Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-25
AT ALEXANDRIA.

| AT ALEXANDRIA.
| ALEXANDRIA, October 24.-It is unofh
cially reported that the Egyptian govern
ment is about 10 abandon the prosecution o.
| Arati Pasha. 1t Is charged that this actor
| is due to the expressed wishes of the authori
ties at Constantinople.
| How James Gordon Bennett Helped
| the Sultan.
| The Constantinople correspondent of the
New York Sun, writing his paper, says
| Then came the bombardmenI and the burn.
ing of Alexsndris, followed by The LANDING
| of English troops, which allowed OF no Other
solution of the difficulty than that of the
cannon. The palace was prepared for it
and intended 10 send Turkish corps, which
| gradually would have passed over 10 the
| Egyptians. This, moreover, was no secret
| Officers and soldiers were perfectly we'll &C.
| quainted with the situation, and the most
| ignorant Nizam could tell us more about
Egyptian affairs than any journal was able
to do. There was no concealment either OF
| opinions or projects, and any one who knows
the Turkish troops around the palace could
not be deceived in this matter. 1t remained
| 10 reinforce Arab morally in order TO gain
| time 10 bring matters 10 favorable con-
| cIusion. But how was this to be done? To
send an envoy officially? impossible. A
secret agent would have produced no effect.
Just at this point Providence appeared
and came to the aid of Abdul Hamid, hold
ing an American journalist by the hand.
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett arrived in the
| hatbor OF Constantinople in his yacht. Wal
lace presented him TO the Sultan, who invited
him to dine with him. Under his napkin
Bennett found his insignia OF the Order of
the Osmali.
At the dessert Abdul Hamd unbosomed
himself. "You can render me very great
service" said he to Mr.. Bennett, who, greatly
surprised, Immediately replied: Speak,
your majesty; 1 shall be delighted. What
can l do?"
$50 find Arab and bring him to me-"
ais that all? There is nothing more
simple. Count upon me. 10 five days rabi
and will be here;" and, as he was about to
leave, Abdul Hamid said to him: Zone mo-
ment; wish to aid you in this matter.
think that a word from me to Arab will
not be without lis influence. Here it is, and
l rely upon your honor to give il into his
own hands"
Mr.. Bennett at once departed. He carried
with him the reverse of what he believed
he was taking. What the Sultan wrote was
designed precisely to confirm Arab in his
resistance.
Now, the question is, did the English OBJ
tain knowledge of the existence of this let
ter and of its contents? Certain it is that
upon the Sultan's proclaiming Arab rebel
before sending Turkish troops to Egypt.
Naturally the Sultan refused. How could he
compromise himself to such degree in the
eyes of ali Ielam? Everybody in Turkey
knew of the understanding between Arab
and the Sultan.
"Signp said Dufferin.
Certainly, Pll sign; but after the trans
portation of my troops. Then we will zee
the effect produced"
mo, immediately" said the EGG lish M an
"Oiherwise you know that we have quite a
number of methods to render you obligipg-
.he p affair the SusIi matter, and the con-
1t didn't need 30 much. Abdu1 uau.;l
Frustrated himself and signed. That sigma
ture was worth $4,000 men to the English
Immediately the proclamatio posted by
them among the Arabian contingent pro-
dHced the effect of a stone thrown into q
frog pond. Arab, wild at such duplicity
and infamy, pitched everything to the devil
OF his partisans, one portion discouraged,
abandoned him, and the other, enraged at
being duped by him, turned against him.
The populace, ignorant of the reality, saw
Only the brutal fact-Arabi had spoken in
the name of the Sultan and the Sultan had
disavowed himi
The Alleged Cruelty OF English Soldiers.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times, under date of October 9th, writes,
ain my dispatch of Friday evening re-
ferred to some very serious charges brought
by the war correspondent of the Cologne Ga
sette in Egypt against the soldiers nnder Sir
Garnet Wolseley's command, and as the sub
ject has been eagerly and almost exutingly
laid hold of and commented upon by the
press here, must sgsin return to it. The
correspondent IN question accuses Sir Garnet
Wolseley himself of not having caused the
numerous Egyptian dead to be buried, thus
creating the danger of pestilence 10 ali Eu-
rope; and he also charges the .soldiery who
fought under him with systematic robbery
ana plumber. But the main count of his
long indictment is that after the capture OF
Tel-el-Kebir the British troops HansonIy
massaered wounded Egyptians. The letter
which contains these charges is dated Cairo,
September 22d. and is printed, in two parts,
In The Cologne Gazette of the 9Th and 9Th OF
October. 1t will, therefore, be seen that the
writer, whe, in most of his illusions from the
seat of war, has shown himself to be infiu-
enced Oy the rabid snti-Eoglish spirit of the
organ which ne serves, undertakes to narrate
alleged events nine days after their occur
ence. There can scarcely Be any doubt he
says, that on previous occasions also, but
chiefly and especially at Tel-el-Kebfr, q
large, probably the largest, portion,
of the enemy's wounded we're subss-
quently killed BY the English In support
Of his most serious charges the writer hiss
nothing better to urge than his own vague
convic ions. The statements of English sol
die Is Who boosted of what they had done,
and the secondhand evidence of q Swiss
merchant and the correspondent of the
Stockholm Dagblad. The latter gentlem an
avowed to him that he beheld eight wounded
and helpless Egyptians massacred in cold
blood in the trenches of Tel-el-Kehir. These
statements, accompanied BY indignant COM
ment, are repeated BY the German pres,
which il only TOO eager to believe that one