Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-11-16 | Page 4 | Control of Suez Canal

Control of Suez Cannl. Thero is a vai?in idea abroad that Great Firitain eoutiols thti Suez eanal. !n point of fact the eanal is owned and eon trolled by nu Ks;v,,tian eonipany niid'-r Kr-ne'o coriipanv l.nv. Great Untain is only a id tare holder to the extent of JT6,j0j share:; out of a total of i"i.',.ieO. n the urltninis-tratlve urltninis-tratlve enijneil intrusted with It's nianaye-nient nianaye-nient Prilish lnteresls are represented by only ten out of thirty-two mem bens, and of these ten only three are appointed by t he British poveVntnent, the other s-vei. r.--prestntins British ehip-ownlnur imprests. The mere statement of these facts la huI-fieient huI-fieient to siiow that the Turkish government. govern-ment. If It attacks the cunal, will find itself up nt:ninst varied and important Interests, In-terests, Includms' the Ktrypuan pov-rn-ment, which Is a very large holder of enor-mouslv enor-mouslv appreciated Htock. Tho shares purcinst',1 l,y the British government trom th khedlve forty years a?o for twentv million dollars are "now valued at elot-e to two hundred- million?. Great Britain, Russia rind France will Lave the entire sympathy of the civihzeo world in putting up a, strenuous defense ot" ,A ho Suez eanal as a world waterway. Tnlln are ehar'-d in order to keep the eiiihitl t'tf!eient. but they are levied on all uers of tli' ear.nl alike, and th; waterway water-way is or "-n to the ships of all na t sons on precisely the same foot Irs. whethe. thfy are war vessels or merchant ;ups. Seewig ih it ITd Kiti-iierier. In auditu'ii to his Soudanese and Hindiistanee expen-ences, expen-ences, was for two v a rs the 1 1 ;".a nei.i I h..1-vist h..1-vist of the kh'-uive one of the pf-uh.ir-ities of t!":.it nriiee belnt: that witbnul the vn-iinvn' e tf the lneumbt-nt r.o financial dech--ion' can h adopted or -uirrb-d fiut it rn.iy he assumed teat he t horou t;iii :' ut. derstnitils r- aspect of the ,tu;i:ion and Is n-akihfc hi.- preparations accorJ-lliKly. accorJ-lliKly. Tor-ont"j G!''be.