THE GLOBE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1882. THE EGYPTIAN WAR.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2637, 19 September 1882, Page 2

THE GLOBE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1882. THE EGYPTIAN WAR.

The late rapid successes of Sir Garnet Wolesley have relieved the country from a serious cloud that was brooding over it. Although the betting all along was, so to speak, ten to one on the British forces, yet, as long as any doubt hung over the fate of our forces, ranch anxiety was felt. The troops engaged were crack troops,, and the commander was esteemed the most daring and successful one that we possessed. But still the enterprise was a difficult one, and little was known of the nature of the country where the operations were taking place. It was thought that perhaps the rising of the Nile would seriously impede our advance. There were rumors of substantial help being on the way to the aid of Arabi from Tripoli, and on the principle of omne ignotum pro magnifico the dangers of the expedition were overrated. Our military movements seemed to hang fire. For nearly three weeks the English army appeared to be almost stationary, and Sir Garnet had been sending for reinforcements. This, some people imagined, was a bad sign. But, as matters have turned out, the English General was only concentrating his forces which had to reach him from two or three different points. The spring he was to make was to be a decisive one, and when our men carried the stronghold of Tel-el-Kobir at the point of the bayonet, the wisdom of his plans was at once apparent. Having all his forces on the ground, he was enabled at once to make an onward movement. The rapidity of the march on Cairo was almost unexampled. Once defeated, Arabi had no time to collect a new force; Eafradowar capitulated, and tho only force now in the field are apparently some 5000 blacks who hold Damietta. The war is in fact over, and all that remains to be done is to settle how Egypt shad be governed for the future. There is a very general consensus of opinion among the English organs of public thought that the most desirable plan would be for the country to be made an independent one under the patronage of Europe at large. The country would then become a neutral one, and every one of the Great Powers wonld be interested in its preservation and good Government. But unfortunately there is Turkey to be reckoned with. Although that country has forfeited all claim to consideration by its shuffling conduct in the late crisis, its claims are a factor in the matter, and England has herself invited her to assist in the solution of the difficulty. We trust, however, that Mr. Gladstone's Government will act firmly in the matter. Mr. Gladstone himself is not credited with an overtenderness to the Porte. If the European concert can be persuaded to see the desirability of erecting Egypt into an independent State, Turkey will doubtless have to give way. If sbo loses her vassal she will certainly get no sympathy from the general public.

It is true that England at the beginning of the crisis was willing to make stipulations with her and take her, as it were, into partnership. Bnt the Saltan has not carried ont his part of the bargain, and such being the case the partnership may with perfect fairness be deemed to be dissolved.