Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-15

INGTON, SATURDAY, JUl
unturned to make trouble for France. Arab.
one Of the native pashas, q favorite of the army
put himself at the head Of the dissatisfied sol
diers and natives who detest foreign domina-
ton, and under plea of a patriotic movement
has enlisted an almost unanimous Egyptian SEN
timent in his favor.
Arab Bey, the Leader Of the Native
Party.
This party, under the leadership of Arab Bey.
assumed the name Of the national party, and
aggressive movements were at once begun
against the foreign officials In the government.
This party processes to demand the dismissal of
the Khedive and the reorganization Of the
country under exclusively native influence. But
as that would be equivalent to reputation Of
the vast debt due France and England, these
two powers are bound to check or guide the
movement mo France does not; however, 60 as
ing the Egyptians shall have their own ruler,
provided the interests of the bondholders
be protected. England processes to regard
only her interest in the Suez canal, and the
tralization. -
THE RECENT DISTURBANCE
began, however, about Is months ago, when the
Khedive refused to ratify the sentence of q
court-martial condemning some fifty officers of
the army, most of whom were of Turkish or
Circassian origin, to be degraded from their
rank, shorn Of their decorations and sent into
exile in the distant provinces of the Soudan.
These officers had been charged with conspiring
together to take the life Of Arab Pasha, minister
OF war, and the court was composed of men all
friendly to Arab. The cOurt-martial, however,
was packed one, and, irrespective of what
evidence might be heard before it, was pre-
determined to get rid OF, wholesale, the nom
conforming spirits of the army. The Khedive
was quite within the bounds Of that prerogative
when he refused to confirm the sentence of the
court-martial, and he was strengthened in his
determination by the knowledge that the Sultan
approved his action and by the assurance of the
consuls general of England and France that
their governments would support him also.
COERCING THE KHEDIvE.
On the evening of May 10 the ministry waited
on the Khedive and demanded that he should
withdraw the decree he had signed at noon
modifying the sentence OF the court martial to one
of simple exile and insisting that the original
sentence should be carried out in its entirety,
and threatening in the event OF refusal to de-
pose the Khedive. In consequence of these
threats, and public order and safety being en-
dangered. the cOnsuls general of England and
France telegraphed to their governments for
ships of war to sustain the authority OF the Khe-
dive. The threat of deposng the Khedive was
| no idle one; but Arab wishing to deceive Eng
land and France as to the real character of the
movement, decided to cOnvoke the chamber of
| nOtables, and by a vote of that body dispose Of
the khedive. AS soon as it became evident that
| this military movement constituted a real
danger the banks and money lenders refused to
| loan money on any terms, and when wouid-be
| borrowers demanded the reason for this close
| fistedness the reply was invariably Arab Bey
and the fellah soon began cursing the father Of
the Cromwell OF Egypt, as he delights to be
called. The result of this discomfort among the
| agricultural population was distinct refusal on
the part of the notables to assemble unless
| legally convoked by the Khedive. FOiled in
their attempts to cover a revolution with the
coating of constitutional whitewaSh, which they
had hoped would hOodwink Europe, the Arab
| ministry, both officially and otherwise, endeav-
| ored to barney the country into the belief that
there was really no material difference Of
opinion between themselves and the Khedive.
The Optimists thought that all was over and
that the military and their ministry would ac-
cept their position, eat humble pie and be good
for the future. Meanwhile few ships. detached
from the fleets of England and France, arrived
| at Alexandria, and moral suasion was supposed
to have gained the day and left the Khediye and
the powers masters of the situation.
THE CABINET CRISIS.
The consuls general Of England and France,
after vainy endeavoring by unofficial negotia-
lions to persuade Arab to resign. presented an
ultimatum to the effect that the ministry should
resign, that Arab Pasha should leave the coun-
try and other officers named should retire to
their native villages. The ministry after two
days OF consideration resigned. but without
accepting the terms of the ultimatum.
! ARAB BEY REINsTATED AS SECRETARY OF WAR
At about IL O'Clock on Saturday. May 27th
the khedivc received a telegram from the COM
mandant at Alexandria to the effect that if
Arab Pasha was not reinstated as minister of
war within twelve hours he could not answer
for the public safety Of Alexandria. On the re-
cept of this telegram the Khedive sent for the
malcOntent officers Of the Cairo garrison and in
formed them that he took the command of the
army, ordering them to confine their troops to
barracks and not to make any military DISPOSE
lions without orders from him.. The behavior
of the officers in the presence of the Khedive
was most insolent, and one of them Abdul-al
Pasha, turning to the Ali Pasha Pehmi while
the khedive was still speaking, said: cit is evil
dent we can do nothing with this fellow" and
turning their backs on his highness left
the audience chamber without salaam-
ing. This new move created the great
est public CONSERVATION. Sultan Pasha,
| the president of the Chamber of NOtables
endeavOred to solve the difficulty by appealing
to the patriotism OF the army to save their coun-
try from the horrors of a Turkish intervention.
with its attendant expenses. Arabi on the
other hand, endeavored TO excite the fanatcism
OF his followers by exercising his great oratori-
| cal powers in abusing his sovereign. preaching
rebellion. and inveighing against Europeans.
| The next afternoon, the 2Sth, the result of all
this talk became apparent. At about O'clock
all Cairo was startled by the news that Arab
| had been reinstated as minister Of war. and the
alarm oecasiOned was greatly augmented when
the means employed to effect the reinstatement
| became known. At o'clock in the afternoon q
deputation of notables, ulemas, trades and cor
poratiOns waited on the Khedve at the Ismailia
palace, and throwing themselves at his feet
begged him to reinstate Arab as minister of war,
as the soldiers had threatened that if it was not
done Immediately they would cut to pieces the
members of the deputation. At the same time
the palace was surrounded by troops and the
officer In command informed one of the Khe-
dives equerres that If his higlness went out
tor his usual drive before accedlng to the re-
quest OF the deputation he had orders to fire on
| him. The khedive did accede to the request of
the deputation, and Arab was reinstated minis
| ter Of war.
| PANIC IN ALEXANDRIA.
On the news reaching Alexandria scene of
| the widest panic took Mace: men and women