Show J elf S NE NEW wah ULER RULER aw sift ELDON GORST BRITISH CON SUL IN NILE COUNTRY succeeds succeed lord cromer who held the pott post for twenty years year A con erva tive but was wa appointed by a liberal government london As tho the successor of lord Crox croniei CroBie vei i the man who ho for 20 deais cleais has haa been the real ruler of egypt though nominally merely the british cor cornal nal general there sir gorst has haa a most difficult post to fill lord cronier has baa been fittingly described as aa the maker of modern egypt lie ile found her almost ruined her people desperate with suffering her very ex istance in peril from the he be leaves her in splendid prosperity her hei population increasing in numbers and happiness het hei finances fished on a firm basis her taxes light ened her people treed freed from tbt tyran nice that so BO long oppressed them to maintain such a huge stand nd iid of achievement and carry arry forward the work of egyptian regeneration demands a statesman of the highest caliber sir uldon eldon gorst does not lack ad cirei it who declare that ho he will giove piove pi ove tile the light man in the right place ile he Is 19 the eldret eldest son bon of a remarkably able man sir john riton gorst who Is I 1 still living lie ile was visa named after ills his father long before of course it was known that he had inherited his fa brains when his ability brought him a knighthood ho he dropped his first name that there might not be two sir johns in the family but 1 in egypt everybody even everi body still speaks of him as johnnie gorst lie ile went there when hen 26 as an and rose rap idly through the diplomatic grades gnat administrative talents and cun con sofa gifts commended him to lord cromer and within an din dirla arlly rily short time lie he had bad bt eanie un der to the ministry of finance and again er to the min istre of the interior lal in egypt agypt is a euphemism for foi the british clil who Is the boss but nominally the or of the minister at the lead of a delai ament ile ho was a as finan atal adviser to the govern merit when in 1103 lip ho was summoned to Lor borlon lon tp ip assist the foreign office in the negotiations which resulted in the anglo french agreement so BO largely larf cely contributed contil buted to Eng england larid a free hand in kept ills his bei vices ft ere rew tem aided by giving him one of the most responsible positions in the permanent civil service that of under tinder B e retain of state for foreign affairs e ills hla election lection bt as a loid cromer a sue cessor affords a significant illustration of the difference letteen and american methods in making appoint ments of great and power it wa under a conservable Conserva tle the go government that sit bli idon udon B won non distine tion and presumably be Is a conservative yet it la Is a liberal government that makes him the new cukr ot agypt the question of his politics la Is mot ot taken into consideration lie ire Is chosen for the task bc because cause he be seems tile man mail best beat fitted to nil fill the position sir aidon knows all the topes lopea in la Is acquainted with everybody vety body who counts there and speaks arabic and the native dialects fluently lord cromer has wrought a marselous mane loua work in ili egypt it may be doub doubted teI whether any single statesman has ever accomplished more results in any country but W it la Is his very success ri that renders all the more inore ne necessary essary perhaps a new and younger lead head to deal with the new conditions that result front from that success for lord cromer has created ar SIR ELDON GORST successor to lord romer corner as kler of egypt a nation st a nation which naturally wants to run stielf ill ell wit these lord loid cromer has no till ideal idea of I 1 rule is that of a benign dictator Ili england gland la is pledged not tu reduce rge fript pt per pei maneeth to the condition of a protect ed indian stat sooner or latr a beginning must lie he made alth the ork cork of te teaching achin eaph lf lt to ml fill itself tt it la Is expected thit sli sh eldon a administration enill M eilf t ilip h dire tion of paving the he nav tot toi yonn som form of cons titu lional gove inin nt it is a most diffly cult tash the he utmost utmos tact firmness and judgment nothing N would be mort fat ta than undue haste sir ildon eldon Is 46 ile he has time in which to make for foi bilm himself elf a name that will cival that of loid cromer but should he succeed in ili setting on its own legs lie he i will ill be ex posed to the most scathing fire of hostile while doing it for many in fit angland who most loudly proclaim their heir patriotism believe that it Is onla white rates races which abich are fitted tor for any of self seif government |