Alexandria Gazette

THE PRESENT condition of the Khedive of Egypt affords another instance of the deplorable effects, not only upon himself but upon his country, of a lack of resolution on the part of a man at the head of a government. Infinitely better both for himself and his country is a strong ruler influenced by bad than by a weak one actuated by good principles. Had the Khedive refused peremptorily to sanction the outrageous verdict of the court martial organized by Arabi Bey to remove from the army all his opponents, and had deposed that presumptuous chieftain and sent him out of the country, instead of temporising with him as he has done, both Egypt and himself would have been spared all the troubles and sufferings they are now enduring.