The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-08-01 00:00:00

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The War in Egypt.

(By Tekgrapk. )
ALIZAZIDALA, Sunday Night.

Despite rumours to contrary, negotiations for pea=
still continue. Tobilba Pasha, who is with Arabi,
especially prams for the settlement. The two
delegates from Cairo hare no mission from Arabi as
was first supposed. All parleying 6 oonducued by
telegraph between rebel camp and Use Khedive',
Palace, where Arabi's friends back up his claims. The
Khedive has replied to Friday's communication that
nothing short of =conditional surrender would to
aocepted.

ALIIMIDILIA, Monday, 12.30.

Midshipman Dehair, of the Alexandra, when con-
veying despatches to Rupiah on Saturday morning,
was mated by Egyptian polio., and rode past British
outposts into Arabic lines. lie is now a prisoner.
The Monarch proceeds to Porta Said to-day. No
action ban yet been taken in regard to Aboukir Forts.
tverything quiet at Ramleh.
Lloyd's telegram at Porte Said says the Canal
remains uninterrupted.
Susilser.—The plundering of housed at Ramleb, near
the Enslisb outpost., continue*. Last night two
houses were looted. One a the offenders wee killed
by the patrols. The exoedition despatched last alight
to ?Athalla junction have sucooside 1 in re-laying the
damaged lines. The governor of Port Said, having
been premised by the rebels to declare in favour of Arabi,
has sought relmai on b ,ard an aeglish war weasel.
An official telegram, deted Cairo, Sun lay, 12 50
a.m., say s : A great meeting of venue high
functionaries held here yeeterdo afternoon decide! to
maintain Arabi in defer' ling the country until the
conclusion of a satisfactory peace or the total exter-
mination of its enemies. .

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ALEXANDRIA, SATURDAT.-011M1113 l'asha Kiki and
CIECASERIO officers implicate tin the plot t assas-
sinate Arabi Pasha, arrived bore from C nistantinople
to-day, in response to a telegraphic summons from the
Khedive. They were rend ed with great ceremony.
Throughout to-d iy detolaiions have been heard, csused
by the blowing up of the guns in the forts and the
destructi in of gunpowder stores. In Fort Stet • pre-
mature explosion occurr,d. (lie man was wounled.
Two armed parties started simaltaneously to-night
from the Alexan Iris and Gabarrie stations to protect
workmen repairing the lines cut by the rebels near
Mihail* Junction. Cherif Pasha has arrived here.

CONBTANTINOPLII. Saturday.—A cart .in amount of
tension exists in the relations between the Sultan and
Lord Dufferin. His hlsjeety appears to feel irrltalcn
at England's action, and has sent verbal messages
through Sir Alfred Sandison I, the effect that he would
do nothing for England's s.ke and would only yield to
the wishes of Europe.
Orders have been given f ir a f irce of 15,000 men to
proceed to Egypt next week. The statement that the
porta had received a telegram aonouncing the sub-
mission of Arabi Pasha is officially denied. The
Premier. Said I?asha. t oday instru_ited the Minister
of Merino to have nine ships ready to sail at once.
They will probably proceed to Salonica to embark
troops for Egypt.
The German representative yesterday received
instruction' to recommend the Sultan in order to arrive
at an understanding with E oglan 1, to issue the pro-
clamation desired by the English G overnment, uphold'
in. the authority of the Khedive and denouncing
Arabi as a rebel.
Several working parties, told off to repair the rail.
way which was cut by Arabi within a few miles of
Alexandria, have on each occasion been fired on by
Arabi', advanced posts. Tne workint parties were
acimpanied by oadors with isrorilenfelt and Gatling
guns. The Europeans were enabled to hold the
ground without sustaining injury. The 40-pounder
guns mounted on Ilamleh, just reaching Arabi's
troops, helped to keep the enemy in check. No
casualties have been reported. The last reconnoitre
occurred during the night, when the enemy appeared
in full force.
A large powder magazine at Nlexherrom, from which
Arabi is said recently to have taken stores, has just
been blown up by our men.
AISIANDBIL, Friday.—There is no military change
at the front to-day, lout an important mission has
come In from Arabi under the flag of truce, or at
least from the rebel lines. All that is generally
known in the army hi that the enemy show signs of
hesitation. Our large preparations are daunting him,
and he wishes to come to terms.
S sme think Arabi only wants to gain time, but it is
difficult to see what use it will be to him, aatbelndinn
troops and the English reinforcements come on all the
same. It is more likely that the enemy finds himself
obliged to conciliate his own supporters by an air of
willingness to treat with us on reasonable terms.
Should any concession be made to Arabi the feeling
of our troops will be one of extreme disappointment.
Every officer and man is keen to be led against the
enemy, and the least sign of weak negotiation with the
rebels will diarist our sailors and sol tiers almost as
much as it will sh,cic the European colony here.
The feeling of the Eur 'peens in Egypt is that their
ascendency can only be maintained by the strong hand,
and that Arabi though technically a rebel against hie
master, the Kbedi.e, I. really in rebellion against
Europe, against Western ideas, and the extension of
European infittence.
Our soldiers are accused by Creeks, Italian, and
Frenchmen of culpable weakness in not shooting and
flogging much more than they have. We are warned
that Europe will view us with contempt for showing
so much mercy to Arabs. Already the donkey boys
and cab drivers show signs of arguing about their fares,
and the European is ceasing to be an object of terror to
them.
An illustration of the difficulties of the strange
state of things here in Egypt was afforded on Friday
afternoon, when an Arab guilty of murder on June
11 was executed by native authority. Of coarse he
paid the penalty to outraged Europe, and English in-
fluence made his oonvictson sure; but the affair,
being left to the natives, was done with shocking
carelessness, lie warn led under a small guard, to •
randy ravine near the city, and shot by three of the
Khedive's soldiers, in the peeence of a large crowd
iif angry Arabs and numerous English spectators,
Some officers present luckily had their revolvers, for
the natives were very threatening, and the wretched
culprit was most clumsily killed after several shots.
Even if it be well to leave theme matters to the shadow
of native authority, we should certainly have an
English guard present under arms, and insist on
proper measures being taken. A dangerous tumult
might have accompanied this execution.
Port Said is full of men-of-war. There is no
interruption of the Canal traffic, but public feeling is
indignant at the conduct of hl. de Lemeps in oppoe-
ing the measures for the safety of Port Said and the
Canal. lie is believed to be in daily communication
with Arabi. The Europeans, including French sub-
jects not under M. de Lessem,' thumb, contemplate
a petition to the Foreign Office in Parts complaining of
his intrigues. The natives are becoming very inso-
lent. The European p ipulation dread fire and plunder
at any moment

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