Questions were, of course, asked in both Houses, on Thursday,
as to the action of the British Government; but neither Lord
Granville nor Mr. Gladstone added much to the information already given. The former, however, called the position "ex- tremely serious," and the latter pledged the Government most defi- nitely to support Tewfik as Khedive, if Arabi Pasha, "who," said Mr. Gladstone," appears to have thrown off his mask," should pro- claim Prince Halim. He added that while Turkish military inter- vention would not endanger European lives, foreign military inter- vention would. Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett asked whether Indian troops would be brought to Egypt, but Mr. Gladstone declined to reply. Mr. Bartlett's object, of course, was to show that the Liberal Government would use Sepoys as yeadily as the Tory Government did; but his history and geography are always hazy. Egypt is not in Europe, nor are Egyptians Europeans, and it is quite in accordance with precedent to employ Sepoys there. They were so employed in 1801. Indeed, the greater part of Egypt is within the old " Charter limits " of the East India Company, outside of which it could not act.
