occupation
hut h" Porte Influenced no doubt by o,heT
Powers. refused To sign he proposed con-
vention England made he great mistake
of suppo-inR that mere handful Of yeaTr
would suffce 20 Yndo he harm which the
reckless expenditures OF the khedNe ls-
mail and the hearfleSs jobbery OF The Eu-
ropean money lenders he'd caused 10 the
country u - an open question vhet her
= for~ari policy N 1852. mat -. direct
pToIec'orats. would not IN the end have
PROV 81 the simpler and better rourse Lord !
liner and Others have expressed a similar |
view IL would hardly have been more
illegal. D.. such = word can b" used Of TN |
'rrns'ional politics than he ction Of Rul. !
CARA IN So annexation OF Eastern Ru- |
mehRi or IN zoos proclamation Of indie |
pendence A. an fnGii-h protec'orate |
n would have been much easier to nitro |
duce local constitutional government. and /
In the Treatment Of the inha bitants the in
vidtous distinctions made nv the CApitu- !
lations would have lee. wiped out And |
nnally u would no. have been necessary !
To inNen' the duplex system Of attaching |
advisers to Egyptian Ministers. |
= system which must always be calling 20 |
any man Of real value. and which ends to J
make such Ministers puppets IN the hands |
OF the English representatives
RICH.RD GoITHTII.
PsEIs August