2813 LE MONITEUR UNIVERSEL

LE MONITEUR UNIVERSEL

No 216. Samedi, 4 Aout 1827. Reply from London, 28 July. We read in the Times: We have an important event to announce, because it implies a new fragmentation of the Ottoman territory. It is nothing less than the separation of the pasha of Egypt from the sovereignty of the Gate. We can now most positively announce that he has made known his determination to renounce all participation in the bloody struggle which has lasted so long between Greece and her oppressors... ...It will be remembered that the Pasha of Egypt occupies with his army the Morea, or at least the parts of that peninsula which the Greeks do not possess. It was only through his son and his troops that the Turkish war was carried on with any vigor and any effect. The only successes against the Greeks, apart from the capture of Athens, were achieved by the Egyptian forces. The removal of these forces is necessary to give the Greeks on the mainland a refuge, and it would be difficult to effect this removal without the use of force... It does not appear that the Pasha of Egypt took part in this war out of religious fanaticism, but that he decided to do so in the hope that circumstances afforded him of increasing his territorial possessions and the extent of his regency. If the Greeks, however, were even slightly willing to submit, they would rather be subjects of the Pasha of Egypt than of the Sultan... …The retreat of the pasha's naval forces may also make the protection of the Greek islands much less difficult than before. Be that as it may, this fact greatly diminishes the probability that the Greek affairs will be settled in a desirable manner, that is, with the voluntary assistance of the Porte. 2nd, p. 4. In French.