| Show I GREAT BRITAIN AND EGYPT I Pipatt hos from Cairo show that the Afl1Euan > or upation of the Sou il i i is bo ns firmly and finally established estab-lished An agreement has been made bet wean the British government rcpre ftru J by its accredited agent Lrd mmer and the Khedlval government thr < j ch lioutros Pasha Ghili Its fort for-t in ilimster T tr uty sets forth the j Jnt cams of the two nations credits them hh 1 reconquering the territory by combine I I effort financial and military describes the provinces by metes and bounds I extends the domain beyond Fashoda I and provides that the British and I Egyptian fag shall be used together on both land and water throughout the iSoudin I except Suakim where the I i Egyptian flag alone shall be use I i Time was when such a proclamation I would have provoked a storm of I French protests and remonstrances But Since the exnprionro nf Mnlnr a chand at Fashoda and the subsequent I remarks of the British representative j I at Paris France seems to have found I a way to govern her temper I There Is no other sensible course for j J France to pursue In the first place j I Great Britain would probably pay no attention to her objections and in the I next place France would find the decent sentiment of all Christendom leaning I decidedly towards the English I Not that the world is by any means i i convinced that Great Britain is actuated I actu-ated by purely philanthropic motives in j thus firmly planting the strange banner i ban-ner of modern civilization in the land of the Ptolmies even to the uttermrst j parts thereof but the beneficence and I excellence of the change it has wrought in that region are beyond dispute Since the British occupation of Egypt the improvement in the credit of the country the deveopment of its resources re-sources and the ameloration of the I people have been marvelous I Before 1SS3 the credit of the country I was gone and the residents and natives na-tives were actually suffering under the burden of taxation forced upon them I is a very different state of affairs today The debt Is being cut down rapIdly rap-Idly and the general ability of the people peo-ple to pay their government obligations has been largely increased Egyptian courts of justice are hon estly conducted and justice intelligently intelligent-ly administered under English direction direc-tion Education is making perceptib progress Property rights have been rendered more secure Land titles have been properly readjusted Great Britain is entitled to the credit for this rehabilitation and modernization moderniza-tion of this long neglected land of fer tility and opportunity And it is to I Lord Cromer the present indefatigable agent of the great missionary nation I to whom a an individual the greatest I credit is due He has made it his life study his lifes purpose hs life work Twenty years ago he began his mission mis-sion of transformation The chaotic condition of the ancient empire would have discouraged a less determined less zealous man But his work has borne fruits beyond the most sanguine expectations of his most visionary dreams That is why the dispatches sent out I from Cairo and printed yesterday morning will be received with general I satisfaction in the world I is why France may not hope to secure any considerable amount of intelligent sympathy sym-pathy in the attempt to oust Great Britain from Egypt to delay her work or to discredit the results she has achieved J |
