Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-14

-'iattti. a. NoHstdutlubpit, Ftloittu III
rumor that the porte had asked at Lon
don the authorization to reinforce the
Turkish troops i'm Tripoii by way o.
Egypt. On the 10th the Zeit OF Vienna
In Egypt WAS about to be declared and
again that the sublime porte. in a COM
munication to London, had fixed the
number of the Egyptian contingent al
=
The Post of Berlin I'm commenting upon
these rumors terms them troubles 90
England over the issue
TURKEYS of the Italo-Turkish cons
fict." And the Post sums
AAteIest. up the troubles In point
ing out the double interest which the
menaced Turkish empire would have IN
using Egyptian territory First. Turkey
could send from Egypt into Tripoi rein
forcements by land which cannot be done
by sea. because Italy. mistress of the sea.
prevents. Second. it could excite an OF
tomanist revolt of several Egyptian reei-
ments, and. marching them across tho
Lybian desert. execute dangerous coun-
ter-attack aeainst the Italian lines, not
then oyersolid. at Benghazi and Tripoli.
Prof. Sage limits his reference to the
possibilities of the execution OF a desert
march to mention OF the exneditlohS OF
Bonaparte to SYRIA and Saint Jean dAcre
and the axplot of Mohammed Ally. 1t
WI prove interesting in this connection
to cite the fact that the possibility Of the
desert march from Alexander a. Egypt. To
Derna, Tripoli was demonstrated by Capt.
Eaton. formerly of the United states
Army, then United states consul Ia
Tripoli. According TO instructions from
Washington he ACCOMPANIED Commodore
DO ry,aan n In fhn nj
Hornet. Nautilus and Argus to Egypt 10
find and reinstate the friendly Dey or
Tripol who. having been denosed during
the absence of Eaton had fed To E"Npf.
At Alexandria Eaton and Hamet aided
by Mohammed Aiv, recruited and orpan-
ized force of 100 Arabs. Americans and
Greeks with the object of march'n"
across the desert To Tripoli where aided
by the American fleet, Derna would Q
attacked.
The troop began the march. command
ed by Eaton and Hamet in the first DAYS
of March. 1895. Ii was ac-
American companied by the subalfeans
Capt. Luca Olovix Lieuts.
moASn' Constantine. Ieitensdorfer
and Farquhar and DR.. Mendrei. BESIDES
these were Lieuts. O'Bannon. Blasey.
Mann and twentv-three men OF the Ar
Gus The troon arrived before Derna IN
OF about April %. and on that dav o''enei
the attack, led by Eaton and Hamet.
under the runs of the American vessels
returned from Egypt. and Derna was
taken after sharp fight.
ON the other hand. il il certain that
England is well aware of the ~eriousne7s
of the rtImor of Turkish Intentions. o
Journal du Cairo of July ~ 1911 wrote:
eve should not foroet that England les
not consider impossible a Turkish OMEN
sive movement Tin the direction indicat-
ed inspired by Germany and faciiitatel
by the Hedjaz railroad.
There are such fragrant contradictions
I'm EneIand's attitude in Egypt that there
is small wonder that it should he con-
stantly seeking a means to end the EQUIV
ocal situation whereby IL maintains both
the neutrality and the vassalase OF E"Fpt.
The conditions are manifestly cent
dictory and absurd. Ii Egypt is neutral
in this Italo-Turkish conflict thaf, lpso
facto" DESTROYS or tends to destroy her
vassalage to Turkey. Ii 1t is true, a
asserted by the Zeit, that the porte de-
manded of Egypt her aid as yassal. the
refusal of the Egyptian government. on
the advice of England assumes The ar
acter Of a veritable refusal OF justice emo
breaks up the we'll known con lions
which established by treaty the vasssiaae
of Egypt. For Egypt is vassal state
constituted by the powers and depending
upon the sultan. and owing him certain
services of quasi feudality The nrman
INCORPORATED in the treaty OF LONDON oI
.July IL. 1910, original charter OF the
khedivial regime, has never been modi-
fed:
-
THE land. and sea forces which the
pasha of Egypt and Acre may maintain.
constituting part of the
Firman forces of the Ottoman en-
pire. will always be consid-
OF 1o4V. cred as maintained for the
service of the state"
Precedents better than frmans show
a practical application of the ties oil
suzerain and vassal. Prior to 1879
Egyptian regiments occupied Crete for
the account of the sublime porte during
seventeen years. In 1855 Egyptian army
corps Were incorporated in the Turkish
army during the Crimean war. Ii the
EGYPTIAN military forces were under the
orders of the porte Under such circuin-
stances why are they not so in this mat
ter of Tripoli?
The. English occupation of the Nne
valley has not destroyed the sultans
suzerainty. England has disclafmed again
and again all such intentions Ensiah"
has made no objections to the payment
of the annual tribute of vassaiage. !
in 1862 England opposed the sendlng OF
a Turkish garrison to Akaba IL was De-
cause Akaba was deemed TO DE Esyp-
tan territory and that the suZerainty
of the porte never implied the authori-
cation TO reoccupy any part OF Egspt,
but on the contrary. permitted Egypt 10
acquire territory. which Egypt has done
In rushing her limits souW to tho Nile
so,irces westward toward the Atlantic
and east TO the Indian ocean
Epglarfd until now has refrained from
Interfering with the relations OF Egypt to
turkey. England has continually recog-
nized turkeys suZerainty in Egypt and
particularly in the matter Of the Suez
canal convention signed at CONSTANT
nople October %. 1855. That diplomatic
instrument bearing Englands signature.
declares i'm it's preamble that II is the
sanctioning the concessions made by the
khedive to the Suez canal
Finally, England, since the occupation
has recognized the vassalage OF Egypt TO
Turkey in the HELENE Turkish war i'm
1897 The diplomatic relations between
the khedivial government and Greece
We're correctly broken off. and the Greek
consular corps left Egypt. The diplo-
matte relations. on the other hand. be-
tween Egypt and Italy have been main
tanned and the Italian consul general and
consuls have remained I'm Cairo.
The declaration of Egypt's neutrality in
the Italo-Turkish war of October 8, decla-
ration dictated by England, constitutes
an act OF equivocation which has served
as a basis for the current rumors that
England contemplates the declaration OF
a protectorate in Egypt.
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.