The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-03
Tlas7 Sri isll III Egypt.

The Immediate OCCASION Of The DDmbart1-
ment Of the Aivxaudrit det~nses BY the
British fleet WAS rhe failure of the c,ni-
InHndaut to comply with The BtIi>h AL
iuIral'< demand to cease strengthening he
foriic#tons overlooking The tsHrhor. The
fleet under direct HttVicea from LOndnn,
after TWEEN -y-four hours notice. % ned
fire, with the result known to lie public
The rrmnter causes for Chjs unexpectedly
violent action are more complicated. For
some time previous 10 May last. Arab
Bev. the Minister or War in lie cabinet oil
the httetijge, had been the ackuOWe %ed
leader "f what il known as the military
party, Whose av0Wed purpose was 10 throw
of the domination Of tie European pow
erS, and particularly ut Gte'r Britt III and
France, In E., pIian affair, and nitiInate-
~ 10 secjtle- jile Independence Of Egypt,
and It's admission into 1e fanIlyof nations
III pursuance of this purpose, Arabi's par
tsans in the army had brought charges
against the primripti Turkish military of
f}cers of conspiring against tie interests of
Egypt, and the accused Elad been sentence
Ell hY cOtlrtS-martial 10 dismissal and bali
ishmeilt. The Khedgc, aching under the
advice Of tile foreign representatives, |
whose governments We're pledg Il TO maill-
tain the Tut ki~h supremacy, disapproveoj |
of these sentences. 'fhereupOn the col0ileis /
Of the armr, supported by Arabj, demand
&! Il Ef fifel ,fifF Ff Il:
prOv;tI. under threats of deposition and /
even assassination. The Khedive refused.
dismissed Arab from office, and assumed |
command in person OF the army; hut find
ing Ilmaef unable to enforce obedience Of
preserve order. he re-iustated Arubi. Iii
the mean time the GonuseIs OF The Euro
pcdn powers were divided. France had
early invited England to join III a conveia-
ton guaranteeing the authority of the
Khpdive, which England at fl s as>ented
t., and then withdrew from. France had
theu proposed conference OF tile powers
to mature measures to the same END, (which.
after much discussion, was agreed 10, and
actually convened IN Con@tantuop!e. The
the Sultan To intervene 10 sustain the KITE
dive, with the undrrsrau Ting thtr IN 81 10
ing he w00Id be backed by tile united
forces Of Europe 10 any extent necessary.
But this apparently complete pt o&ramme
was baIkeA hy the refusal Of The Sultan 10
enter the conference, and his declaration
that he wou!d assume the responsibility / !.
tor order IL Egypt. Ills altitude, how
ever, was very Unsatisfactory III face u
the massacre of ftGa E uopean~ in Alexan
dria in June, which showed plainly that he
lacked eirher The wiiLor b. power 10 carry !
out his pledges. SO the conference finally
determined that the Sultan should b. in +.
vited 10 send sufficient force into Egypt 6
10 secure order, w, If he n@Glpcted 10 10 )
so, combined European force shonid oc
cupy the country. At tic moment that ;.
thlS ulsimatum was 10 be delivered to the
Sultan. Admiral i ymour i'll command 1T !
The British tref, pIararagd the d.ad-wall> T
OF Alexandria with q notice that he "onl /
open fire on the forts Within twenty four
h"urs. The foreign con~uls, with one or
TWO exceptions, and nearly Ill the foreign
residents, Wthtlrew to the shipping il thr
h&rhor; the various war vessels u France, =
Germany, Italy, and others steamed out OF /
the hatbor; and with the first sEtof from
Cne great guns of her tron-.inls Great
Britain had practically taken the Egyptian .
Question into her OWE !:a:::!s. THIS act
chaoges essentially the whole si5nafi"n.
4 NJ assumption that the Chief aim of Eng- =
an' was TO nainlain The authority ami in-
,egrlty of Turkey vanthes like The smoke 8
y her guns. She declares III effect that, -
Whatever Europe may 10 Of leave undone.
NE proposes to hold the highway to In
''a" 1rnly within her vi control. lis i
ler tardy bnt conclusive answer TO the II
ong series Of experiments upon her pa- 10. seE
lence H'hich began with the abrogation Of rst
as 1Eeaty Of PAtis, and ended With tha