River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-08-24
WAR ON THE NILE.
Work Of the Conference Call for
Christians-Brifish Troops Adyanc-
pRoTEcrIos OF TaE CANAL.


Work OF the ConfereIee--A Call for
Christians-Brifish Troops Advanc-
ing.
PROTECTION OF THE CANAL.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug, T.-At this time
week ago the representatives of the
powers were wrangliug at Constantine
pie in an endeayor to provide for the
protection of the Sue Canal. The am
bassadors at the conference, the press,
and public men of tie various powers,
whose opinions wee regarded as tx
pTessive of the sentiment of their gov
ernments, united in giving vent to their
indignation at England's occupation of
the canal, which they termed unwar-
ranted, and calculated to give rise to
serious international complications.
These expressions caused belief that
there were dangers of general Euro
pean war, which vas augmented ny
stubbornness of England in maintain
ing the attitude she had assumed, and
also by the rumors that certain of the
powers felt inclined to favor the cause
OF Arab.
A new Ministry vas announced this
morning by the Kledive, with Cherifi
Pasha as Prime Minister. This is
splendid stroke and gives everybody
confidence. We nay expect business
from this out.
THE CONFERENCE.
At the sitting ofthe Conference yes
terday at Constantinople the Russian
representative asked for an explanation
of the action of the British in occupy
ing the Suez. Lold Dufierin, the
British Ambassador, replied that the
step was taken in consequence OF mill
tary necessity and in order to save the
town from destruction and Dillage. The
assent of England to the proposal of
Count Corti, the Italian Ambassador,
for Canal is coupled with reservation
making exception in cases OF force ma
cure, which means prac ically that if
international police are organized to
guard the canal they shall no. interfere
with military operations. The next
meeting of the Conference has been
fixed for Monday. The English draft
of the military convention shows that
England, while accepting Turkish CO
operation In Egypt, is prepared to DO
the work unassisted.
THE MILITARY CONVENTION.
Nothing has been definitely arranged
as yet regarding the Anglo Turkish
military convention. After Said Pacha
conveyed to Lord Dutferin the views
of the Porte thereon Lord Dutferin
communicated to Said Pacha the con-
vention as drafted by Lord Granville.
A favorable result of the negotiations
is expected. Mondays sitting of the
conference will probably be the last.
The Russian representative in the con-
ference has expressed satisfaction with
Lord Dutferin's explanations in regard
to the landing of the British at Suez.
ATTITUDE OF TURKEY.
The Turkish Journals are assuming
friendly tone toward England. The
Sheik- ul-Islam has prohibited the Ule-
mas from preaching in favor of Arab
Pacha. The Turkish Consul at Bombay
has been ordered to give explanations
to the Ulemans of India respecticg the
action of the Porte in sending Turkish
troops TO cooperate with the British
in Egypt, which has produced a great
sensation among the Mohammedans
in India. The Consul has been in
structed to explain the reasons which
have induced the Caliph to send troops
to Egypt to cooperate with the English.
CHRISTIAN WORK IN EGYPT.
The people of the United States can
not afford to be disinterested spectators
of the stirring scenes being enacted in
Egypt. Although the American inter
est in the Valley If the Nile forms no
element of the European muddle 1t is
nevertheless an interest of more vital
importance to Egypt than the ques-
| ton of who shall own the SueZ Canal,
control the grain and cotton export or
collect its taxes and pay its debts. The
operations which have been left to
Americans alone in Egypt are those
which faster than all others were pre-
pairing the people of the country for
being able to realize their favorite
dream of "Egypi for the Egyptians"
Every one who has made the voyage
of the Nile and been in contact with
the Egyptian people knows how utter
" incapable they are of anything APP
proacing elfgovernment. Give Young
Egypt the power of government and
you put keen-edged tool in the hands
of an infant. The tact and general in
telligence necessary for the right use OF
power is totally wanting. The average
Egyption is ignorant and degraded.
and therefore must be educated intel
lectually and morally before he can
be intrusted with the protection OF
| his own liberties or before he can
really comprehend the true idea OF
liberty. This education is just what
the little band of Americans in Egypt
are giving to the people of Egypt. DIR.
Fleetwood, whoa few years ago, made
the tour of the missionary world, pro-
nounced the American Mission in
Egypt one of themost successful mis-
sions in the world Since then the out
ward tangible success of the mission
| has trebled itself. From Alexandria
on the sea to Assouan at the first cat
aract are found scattered all along the
valley the teachers and schools-evan-
gellsts and colporteurs, sent cut and
controlled by the American Mission.
At the cl Sc of the last year there
we're fifty-four schools whose teachers
we're educated in the mission institu-
| tions, and each of those teachers having
no other model before him reproduced
as nearly as he could in his school, the
features of the one where he received
his own training. The demand for
these teachers is far beyond the power
of the mission to sqpply, SO that quite
young students are taken from the
undergraduate classes and induced to
remain out Of school one or two years
that village may have primary schools
During the past year in these fifty foul
schools 24l0 pupils received instruc
ton. During the first four months OF
the present year three young men who
had taken the full scientific and theo-
logical courses were ordained and III
stalled az pastors over congregations
making eleven native ordained min
listers in Egypt, who give themselves
wholly to the work. There are about
one hundred and forty other helpers
connected with the mission. So fal
has the work of education already ad
| vanced that the mission reports the
sale, during 1881, of q, $50 volumes o.
books, religious and educational, fol
| which was received the sum of Sc, 243
About one third of all the books sole
were sacred Scriptures, making the
Bible distribution in Egypt almost
double that of all Syria. Other figure:
might be given, but these indicate
something of what is being done fol
the Christian education and enlighten
ment of Egypt.