New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-06
THE NEWS FROM abroad.
WAR PREPARATIONS AGAINST EGYPT

THE NEWS FROM ABROAD.
WAR PREPARATIONS AGAINST EGYPT.
ORDERS TO PREPARE FORCE OF ENGLISH AND Ma
TIVE TRoOPs-THE RESERVES TO DE CALLED
orr-EGYpTIANs DIsPATCHNG AMMUNITION TO
FORTS on THE CoAsT-ACTIoN OF THE CONFER
ENCE.
LONDON. July Ga dispatch to Reuters Tel
egram Company, dated Bombay, Thursday, July o.,
saws "The papers this morning announce that or
ders have been given to prepare force OF l.Soo
English and 5000 native troops, including three
batteries of artillery, for Egypt Large siege trans
arc being organized at Agra and Bombay. Tenders
for tonnage have not been issued yet pending me
receipt of final orders"
Orders have been sent 20 WSslwich Chatham and
Aldershot to prepsre rendezvous for reserves.
The Time in its leading article this morning con-
fins the report that Admiral Seymour will send
formal communication to the Egyptian Government
to-day requiring it TO abandon the obnoxious
works. If Arab Pacha refuses, Admiral Sey-
mour will Immediately open fire and
lombard Alexandria. The Times says: These in
structions are entirely independent OF the confer
ence, and belong to different category OF action
They are an act of police rather than an act of
war; They are not based on the general condition
of Egypt nor on the relations of the Khedive to
H@N~N~
referred to the conference, but simply on
the paramount necessity of securing the
safety of the British feet for which the Government
is responsible to the country, and cannot submit
its responsibility to the decision of any conference
OF the sanction of any single Power"
LONDON July 5.-ID the House of Commons this
afternoon Sir Charles Dixie, Under Foreign secre-
tary stated that further instructions had been sent
to Admiral Seymour in regard TO the armament OF
the forts at Alexandria which would meet any con-
tingency
Notices have been sent from the War Office to
sixty-one towns in the kingdom including some III
Ireland ordering the military authorities to prepare
for the immediate calling out of the reserves IL Is
believed that the will be issued before the
end of the week.
Mr. Gladstone, replying to Sir Stafford Northcote'
said that since the House met today the Govern
ment had received no disquieting rumors from
Egypt.
Private kilograms from Egypt state that the sit
nation is so strained that collision is unavoidable
The correspondent of Reuters Telegram Company
at Alexandria says that Admiral Seymours caution
to the Governor was relative to rumored intention
to block the entrance to the harbor by sinking ships
laden with stone Admiral Seymour informed the
Governor that ne would regard any such attempt as
an act of open hostility Meanwhile the Egyptians
are dispatching large stores of ammunition to the
forts on the coast -,
The Daily Neirs saws Admiral Seymour will to-
day send q letter to the commander at Alexandra,
asking him to put stop to the erection OF earth
works, and will take action according 10 the an
sweT. .
The TelerapRs dispatch from Alexandria reports
that the Egyptian Ministry have repled TO the
Sultan that they will suspend work upon the foftS.
The Standards correspondent at ConstantlnopIe
saws there are decided signs OF waVerlng III lhe
hitherto determined resistance of the Porte TO the
proposals of the Powers.
a dispatch to The Stapddrd from Bomba- confirms
the statement that Indian troops abOut to leave
for Snnz and saws the troops will hold the line OF
the canal between Sucz and lsmaila. separate
line of railway will probably be constructed along
the course of the canal
The Daily NeCs, III leading article, foreshadows
English armed intervention IN Egypt, and says that
if such action is necessary il would be penny wise
TO count the cost which The Acics estimates at from
81 600. 900 to "a 800, 900 sterling.
A dispatch to The Times from Paris says that the
conference will probably come to decision today
to request formally the Porte's Intervention
in Egypt The principle of collective action has
been already resolved upon If the Porte refuses 10
consent to the proposed conditions. III ITS eXeci-
tion becomes necessary it is probable that several
Powers will participate, but the share OF England
Will be greater than that of any other Power
CONsTANTINOPLE, July J.-lt ls stated that the
Conference to-day resolved to address collective
note t1 the Porte, dealing with tie question OF IN
terVcntiOu in Egypt.