Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-27
THE EGYPTIAN War.
Warlike Preparations Again in
Progress.
Arab Continually Strengthening
his Position,
Working His Men Like Slaves ia
the Entrenchment

at Alexandria, says: The Moniteur
has appeared here with the
heading, ''The Official journal of the
Government of the Khedire." 1t
contains proclaim alton dismissing
Arabi Pasha from the Ministry. The
of the cadastre at Tantah,
speaking gof the massacres there
says: l saw women carrying, tied
to bludgeons, the dismembered
arms and legs of massacred Euro>
pean soldiers, and the rabble fought
for loot. A Bedouin Shekeh, with
twenty Bedouins, saved the inhabi
tants of the Jewish quarter and took
them to his village. Another Shekeh
saved myself and party. The mob
from Alexandria murdered three
employees of the cadastre and their
families and burnt their bodies with
petroleum.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company, under dated of
Alexandra, July 25, 10 a. NJ, says:
The military authorities are of the
opinion that Arab Pasha will not
attack the British. He is, however,
strengthening his position hourly.
At daybreak this morning his men,
many of them without uniforms, and
driven like slaves, were seen work.
ing on the entrenchments. The
British experienced great difficulty
in moving their guns to Rlmleh,
without which it is impossible to
assume the offensive. Directly after
a sufficient number of heavy guns
are placed in position an attempt
will be made to dislodge Arab1
Pasha without exposing the troops.
Gunners and guns from the fleet are
going to the front.
In the House of Commons this
afternoon, the debate was resumed
on the motion for vote of credit
for force for Egypt.
Sir Charles Dixie, under foreign
secretary, said that the khedive had
the support of the most respectable
part of the native populations.
That the government desired, after
relieving the people of Arab Pasha' s
tyranny, to have them to manage
their own affairs. He said that the
highest military authorities thought
that the three months note, which
was the time now asked for, would
be sufficient.
Sir Wilford Lawson violently con
demned the vote.
The Exchange Telegraph Compass
ny has received the following dis
patch
ALEXANDRA, July 25, p. m,-The
British troops at Malabar and the
men-ofswar Arion and Cygnet have
left here for Port Said. Advices
from that place report that the Gov
ernor of Ismarlai has fed to Arab s
lines. The British in front of Rom
leh are being reinforced with two
nine Founders and two gattiing guns.
Arab Pasha has gone to Cairo.
The Marquis of Harrington, Sec
retary of State for India, stated in
Parliament last evening that the
number of troops to be ordered to
Egypt from India is between $4,000
and 100000 Relative TO the invita-
ton to Italy to co operate in the
protection of the Suez Canal, 1t is
significant that the Drecte OF Rome,
which, though recently disavowed
by the government, represents
the tone Of the whole Italian
Press, contains an article declar-
ing that it is a matter for congrau-
lation that Italy has not allowed
herself to be drag ged into this dan
gerous affair-that Germany and
Austria will, like Italy. allow Eng
land and France to carry out their
plans; but complications will after
ward arise, and then, at the proper
moment, the central European Pow
ers will doubtless remember ltal y S
loyalty to their alliance.
A dispatch to the News from
Vienna, reports that 800 houses and
some large warehouses have been
burned at Radziwilow, Russia, and
that 5000 people are homeless.
The Times has the following:
ALEXANDRIA, July 24.-An Italian
refugee says he saw S5 European
bodies lying IN the streets OF Tantah.
Two English women jumped from
a window and were killed, in order
to escape outrage. Arab Pasha put
a train to carrying away the Chris
tian survivors, and about 100 per-
sons boarded 1t. No sooner were
they seated than a determined at
tempt was made to murder them,
and it was only y frustrated by friends
ly natives causing the train to start.
1t is stated that John Parnell,
brother of Charles S. Parnell, applied
to Orangemen to reap his crops, and
that they complied with his request.
A Charlemont Land League agent,
who appeared at the time, was order
ed off the premises.
CoNsTANT1NoPLE, July 25.-The
first meeting of the conference in
which the Porte participated was
held yesterday.
3 p. m.-Ihe outposts OF Arab
Pasha have retired about thousand
yards and the British have advanced
about five hundred yards. There ap
pears to be some disturbance inside
of k-abi intrenchments.
One of the two members here OF
the deputation representing the
notables of Cairo, brought copy of
the proclamation secretly circulated
by Ragheb Pasha, stating that
England had declared war against
all the Egyptians. The Khedive had
consequently been strongly advised
to dismiss Ragheb Pasha from the
ministry, and place him under
arrest. 1t is hoped also that,
as the ministers are the mere