New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-20
THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
GOSSIP FROM TURKISH CoFFEE-HOUsEs.

the theme of all Turkish circles one wonH
expect to hear from men with the s'lhp''n'V
of courtesy in social intercourse and Win socl''
ties of their own some expression OF horror a' INV
horrible butchery Of men, women ana childreh III
sheer cold blood. Not lisp of any such regret Is
to he heard IN Turkish circles Some people 90 re-
gre. these outrages, for they know the power %
Europe and dread the punishment But even these
Lose tbe poirnancv of their feelings ns they
see that English troops do not go Out
Of Alexandria to mcte out swift justice
TO the barbarars broken loose in Egypt Inc lac'
that Moslem ma ions still hold 10 the doctrine OF the
sword for unbelevers has vet to he learned by the
world at large The Turkish Government would
doubtless repudiate any such doctrine in public.
Bnt II has taken no single step to repudlaIe IL
among its own people. The people here to-day sup
pose that the massacre Of women and children III
Egypt is perfectly permissible, and that the "oV-
eminent here approves of It, Inc newspapers
under the thumb of n rigid censorship glory III tue
deeds Of 4 abb, and publish Odcs on odes IN praise
of Islam once asleep but arisen with the sword
10 show its might. Throughout the city are num-
bels of dark-faced, scowling Egyptians, who go
about from coflee-shop to coiee-shop retail
ing the most prepOsterous stores ABOUT INC
outrages committed by English troops IN AieNah-
dria One man declared that he saw with his own
tloD women and bringing them out on the public
SQUARES to rayish them. Another told how he saw
at the British Headquarters delicate women from
bich-born families beaten with clubs until they
died. or hung ND by the thumbs until the blood
spurted from their Iineer-nais Another declared
that the Khcdiye is forced by the English to sleep
on his Yacht in the harbor for fear that he viii run
away and that he is taken every day, with all MS
women TO his palace so that the pOpulacc may sup
pose 1hlt he is there of his own choice. But"
added this vcraciouS author, when he returns To
the hip a ni.h tn English strip the wells from the
faces of ms women order rs they say. to be sure
that no men are concealed in the party, hut really
TO insult the women by violating the sacred precept
which requires a woman TO b. yelled in public
The objec; of all these stories is simply 10 fire the
popular heart. They succeeding with ven
ocancc. too Grave men. with white boards and
sanctimonious ar will sit and discuss whether III
the event of general onset here, it is desirable to
save the women alive. One gentleman IN such
pToup gave If rs his deliberate Judgment that II does
not nav simply TO Kill men. "Thry have done their
work and wonld soon die in any case The chill
dren ought TO be killed. That will STAMP ont
the brood entirely. The only exception ought TO
be made in the case of those so young that they
can be educated rs Moslrns without tant OF IN
fidelity And added the old sinner with deep sigh.
ay the gracious Lord grant hat The day shall soon
come" Such talk, although actually occurring
every day, does not IMPLY that we are all to be
butclered in dav or two While th" Government
has any control over the people it will proven, the
least attempt at giving effect to the seething pas
sions that are being excited among thl' PEG DE.
Bnt this gable shows VIVA; the ignorant masses and
their ignorant leaders are hoping for and are ready
for at the very first opportunity.
n chill on their ardent aspirations
One man, major in Tire Army, on being told that
the water supply of Alexandria had been cut off,
fairly capped his hands with glce, saving " Now
we shall see the English going away like whipped
dogs" But a few minutes afterward man told
him that the English have coudcnscrs whereby
fresh water is made from sca-rater bv the thousand
GA Ions "Ohw he cried, with every appearance of
desoation. at is no usel Satan himself is their
side There is no hope for in trying to fight men
who can drink from the and liveW
Sometimes these people learn wholesome les
SONS from refugees from Alexandria who
fell them the truth. One such, a Cairene
merchant and a Moslem entertained n gronp
of gaping listeners 10y the description of
his own adventures. He had He'd from Cairo 10
Alexandria with his whole stock Of goods, and
in Alexandria during the bombarlment. He de-
scrbod the din of the great guns and the enormous
shells rs something fearful beyond all conception.
When Arab Pacha decided to leave the place the
troors were told of BY attachments to plage the
stores and officers supcrintcndcd the OPERATION The
good, were carried to the railway and loaded upon
freight ears and were carried of mdsse. After the
troops had left the Bedouns INTO the city and
Joined the rabLe in e general sack. killing and
burning and destroying what they could not
carry of. Later as plumber began TO grow
scarce the BcdouIns began 10 fight among
thcm>cves for spoil, and The flames Of the houses
the shrcks of the helpless Christian population, ANA
the hows of the red-handcd ru;.ians lighting among
themselves over their booty, combined TO make the
place a perfect he'll {" At last" lac continued, " the
English came, and with the Engl sh peace. They
put guards on all the streets and arrested every
! body who 80 much as scOlded at another went
TO my storehouse. and found 1t broken in and part
| w robbed But an English sentry was standing in
the broken door. | made signs to tell HIM that the
store was mine, and | was instantly arrested.
thought that they would kill me- and tired to cx-
| Main but the stupid fellows didn't know a word of
| AraLlc The soldiers took me to a house where
wore some line officers. and one OF them who
| knew Arabic, found ont what | wanted. He
| then told to find some man who
couId vouch for my right to the goods was fright
orcd AT this and at said that it was all a mis-
! toLe was not the owner, and did not wish IN
| ,rorlle him any more. The officer told me then
| tbot if was not the owner of the goods must 90
70 prson 10 be tried by their court for trying to get
goods that were not mine At this | was more
frightened. and only with difficulty rot PERMISSION
| ~ co out with a guard and find Christians who
| Lpnv me When the EnglIshman was satisfied that
IN. Goods we're mine he called away the guard and
oave ND the storehouse to me, and told me that if
| auvoue troubled me / must call a guard from the
o,bor side OF the street. ] was perfectly safe from
| that moment" Such stories make the party
| Of violence scow in silence. for these
statements are not at all in accord with the