THE FUTURE OF EGYPT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2525, 15 February 1887, Page 3

THE FUTURE OF EGYPT.

, Anontlinc of the eohcmo whinh in'snid ta bo ■ : likely to be adopted for the maintenance of wdor in Egypt was telegraphed to The Times , „.>. ■ by its Cairo-correspondent as follows;-"! ;', have reaaon to bolievo that Sir H.'D, Wolff's and Mukhtar Pasha's recommendations to ''... their respective Governments will''advocate a ' convention botwecn-England and Turkey on ■ thjfollowing basis: The recognition,by Bug. •'■"' over Egypt,.: England " * '..'.-twaldertakfl'tho mamlainanee, of order in- • ■■•.;. ' the terror and defence'of the'country from' :..';.: ,',v foreign ngreSsioaaffl fixed annual charge, •_■ - _; ."payable from, the Egyptian The '.' ■'•"" British trbopj to be dispensed;with at. the ''.;■'■ " Mrllest pr'aijticable' date, and with this object, ,-• the army ro.bsineroisod or ro-org'anissd under ," an increased number- of English', and possibly JJjj ' ' the next three months show'no revival of the ■ rebellion'on the frontier, the British forces • • -. ■ thore to be withdrawn to Asaiout, leaving the protection of theAssouan,Wady Half a frontier v. x . -. to the Egyptian army. The Cairo garrison alio to bo .transferred to Alexandria, The .V • ■'• •' ' Brttieh fordo would Ihiia bo divided between ■ -Alexandria and Asaiout, each within striking f. distance of any part of Egypt, while Cairo,' as .j tho, holy city, would bo evacuated. . The, >; English administrative preponderance in ques"! • * ' " tipnr of fiuanoo and public work would con- :••'-■ ' linue, but tho Department of the Interior mid .-..'.: Justice would remain exclusively Egyptian. I make this statoinont with all roservo. As- •./ '. ". iraming it to be substantially correot, tho "'''•': weakistpoint appears to be that relating to ':.:-. .* . joitice. It is impossible effectually'to guar•■ -,•,<•,.• aateo order unless the tribunals cau be relied; '.,..' ..-'• ■■ upon to support tho action of the police •an-' ',•',",'.' -. .thoritiea. The-most perfect system .'for .the, detection of c'rimo is. iisolese unless their exists '•>''.' '•* 'a power to punish.'"An even stronger objection .. •/.'' .'■ lles'ltt the fict'that tho Powers eaanot beex■V ' ■■ netted to: abandon tho capitulations -uulosa '.,.,'.• 'were exist Courts more worthy of confidence . than the Native tribunals. It is understood *'■■< ■ '; ibst'Kribar Pasha, who in strongly opposed ■:;■; •: "totheßnrrendingof tho judical administrate • • tion, moots' this difficulty by proposing, to' V. plaeo all jurisdiction under the control of mixed international Courts, But, in their existing stath, the remedy would not be much bet- ■ ■'■■ '■' ter than the desease. Provided England'assumed also complete control of and responsibility for the administration of justice, thereby procuring the abolition or even suspension of tho capitulations,- there would exist no insurmountable objection to tho general basis ■ ef .the arrangement.