Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-24
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD UNION.
The Egyptian Situation,

| ALEXANDRIA, July 23d-9:15 A. M.-The
Khedive has signed decree Diminishing Arab
Pasha and declaring him q rebel. He will
| also issue general order forbiddiDg the
| Egyptian army to obey orders from Arab
Pasha, and forbidding the people to pay him
taxes.
The Mshmoudeh canal continues to fall. 1t
has fallen fourteen inches in the last forty.
| eight hours.
Miscreants are still caught with cotton balls
in their posse ssion, saturated with oil.
According to the latest news from Cairo,
there are 5000 starving, homeless persons
camping in Esherh Gardens. Great mortali-
ty prevails among them.
Arab Pasha yesterday massed 700 cavalry,
with field gun, at the pumping station Of
the Ramleh water works. 1t is supposed his
intention is to destroy the station.
The staff of the water works are hard at
work on the Roman cisterns. for storage of
water. 1t is race between the falling level
of the canal and the dauntless energy of the
English engineers. Ii only water enough
can be stored to tide over another month, the
Nile inundation will probably sweep away
Arabis dyke or rush around it, and all will
be well.
The country is drifting into fearful anarchy.
Atrocities equal to any ever perpetrated In
Bulgaria are committed with impunity. Two
Germans at Guekh, sheltered by the station
master until train was ready to start, were
caught entering the train, their heads held
over the carriage door and their throats cut.
Another Christian was placed on the rails
and an engine run to and fro over his body.
Arab is flooding the country in front Of
his intrenchments.
It is considered certain that Arab will de-
stroy Cairo unless defeated or captured.
In reply to the proclamation of the Khe-
dive, Arab appointed a Minister of his own
a. Cairo.
CONTINUED MAssACRRs.
PORT SAID, July 2Sd.-The town contiu.
ues to swarm with refugees from Cairo and
the interior, who bring most terrible accounts
elsewhere. Rear Admiral Hoskins has writ.
ten the English Consul at Cairo, urging him
to impress upon British subjects the neces-
sity of leaving Egypt at once.
ARABS BOLD FRONT.
LONDON, July 23d.-A dispatch from Con-
stantinople says: There IL reason to believe
that Arab Pssha has sent a species of ulti-
matum to the Sultan, declaring that he is
acting to save Islam from the inhdsIs, and
giving the Sultan notice that if the Porte
sends troops to cooperate with the unbelev-
ers he will fight them and proclaim the Shelf
of Mecca Csliph. 1t is believed here that
trdUl u6s InreAteueu LO uepOSe Iue mouse OF
Osman and proclaim Jesad ruler in its place.
ALLIsoN's ADVANCE MOVEMENT.
LONDON, July 23d.-An Alexandria CORE.
spondent gives the following account of the
movement of Najor-General Allison in the
direction of Arab Pasha's intrenchments
A company of engineers started first in the
train, with gun-cotton and mining tools, with
the object of blowing up the railway and the
isthmus between Arabi's center and Alexan-
dria, thus preventing him from attacking us
in any way other than straight before the
Rosetta gate, where our men vera very
strong. Six companies of infantry, twenty
four mounted infantry and a company of
rifles followed. AS coon as we replied to
the Egyptian fire Arab took shelter. The
latter's men were anxious to stop work,
but were afraid of the advance. After the
engineers had worked an hour we got single
mine dug all around. when a great column Of
smoke arose, followed by loud report. The
isthmus was divided, the rails severed, and
the work was done. The troops then returned
to Alexandria. After the fight was over and
We had retired, Arab advanced on the Alex.
andria water works, just outside the lines,
and sent word that he intended to blow down
the place. but having altered his mind re-
tired His men sacked part of Rameh dur
ing the retreat.
7P. M.-Arabi is now making another re-
connoissance. Our scouts report that his
cavalry are in Ramleh.