| Show h U tr y Y TS NE W R SIR ELDON GORST BRITISH CON SUL IN NILE COUNTRY succeeds lord cromer who held the post for twenty years A con verva tive but was appointed by a liberal government london As the successor ot of lord cromer the man who for 20 years has been the real ruler ot of egypt though nominally merely the british cibul general there sir eidon eldon gorst has a most difficult post to fill jill lord cromer has been fittingly described as the maker ot of modern egypt he found her almost ruined her people desperate with suffering her very ex isteni in peril from the dervishes he leaves her in splendid prosperity hei hel population increasing in numbers and happiness her finances fished on a firm basis her taxes light ened her people freed from the tyran nie that so long oppressed them to maintain such a huge standard of achievement and carry forward the work of egyptian regeneration demands a statesman of the highest caliber sir eldon gorst does not lack ad ul who declare that he will prove the right man in the right place he Is the eldest son of a remarkably able man sir john eldon gorst who Is still living he was named after his father long before of course it was known that he had inherited his fa ther s brains when his ability brought him a knighthood he dropped his its first name that there might not be two sir johns in the family but in egypt everybody still speaks of him as johnnie gorst he went there when 26 as an and rose rap idly through the diplomatic grades great administrative talents and con social gifts commended him to and mit within hinan an din dina rily artly short time he had become un der secretary to the ministry of finance and again adviser to the min astry of the interior adviser in egypt Is a euphemism tor for the british official who Is really the boss but nominally the subordinate of the minister er at the head of a department he ile was finan caal adviser to th the e egyptian govern ment when in 1903 he was summoned to london to assist the foreign office in the negotiations which resulted in the anglo french agreement that so largely contributed to gibing england a free band hand in egypt his services were rewarded by giving him one of the most responsible positions in the permanent civil service that of under secretary of state for foreign affairs his selection a as lord cromer s sue cessor affords a significant illustration of the difference between lie tween english and american methods in making appoint ments of great responsibility and pow er it was under a conservative gov that sir eldon won distine tion and presumably he Is a conserva tive yet it is a liberal government that makes him the new ruler of egypt the question of his politics Is 13 not taken into consideration he Is chosen tor for the task because he seems the man best fitted to fill the position sir eldon knows all the ropes in egypt is personally acquainted with everybody who counts there and speaks arabic and the native dialects fluently lord cromer has wrought a marvelous work in egypt it may be doubted whether any single states in man has ever accomplished more striking results in any country but it Is his very success that renders all the more necessary perhaps a new and younger head to deal with the new conditions that result from that success for lord cromer has created f A SIR ELDON GORST successor to lord cromer as holer of egypt a nation a nation which naturally wants to largely run itself with will these aspirations lord cromer has no sympathy his ideal of egyptian rule Is that of a benign dictator england Is pledged not to reduce egypt per manent ly to the condition of a protect ed indian state sooner or later a beginning must be made with the work of teaching egypt to rule itself it Is 1 expected that sir eidon s adminis tra tion will take the direction of paying the way for some form of cons titu dional government it is a most biffi cult task requiring the utmost tact firmness and judgment nothing would mould be more fatal than undue haste sir eldon is 46 he has time in which to make tor for himself a name that will rival that of lord cromer but should he succeed in setting egypt on its own legs he will be ex posed to the most scathing fire of hostile criticism while doing it for many in england who most loud loudly 1 y proclaim their patriotism believe that tha t it Is only white races which are fitt fitted ed for any measure of self government |
