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Show THE EGYPTIAN EMBROGLIO. Never was Europe in a more unstable condition than it is to-day. There are hidden dangers everywhere. The principal powers are unusually jealous of England's attempt, single-handed, to chastise Arabi Pasha. It has broken up the the French alliance, irritated Turkey, given Russia a chance of showing herself in true colors, and left the remainder of the Powers brooding over what they consider English audacity. England at the present important crisis is without an ally; she needs at this important stage a master hand at diplomacy, a man like Chatham, at the helm, who can triumphantly bring her through deep waters. She needs to cultivate closer relations with the great powers, explaining to them her policy, which all distrust. We have no knowledge of the next move on the programme, but if it should be the destruction of Cairo, we believe it would tend to complicate matters, as the destruction of that city would be a heavier blow to the Turks and Egyptians than even the bombardment of Alexandria was. A great danger consists in the chance that the notion may get abroad that this is a religious war, and that England is fighting against the Commander of the Faithful, which would cause fifty millions of Mahomedan people to rise up against the Christians throughout the east, when a general massacre would follow. |