Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-30
BATTLE ATKASSASIN
The Egyptians Again Defeated with
Heavy Loss-The Question Of Great
est Interest to turkey.
Probable Effects of the Rising Nile OIL
the Campaign-DaDgers to the
Troops from Sickness.

ALEXANDRIA, August 29.-The enemy are
| still Strengthening their left. They sent out
| an armored train last evening.
The new ministry can only be a stop-gap,
| and it is to be regretted that Cherif Pasha
should have associated his name with it.
The influx OF Immigrants is causing the
question of water supply to be seriously dis
| cussed.
Those sfoat in the harbor to-day witnessed
| the unusual sight of the keel-hauling of three
| Arab sailors on board the Egyptian frigate
SCUBA for mutiny. They were first hogged
and then tied to a rope and hauled up to The
port-side yard-arm. They were then dropped
| into the sea, dragged under the keel and
| hauled up to the starboard yard-arm. They
were soon dead.
| GERMANY SATISFIED, BUT ENGLAND ANXIOUS
| ABOUT sIR GARNET.
Public interest is conferred upon the mill
| tary operations in Egypt. The occupation
| of the Suez canal as the base of Sir Garnet
| Wolseley's attack is considered by European
military authorities to be good strategy. The
| Germans, though critical and disposed TO
patronize another nations military work,
| highly compliment England on the complete
| ness of her preparations and excellence of
the plan OF campaign. Sir Garnet Wolse-
| ley's endeavor to mystify the public respect
| ing the departure of the fleet from Alexan-
dria was successful. The deception
of the Egyptians by false kilograms
to the English papers ILLUSTRATES the
saying that Everything is fair
in love and war" Sir Garnet Wolseley's
egotistical dispatches respecting Thursdays
and Fridays engagements create some fear
| lest his self-confidence may yet cause dis
| aster. Sir Garnet's past successes were fire.
1 Iv oafpaI Inv he oh There
| is Just a tinge of anxiety lest he may tempt
| the, fates too much. Already military opin-
| ion is questioning whether he has not with
| drawn too many troops from Alexandria,
thereby risking an attack by the remnants
| of the Ksfir Ell Dwar army and the increas-
| ing Bedouins from Tripoli. General Wolse-
ley's spirited advance on Cairo shows that
dash continues to be The principle of his
| action.
FIGHTING BETWEEN THE ADVANCED POSTS.
LONDON, August ga ,disnainhh, -. Il
| JsmaiIis states that nrIng began MONDAY
evening between the advanced posts OF the
enemy and OF the British.
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
| G-u1ruI -WoIseley telegraphs from Ismailia
| at AIS o'clock this morning as follows: 81
| have Just received news from the front that
! General Graham was suddenly attacked last
evening by large force of Egyptians. The
assistance, and he has had brilliant sue
cess, taking eleven guns. Only few British
| were killed, but over 100 were wounded. l
| am just about TO proceed to the 'front.'"
BATTLE AT KAssAsIN.
PORT SAID, August 29.-Last evening the
| Arabs attacked the British position at Kas-
sasin, and were repulsed with heavy loss
The British lost 120 men. Eleven of the
enemy's guns were captured.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
General Wolseley telegraphs from Kas
| sasin Lock as follows: "Msior-General
Graham, handing this post, was attacked
| yesterday evening by about twelve guns and
| eight battalions. Our men behaved extremely
| we'll, and inflicted severe loss upon the
| enemy. At the frat General Graham had
but five guus, two and a half battalions and
a small detachment of cavalry and mounted
| infantry. Being reinforced by another bat
| talon he attacked the enemy in front, while
| the First Cavalry Brigade, under Colonel Sir
Baker Russell, charged them in the flank,
sabering considerable number. The cav
/ airy were well handled by Major General
| Drury Lowe. General Graham's dispo-
sitions were all they could have
been. His operations were carried
out with the GOODNESS for which he
has always been we'll known. Arab Pasha
SaSaq1 b ddb BY h b sStH
able to secure the rebel guns, which the
enemy Withdrew during the night. They
| left, however, all their ammunition. The
| killed are Surgeon-Major Shaw, six marine
artillery and one infantry sergeant. The
wounded are one major, two captains, two
lieutenants and ffty-six men.
THE MATTER IN DOUBT.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, August 29.-Lord Duf-
ferin has not received reply from Granville
10 H. lo tod hal ato nfan
of the military conve ntion. 1t is considered
doubtful in diplomatic circles whether Gran
vile will agree to the acceptance by the
Porte, as the latter has been several times
warned that it might be too late.
THE PoRTE's LATEST DEMAND.
The Porte now insists that the Turkish
troops shall be permitted to attack Alexan-
dria, and urges that Alexandria shall serve
as common base for British and Turkish
operations.
THE QUESTION OF GREATEST INTEREST TO
TURKEY.
The interest of the moment centers about
the question whether Turkey will yield to
the demand of England, and agree to punish
Arab for his war on women and children.
The Turkish government is controlled by two
opposing forces. 1t has its thoroughly po-
litical party, made up OF men who know
something of the world, who are well read in
foreign literature, have studied history and
mingled with foreigners, and who know
something of the weakness of the Turkish
empire. But these men of politics are ham
pered in their discussion of measures by the
fact that they are Moslems and are RESPONSE
bic to the Moslem world for their thoughts
and acts. OF the same religious faith as the
purely political party among the Turks, and
yet opposed TO its methods in almost every
particular, is the religious party. This party
is composed of men of great weight in learn
ing, and is supported by the mass of the
people. But the learning of the great men
of this party is learning in the Arabic phil
osophy of bygone centuries. These learned
men are occupied with problems of hair
splitting in the interpre. alton OF the Koran;
and are completely out of the world as
if they were in equatorial Africa. They live
in an age long gone by and have no idea
that science has made any progress since Ar
abian science led the world, or that intidels
eau have any knowledge or any moral great
ness, or any physical power that can cope
with Islam. This party sees Turkey ham
pered by demands of ipfdels. Here in Con-
slantinople as in Egypt, the sole measure
that it has to propose is the adhesion of the
Turkish government to The ancient principle
of Islam: "If man is an unsubmitted in
fdel, kill him" This religious party has
been enormously strengthened of late by the
adoption by the government OF the Pan
1slamic theory If recaEssisss- rtr-vytr.- frfs
fully capable of thwarting measures con-
cocted by the Porte in open council. 1t is
undoubtedly the case that the same party in
Egypt, with its massacres and outrages, has
gone far beyond Arab Pacha's original in
tention. The sultan has thought 10 use this
religious party to strengthen his position, ex-
pecting to be able to control its 6ercer tend
encies. But now he finds 1t mighty power
and stands before 1t IN great dilemma
This ignorant party OF action has made
Arab Pasha its hero, and sings aloud his
praises in all our daily papers. II the Porte
decides to condemn Arab it will have TO face
the whole religious element of the country
and risk It's revolt. Ii it does not condemn |
Arab and his works, England will move on
to the conquest oil Egypt. Then the Porte |
must still face the religious doctors, and
suswer the question why it allows infdel |
Eugland to attack and crush Moslems who |
are only guilty of carrying out the precepts |
of Islam.
THE RISING OF THE NILE MAY SOON POST
PoNE OPERATIONS. |
The annual rising of the Nile, which is |
said to have already overlooked several of |
the lnw-lyisg spots in the delta, threatens 10 |
make Sir Garnet Wolseley's military Snatch |
against time" close one indeed. By a |
curious turn of fortune the hero of Burmah |
and Ash antee now finds himself once more |
in difficulty which he has twice encoun-
tered already, viz, the opposition OF Zoe
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