The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-12-23
ANOTHER CHANGE IN EGYPT.

The taking over of Egypt as Brit
ish protectorate-assuming that Grea
Britain will be able to enforce it
proclamation terminating the suZer
ainty of Turkeys no more thai
might have been expected eventual,
to develop out Of conditions whici
have prevailed in Egypt for at leas
thirty years.
While Egypt has been nominal!
under the control of Turkey and thu
sultan of the Ottoman empire has beef
accorded the privilege of imagining
the one time 'granary OF Rome" to b.
actually part Of his possessions, the
fact is that Egypt, politically, has beer
comparatively independent of Turkey
and practically subject to Great
Britain through its recognition OF ;
resident British financial adviser a,
Cairo, without whose approval, as 8
member of the council of ministers, nc
appropriations could be made or de
cisions of any kind be reached in mat
tiers of finance. Incidentally, the fight
ing strength OF Egypt has lain in an
English army of occupation and ma
tive army under u British general.
The fact that the Egyptians are
Overwhelmingly Mohammedan and in
religion are supposed to acknowledge
the supremacy of the sultan of Tur-
key has served to complicate matters,
especially during the current war in
Europe, in which Great Britain and
Turkey are aligned against each
other. The announcement by the
khedive of Egypt, now in exile, that
he would support Turkey naturally
failed to meet the enthusiastic APP
proval of Great Britain, and now has
come. as consequence, the assump-
ton by Great Britain OF nominal, as
well as actual, control of Egypt
Great Britain's active interest in
Egypt began with the building OF the
Suez canal, connecting the Red sea
with the Mediterranean sea, in 1869
and the acquiring by Great Britain in
1875 of controlling interest in the
stock of the canal, for which Great
Britain paid the khedive OF Egypt
SIC, 100000 The canal is a high road
to India, and Great Britain felt
obliged to protect its interests along
that great waterway. Egypt's finances
became so involved that financial eX
perts from Great Britain and France
were called in to assist in straighten-
ing them out. The result Of the mix
up was the establishment of joint
control by Great Britain and France
A native revolt, begun under Arab
Pashi in 1881, and suppressed by
Great Britain in 1882 without the
assistance Of France, was followed in
1883 by the abolition of the joint con-
troll and the appointment of the pow
erful English financial adviser. The
Mahdists III the Sudan. were in re-
volt from 1881 to 1885, and the prov
inces south OF the second cataract
we're lost to Great Britain. in spite
OF the stubborn resistance of the
courageous but fated Gordon at khar-
tum and the campaigns OF Wolseley
and others. However. the authority
OF Great Britain was reestablished in
these provinces by the campaign of
1S9G-9S under Kitchener.
Much progress has been made in
Egypt while it has been under the
practical control of Great Britain
in the administration of justice, i'm
provement of the finances. the eXten
sion of agriculture and commerce, the
reduction of taxes and the ameliora
ton of the conditions OF labor, so that
even greater things may be expected
in the future, with the prospective
removal of the necessity of consider
ing Turkey.-SiouX City Journal.