Connecticut western news., 1882-08-09
A HOLY WAR.
The Prospects in the Old World
 Englands Danger.
[From the New York Times.l

From the New York Times.l
 The danger that England will soon find herself involved in a war vastly more important tha n she is now waging against Arabi Pasha steadily increases. Now that an English expedition is already on it's way to Egypt, the Sultan has finally determined to send Turkish troops, ostensibly to restore the author ity of the Khedive. He refused to do so when, prior to the bombardment of Alexandria, it was the desire of England that he should undertake the task of restoring order in Egypt, but now, that England has decided to do the work herself, the Sultan suddenly announces that his troops are about to start for Egypt. He, however, steadily refuses to accede to the English demand that he should at once issue proclamation declaring Arabi to be rebel, and takes the ground that the proper time for issuing such proclamation will be after the landing of the troops.
 The conduct of Turkey in this matter must create grave suspicious of her good faith. It has been repeatedly an- nounced that evidences of perfect un- derstanding between Arabi and the Sul- tan have been discovered, and there are many circumstances which confirm the theory that the two are acting in con- cert. The Sultan would not send troops to suppress Arabi when it could have been done with comparative ease. He now, while sending an army to Egypt, refuses to declare Arabi rebel. It is possible that he feels that he cannot make up his mind whether Arabi is 8 rebel or not until after he has ascer . tained how many men the Egyptian leader has under his command and how strongly he is intrenched. If he finds that tArabi has only four or five thousand men with which to oppose, say, ten thousand Englishmen, it may suddenly occur to the Sultan that Arabi is g wicked rebel, and that England should be left to deal with him. If, on the contrary, he finds that Arabi's army is large, well armed, enthusiastic, and oc- cupying strong position, the doubt in the Sultan's mind as to Arabi's true character will probably be solved only after the English have fought battle with the combined Egyptians and l Turks.
 Some time ago the Times called at tention to the revival of religious fa- naticism among the Mohammedans all over the world, and suggested that $ holy war was among the near possibili ties of the future. At the present mo- ment we find Egypt in the hands of { determined fanatic-a man who has ac tually been able to make the Egyptian soldiers fight. So great is the fear o France that the example of the Egyp tians will be followed by the Moham medans of Tunis and Algiers that sht has withdrawn from all participation 1T Egyptian affairs, and has accepted tht loss of prestige which that withdrawa involves.
 Arabi, already suspected of acting with the knowledge and approval of thu Sultan, has threatened MT. Gladston, with the proclamation of holy war and has, it is said, allied himself witt the prophet who has made himself mas
 ter of the Soudan. If the Sultan, anx
 ious to retain his position as the Calipl
 of the Mohammedan world, has deter
 mined to join in the threatened hol,
 war, he would do just as he has done il
 regard to sending troops to Egypt; tha
 is to say, he would induce England t
 permit him to land his troops at Alex andria, under pretense of cooperating with the British forces, and then, hay
 ing carefully abstained from proclaim ing Arabi rebel, he would find an cas- pretext for quarreling with England an
 sending his troops to the aid of Arab
 In spite of the determination of Eng
 land to protect the Suez Canal, nothin
 can be more evident than that the Egyr
 tians can blockade it at almost an
 point by blowing up the banks wit
 dynamite. English men-of-war an , regiments of the line may be statione | at Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, br , they cannot protect the entire length the canal from injury. In point of fac the canal is at the mercy of the Egyl tians, and at any moment they can cl ! England off from quick communicable with India.
 This fact is of enormous importan, n in case general rising of the Mohar , medans is intended. Troops are to ! l sent from India to Egypt, and the M s hammedans of India will know tn ] these Indian troops are sent to figl i. their co-religionists in Egpyt. Tht - will comprehend that the moment h ? come for them to make the attempt l. throw off the British yoke. With u @ Suez Canal blockaded, no English ref @ forcements could be sent to India wit e out long delay, and were the Turks
 make common cause with the Egyptia, it is difficult to see from whence Englal
 could draw sufficient men to mainta
 the struggle both in Egypt and Indi e The hatred of Mohammedans f n Christians knows no change, and it J. only through fear that the Mohamm J. dans of Turkey, Egypt, and India ha e tolerated the presence of European h Turkey, which at the time of the O. IT mean war was glad to be allied wi J. England, has good cause for resenti ,s the failure of England to come to h IS assistance during the late Russian ws n and comprehends perfectly we'll tI l. under MT. Gladstone England is the C