The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-05
VI. DO Lossops OH tho War.

RosToN. September "a cable dispatch
,ran, paris TO the Herald says: VI. de
Lessons. who has Just arrived here. said to-
doy in an interview on Egyptian affairs 'h1t
tho first fact that should be known regard
inc the Egyptian matter Is that the move,
ment is q national one. He was convinced
that Arabi Pacha has the whole nation al
his hack. His force at present II between
o5 oOO and 90. 900 Arabs. He has arms ior
o0o 00O and when he needs men can get
them N. de Lesseps lad every reason to De
sfed with the manner in when Arapi
h"boyed toward the canal. The English
bad no need ci the canal for their opera
t;one The Arabs had not placed price
ON his head: on the contrary, aftcr the
Tn,,lisb had landed at Suez he received
Letter from Arab saying he knew
- ,yas not his fault, and giving him nollce
~, thc Sweetwater canal would be cut.
The English sailors had behaved very
iad,v firing right and left in the streets,
o"G Filling many Arab women ana chill
dron and one OF VI. de Lesseps's own EN-,
,IovSs The English army was very wen
PPr.,,nizcd. He thinks the war VIII De
ioS', one. and its final result cannot YET Oe
sor6costed. No serious operations cotiiu
i>n undertaken until hot weather anu Tue
po a., ~ the Milo wore ut IN enu, IN oc-
,dr II was not true that Arab had lnli-
;I'tad the English dead and wounded
IT, 1,'' nod heard nothing OF that from the OH
innI iiu In Eoypt. England had long been III
.ending 10 get her foot into Egypt on one
itnxt Vnt or another. The whole trouble ha1
pm caused bv the intrigues OF 9lf Eu'
ward Malet, and for the purpose OF gi'lhs
III T"nIand this opportunity. He had no'
inn9 '1i any Of the actual fighting, but 'hei'
Sod hren many more killed and woumueO
m,oro n"" the English than reported. Ihert
aino ..nua also many cases Of sunstroke anO
W. W. ~ cbolera. When he had been IL
9Vn T'nt before the troubles begun, ne il;1'
,nSn,nd some opposition to AraDl LaTil'
n'a 49," the Bedouin chiefs, but now ne De
S'a'ooJ an,oJ they were all for Arab. III Arap
10 L ;lIed or captured the war w0ulu no
We, ,hot account come to an end. Inc Eng
~ ~ n,;ght buy some Of the chiefs, Du' sn"
i's, inn,,id moi help them much. The hneai.
w. man who would never be aDie = !
DnSorr was the country, even il the EnSllsi
soaaded In reestablishing MS au
so,;,y II would end IL the Engnsl
lno,' successful in his either pelnt
! we'll weio by them or in his being mercy
up'';noi r,ilcr. At present he was prlsouu
nod and nothing that he did had any wcis;n !, y
cr, ,s Ill thc egyptian people. De Lesseps, u
VIII, VIII 70 the question il this sueI-SaIia Ii'
icpny ,y,s moi what might occur WIN ,n
',o uouu canaI. said: "No, The Aniorioai
m~ an" nevcr interfered In matters tha. ~"
na,o ancer, them, while 1t has peer. vi II,
,nor;ohle nos practico Of England 10 Se o.
.aa nn,a. Ianeddiing in other peoples anans
ways saxa ne apprehension that Pana'n
will ever hear cannon n work on tn
/ Lesseps then said thal Os,n@ .ne VIA ofavorabIy
Panama canal was proscsd with tb
and was being pushed v. iorwa1e paris sbso
greatest activity. lie leaves caves, sssvsral sen
lutely refusing banquet irom WV"
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