The final appointment of Count Hatzfeldt as Foreign Secre- tary
for Germany—of course, under the Chancellor—may have important effects upon the situation in Egypt. The Count is a favourite with Prince Bismarck, he has been long at Constanti- nople and in intimate relations with the Sultan, and there is probably no statesman in Europe who disbelieves more pro- foundly in the Turks. He had a way as Ambassador of carry- ing his points, by giving the Turkish statesmen something very like orders, which was the envy of all his colleagues, and he Certainly will not be deterred from any policy by any consider- ation for the Sultan's Throne. If he considers that Egypt should be English, he will think of anything sooner than the kind of right of property which a good many Tories attribute to Abdal Hamid. He might even ask what moral right a Sovereign, who did not defend Egypt, has to take away one- tenth of its taxes.
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