27 JULY 1895, Page 2

The Khedive has gone to Constantinople on a visit to

the Sultan, and has promptly had conferred upon him the Order of Khanedan Osman, "in recognition of his fidelity and exceptional services." We wonder what that phrase imports, unless hostility to England carried to the verge of safety is fidelity and exceptional service to the Porte. We trust our Ambassador has not forgotten to remind the Sultan that the British Ministry have noted the fact, and that encouragement of the Khedive in the attempt to make British government impossible in Egypt will not incline public opinion in this country, towards friendliness with Turkey. We wish Sir William White could revisit the world for half-an-hour to expound to the Sultan the full bearing of the incident.