The English in Egypt.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 38, 13 August 1896, Page 2

The English in Egypt.

Thus Lord Salisbury on the Soudan war : — " It may be an advantage or it may be a serious impediment, but the Egyption Government is the only Government in the world, I believe, which cannot borrow. A very curious combination of international arrangements in whose validity I am much too unlearned to venture to pronounce an opinion — arrangements which are a perfect labyrinth, even to the learned mmd — have, I am told, the effect of preventing the Egyptian Government from borrowing beyond a certian very narrow margin. The consequence is that unless it wishes to run into hopeless debt, its military proceedings must be governed by its financial capacity. We do not see our way at present to go beyond Dongola. If any of those millionaires who spend their money in supporting raids and invasions would come forward and offer us facilities for going further, I do not say that we should be deaf to their appeals. But in the present financial position I am compelled to say that our object terminates at Dongola. It may be that we, or others who succeed us, will bo prepared to go on in the future. For myself, I repeat the opinion that we shall not have restored Egppt to the position in which we received her, nor in that position of safety in which she deserves to stand, until the Egyptian flag floats over Khartoum.