Marlborough Express. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1892. DEATH OF TEWFIK PASHA.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1892, Page 2

Marlborough Express. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1892. DEATH OF TEWFIK PASHA.

c The death of the Khedive at the present juncture may lead to complications by the renewal of French demands for the evacuation of Egypt. Tewnk Pasha was a creatara of circumstances, and no more able to govern Egypt purely than his father Ismail Pasha, whom the Sultan deposed m 1879. Up to the time of the rebellion of Arabi Pasha he worked loyally with the dual control (England and France), and from that time, 1882, onward has generally acted under the influence of Sir E. Baring, the English representative at Cairo. He is described as having been a man of great courage, as was shown at the bombardment of Alexandria, and later on, but not less effectually, during the cholera outbreak m 1883. Though a Mohammedan, he was ' opposed to polygamy and slavery, and by \ the aid of British guidance has done much ] to relieve the condition of the fellaheen, i Though nominally a suzerainty of Turkey, < Egypt has virtually been under the control ] of England since 1883, and at a time i when the policy of the English Liberals ] is to scuttle out of the country, while Lord ] Salisbury and the Conservatives mean to < stick there till, as Stead puts it m the < Eeview of Reviews, the Khedivivial throne, ( which Great Britain went to establish on c firm foundations is an accomplished fact. ] The position is worthy of notice. £ England holds £4,000,000 woith of shares 1 m the Suez Canal, and 77 per cont of all | the shipping that passes through bears the ] national flag. Of the total imports into i Egypt Great Britain contributes nearly half \ (£3,010,637) while of Egyptian exports t £11,953,196, Great Britain took £8,620,602. t On the grounds of commerce alone there- ' fore, her interest is large ; but m addition t to this she has spent millions of pounds and j many lives m repelling rebellions, and m building up the financial prosperity of the country, until now Egyptian finance stands c m a position of acknowledged security. In I the face of this the Conservative policy as. t lately announced seems to be the one that * should be adopted. Fortunately the death of Tewfik Pasha will not disorganise the * country as might have been the case m by-gone times, for his heir Abbas Bey, who ( was born m 1874, is likely to<be guided by 1 the same counsels as his father, and indeed c so young a ruler could not have a much 1 better Cowneellor than girEyelya Baring. v ''■-■■' . " »