The new Khedive is already recalcitrant. It was expected that
on his accession he would appoint European Ministers, but he not only appointed native Ministers, but included in his Cabinet men who were concerned in the dismissal of Mr. Rivers Wilson and M. de Blignieres. It was then supposed that he would make Nubar Pasha Premier, but he shares his father's feeling as to Nubar Pasha, and has transmitted to him in Paris through a French Senator a peremptory telegram forbidding him to return to Egypt.. The Khedive is, of course, entirely within his legal right ; but as he was appointed to be a puppet, to be guided in the interests of the Bondholders, his independent action has produced great disgust. The Powers are accordingly adjured to teach him, once for all, that he is their nominee, and is to appoint and dismiss Ministers as they please. As they can only coerce him through the Sultan or an armed expedi- tion, the difficulty supposed to have been settled last week revives at once, with the aggravation that it is a little early to carry through another revolution. The Sultan might not yield so easily, or Tewfik might hold on, while Halim Pasha would probably be as refractory as his predecessors. Turkish Pashas like to go their own way, and as their way is not a European way, they are apt under European pressure to be a little mulish. The three great Powers concerned, England, Prance, and the House of Rothschild, will very soon have to de- cide whether they will admit defeat, or place Egypt under a European Prince, whose first act, if he had any capacity, would be to shake half the Debt from his shoulders.
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