Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-24
EVENTS IN EGy PIT.

Since the outbreak at Alexandria there
appears 20 be lull in Egyptian affairs, ano
diplomacy is busy With it's wiles and expe
dents. England and France, both concerned
in the Suez canal and both having money
owing to them in Egypt, hold together. The
Germans-and, from their present discomfort
with the French, the Italians also-in q
quiet but resOlute way antagonize the policy
of these two allies, and are so far successful
to push the Turkish government and its
claims to authority into actual recognition
a thing repulsive to the policy of bo,h EGG.
land and France. The sultan wished to have
no conference of the powers, but to have the
whole management of affairs left in his
hands, and Germany and Austria 70 far aid
his policy that, when the time for assem-
bling came, nothing could be done
because the representatives of those two
powers had received no instructions from
their governments. The position OF these two
governments is worth watching, for if
thorough antsgonism between them on one
side, and the French and English on the
other should be established, then Russia
would become an important factor in the
conference, which would, probably, strik-
ingly modify the situation. The publication
OF CORE spondence reveals that Bismarck is
studiously supporting the hateful Turkish
authority iu Egypt; he evidently has his
own schemes. Arab Bey "holds his own"
The sultan pats him on The back and tells
him he is a good boy; he-wants him TO come
TO Constsntinople, 30 that amid the Influences
of his own court he may mold him to his own
will Arab, however, lie not, at present at least,
to be made tool of by the sultan, which
shows good sense. 1t is rumored that this
man, who is the most prominent parsonage in
the whole situation, will stop the Suez canal
the sandy basis and desolate situation of
which make such a threat formidable; that
he will cur the Cairo railway end take other
offensive measures; also, that he is prepared
to fall back upon the desert and his
numerous allies among the Arabs in case he
is pressed. He may ultimately be driven
to use such expedieuts, but he is not at that
point now The knowledge that he can do
these things gives him a power that renders
actual resort to openly offensive measures
at present. The British govern
ment declares bat it shall exact full repara-
ton for the injuries done to its subjects dur
ing the Alexandria outbreak Who will it
exact this reparation from? The khedive is
powerless, Arab is inimical, and the Turks
are already too thoroughly crushed with
their present obligations without having new
ones thrust upon them. While all this dis
turbance is going on, the whole country is in
disorder. Business is stopped, agricultural
operations are interrupted, the crops will be
and perhaps the people will be-
come frenzied with famine. Already the sup
ply of cotton is falling, and Liverpool is feel
ing void that will probably compel it to look
with unusual anxiety to the state of the crop
now growing in this country. This Egyptian
question is one of decided interest to the
South, and may in the end affect our cotton
trade to an important degree, as the Egyp-
ian cotton, like our own, is of the long staple
Kind.