The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-11
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
EGYPT.


Arab Proclaimed a Rebel.
Constantinople, 1O.-At to-day's
sitting OF the conference the Brit
ish ambassador announced his as
sent to the proposal of Count Corte,
Italian am basSador, for a temporary
international protection of the Suez
Canal. He repeated the declaration
that the landing of Turkish troops
in Egypt must be preceded by the
declaration against Arab PaSha,
and the conclusion of the military
convention with England. The CON
ference will take no cOgnizance of
the Anglo-Turkish military cOnven-
ton.
1t is understood that Lord Duff
ferin does not insist that England
shall have supreme command Of the
troops in Egypt.
Nellidaff has arrived to take
charge of the Russian embassy.
SCUBA Bay, 10.-A Turkish trans
port, with artillery, arrived to-day.
Portsmouth, 10 The transport
AsialOn, sailed for Egypt with 176
men and battery artillery.
Gibralta, 10.-The transport Cap
ella, with the Duke of Teck on
board, and the transport Marathon,
passed here on their way for Egypt.
Belgrade, 1O.-King Milan starts
for Vienna.
Alexandria, TO- Two of Arab
Pasha's spies have been captured.
The troops will heneefoIth be sup
piled with water from the con-
densarS.
Cartright, acting British consul
general, in view of the difficulty of
obtaining water. has sent circulars
to foreign cOunsels, asking them to
inform their respective govern
mentS of the great Importance of
preventing the increase in the
number of arrivals here.
Arab Pasha has mounted four ne W
guns in his first line of entrench-
mentS.
The Khediye has every confidence
in the people.
Dervish Pasha's departure on
board the Ottoman ship IZzedian is
announced with small forces of
troops.
The Duke of COnnaught has in
spected the batteries and forts.
The following is the text of the
proclamation communicated to the
conference to-day: Arab Pasha,
/ having the second time transgressed
the law by taking authority which
does not belong to him, and having
presumed - men as vassals belong
ing to the old and tried friend and
ally of Turkey, is for these misdeeds
proclaimed a rebel, together with
his adherents. Be 1T known to all
that obedience is due solely to the
Khedive, who is the representative
of the Sultan.
Lord Dufferin submitted to Said
Pasha the draft of the military con-
vention proposed by Great Britain.
The Duke of COnnaught in an
interview with the Khedive con-
veqed a verbal message from
Queen Victoria, expressing her
deep sympathy and best wishes fol-
) the KhedIve and Egypt.
The council composed Of Admiral
| Seymour an the leading military
authorities here have been sitting
on board the Helicon to investigate
the effects of the commandment CT
the forts. Evidence of the naval
and military officers isthat masonry
is useless against modern guns but
that earthWorks turn every shot
| Council Of war was also held at
which the Duke of Connaught was
present.
| A Circassian who passed through
Arab Pasha's camps states that a
colonel, captain, subaltern and
seventy six men were killed on the
Irebel side in the engagement on Sat
urday. He confirms the report of
Arabs bad health. He says twenty
five battallions and eleven batteries
are posted along the canal between
Kafr-el-Dwar and advanced out
posts. An Egyptian trooper of the
| KhediVe's guard was taken prisoner
attempting to cross Ramleh lines.
a paper in Arabic was found on
him; the probability is that he was
making for Arabs camp.
While Mrs. Stone was waiting for
the train YakOub Pasha expressed
regret that General Stone had cast
his lot with the English. He begged
Mrs Stone to tell her husband that
the Egyptian army would show how
greatly it had proftted by the twelve
years instruction it had received
from him.
1t is reported that the enemy will
IeYacuate the works opposite Ram
leh, and consequently there will be
no attack for the present.