NEWS OF THE WEEK
VERY little intelligence has been received from Egypt this week, and that little is not, on the whole, satisfactory. The Khedive has returned to Cairo, and the Egyptian Government again exists. The people, however, do not submit so readily as was expected. They were coldly watchful in Cairo on the Khedive's return, they pelt Europeans who stray into the native quarters, and they display that readiness to believe absurd stories which, in the East, indicates disaffection. Riots occur in the smaller towns, and in Upper Egypt these riots have become of serious importance. Sir Garnet Wolseley and Sir E. Mulct have, therefore, advised the British Govern- ment to leave from 10,000 to 12,000 troops in the country, until the gendarmerie is organised, and the authority of the Khedive is restored. That proposal cannot be very accept- able to the Ministry, which has finance to think of, but it is, of course, impossible to withdraw the garrison until a definite settlement has been made. It is the presence of the troops which will induce both the Sultan and the European Powers to con- sider the British proposals as concessions, rather than demands. Beati possidentes, at least thus far, that those in possession can negotiate without haste, and with a certainty of attention.
