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The strength of Turkey and Egypt in an armed struggle

would probably be found unexpectedly equal. The Sultan is Caliph, a character in which he can call on all Mohammedans for aid ; he has a fair ironclad fleet, and Omar Pasha could collect 60,000 gopd soldiers for the invasion of Egypt. But he has no money, and in the event of war, Greece and Servile would probably swell the number of his enemies. The Pasha, on the other hand, has money, has a good army, and has a territory defended by the sea and the desert. The issue of the struggle depends, however, upon the part taken by the Western Powers, and its danger consists in the possibility that they may take opposite sides. The English tendency will be to support the Sultan, the French to promote the independence of the Viceroy.

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