The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-10
LIVELY NEWS FROM LONDON
THE BANISHMENT or ARABI PASTA TO
THE ISLAND or CEYLON.

THE BANISHMENT or ARABI PASTA TO
THE ISLAND OF CEYLON.
The Reason why his Trial wns summariiy
Disposed Of-The sultan showing symp-
sous OF Insanity-Bitter Feeling In France
Against Eaginnd-'The snow Biocka
speta, CABLE Despaich to The sun.
LONDON, Dec. 9.-Next week Arab and the
other prisoners will embark with their families
on vessel at Alexandria and depart imme-
diately for Ceylon. Each will give his parole
to Lord DufYerin that he will not leave the |
island without tho permission Of the English |
Government. and each will be maintained |
there by the Government In a manner BETTING
his previous station. Arab on the day OF his
sentence addressed n letter to the British pub
lio In which he earned tho gratitude OF the
Government by outlining its Egyptian policy
with great candor and ability. fully justifying.
from patriotic point OF view. Its course up to
the present and relinouishng cheerfully to his
English conauerors the task which he had un-
dertaken himself. but which they had inter-
rupted. Arab preferred London as place Of
exile. but was not consulted. The Ceylon
climate will agree with him better. and he will
avoid being dined to death. a fate which GER
tainly awaited him here Besides. he knows
too much and 1t is expedient that he should
60 to place where his silence can be
attended to. The English Government
was perfectly we'll aware that the Sultan
had committed an act OF war against England.
and that She in conducting campaign against
Arab. was really at war with the Porte. But.
for q variety OF reasons. 1t was not desirable
that formal admission and publication Of the
fact and OF her knowledge Of it should be
made. as in the trial Of Arab it necessarily
would have to be made; therefore Lord Duff
ferin summarily disposed Of the State trials at
Cairo. and the relations OF England with Tur-
key are apparently undisturbed Arab Is
placed where no will be az harmless as the man
who wore the iron mask. and the annexation
OF Egypt proceeds moro comfortably. and with
less attempt at disguise. The acknowledgment
OF the existence OF a state OF war between
England and the Porte would have entailed the
most serious consequences. and responsibility
which England could not at present shoulder
Itwould have precipitated an outbreak between
Austria and Russia. which may not be long de-
ferred in any event. but the apprehension of
which on the part Of the German Chancellor
furnishes the explanation OF Germany's
course and the entire change Of tone which
has taken place In the German press on the
subject Of the Egyptian question.
Riaz Pasha has resigned on account Of the re-
suit OF Arabi's trial. but may resume his office
on an understanding with Lord DufYerin. who
his own fashion. In tho mean time the Sultan
is the most abjectly wretched of all monarchs.
The events Of tho past few months the defeat
Of his projects In Egypt. the sword which
England holds suspended over his head. the
intrigueS by which he Ia surrounded. the con-
tempt with which he finds himself regarded in
every court In Europe. oven In that Of Russia.
whore he futely offered Constantinople for a
Russian garrison If Russia would interfere in
Egypt--all these things have weakened his mover
too powerful intellect. There is insanity in his
family. and he shows symptoms Of it. He is a
prey to the most fearful fits OF depression. be-
comes frantic in his terrors. walls and shrieks
at his imaginary enemies. makes and unmakes
ministers in twenty-four hours. and altogether
presents pitiable spectacle. His dread OF as
sassination haunts him like perpetual night
mare. He tells every one about him that he
will meet the fate of his brother. and il his
Authorizations do not carry him Off it Is quite
possible that he may.
There is an extremely bitter feeling against
England now growing in France, and the NADIA
gascar incident has been an additional exas-
peration. The English Government yesterday
showed some disposition to recede from the
position first taken. which indicated deter
mnation to interfere with all French projects
OF annexation in the island. but there is no ap-
parent yielding OF tho French ,pretensions in
regard to Egypt. The French Govern nent has
been notified that England must not be inter-
fered with in her conduct OF affairs in Egypt;
that she is willing to recognize the commercial
interests OF France in Egypt and able to pro-
tect them. and that the French people must be
satisfied with that II they accept the situation
in cheerful and friendly spirit England will
do her part. and in the mean time they can go
ahead with their annexation schemes in NADIA
md rin wit M MT
Otherwise England will concede nothing in
Egypt and oppose everything in Madagascar.
If We only had an army" say the French.
that we could use to give emphasis to the
phrases Of our dplomats!" The bargain pro-
posed ia, however. creditable to neither party.
England has been undergoing one Of her his
torical snow storms. 1t has been showing
heavily in every part OF tho United Kingdom,
and travel has everywhere been obstructed.
The sailing OF ocean steamers has been retard-
ed, all railways have been impcded, great dam
age has been done to property, and the mails
and telegraphs have been thrown into con-
fusion. In Wales train was lost. and was
sought for by bodies OF men on horseback.
Finally the top of II was discovered protruding
through snow drift lG feet deep. The impris-
Dned passengers had suffered from hunger and
cold in the unheated cars for eighteen hours.
II took day and n half to dig out the train.
The passengers suffered fearfully from the eX-
posure but it is thoughtthey will all recover. 1t is
still showing in parts of England, and accounts
Of deaths from cold and exposure are being re-
ceived from all quarters. The suffering which
railway travellers have endured in every part
Of the country must seem incredible to Ameri-
cans. who do not know how primitive and de-
fective the railway system here is in respect OF
the comfort and convenience Of passengers.
The lack OF appliances for clearing the roads
involves an extraordinary expense. OF
which some idea may be conveyed b.
the fact that to reach one train 1t was neces-
sary to shovel away snow from six to eighteen
feet deep for distance OF over five miles. The
Scotch expresses are fifteen hours late. Many
parts Of the country are inaccessible by reason
OF the drifts. and persons have been found on
the highways frozen to DEATH In London the
snow mixed with tho fog and turned into II
black slusb. but the rest of England Is under
deep snow. The weather on the Continent has
been unprecedentedly bad everywhere but in
the extreme south OF France and in Italy and