The daily gazette., 1882-07-22
WHAT TuE powEns PROPOSE,

WHAT THE POWERS PROPOSE t
LONDON, July 21.--It ia understood that
the Conservatives in the House of Commons
will not oppose the vote of credit proposed
by Mr.. Gladstone to strengthen the forces
in Egypt, but that a section of the Radicals
and Home Rulers will certainly challenge
1t. It is stated that the vote will be two or
three millions of pounds. Mr.. Gladstone
will propose that the vote be betrayed out of
the revenue of the current fiscal year. He
intends to ask the House of Commons to
increase the income tax two pence in the
pound
The Times says no actual appointment to
the command of the Egyptian expedition
has yet been made, but it Is well understood
that General Sir Garnet Wolseley will com
mand 1t and that either Lieutenant General
Sir John Miller Adye, X. c. B., or Major
General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley, X. O..
NJ. e., viii be second in command.
The Times also says: We understand
that Musurus Pasha, the Turkish Ambassa-
dor, yesterday tried to convince the govern
ment that the answer of the Porte TO the
identical note Of the powers regarding the
dispatch of Turkish troops to Egypt might
be taken to imply Willingness to dispatch
the troops, but ii is difficult TO reconcile any
such construction with the terms Of the dis
patch itself
The Standard announces that in view OF
the impending vote Of credit the opposition
in Parliament will reconsider the policy OF
introducing the resolutions Of censure for
the dilatory action of the government after
the massacre iii Alexandria in June and for
its want of foresight and preparation when
the bombardment of that city had been dc
cided upon.
NJ. de I.esseps has telegraphed from Alex
andria to Paris that immediate action Is
necessary and especially to protect the Sue2
Canal, and that awaiting the result Of the
conference is ridiculous.
A dispatch from Rome to the Daily Ncws
says a. permanent squadron, composed oi
four ironclads, has been ordered to proceed
to Alexandria.
PARIS, July 2i.-The committee of. the
Senate on the Egyptian credits unanimously
favor agreement thereto. In debate IN the
Bureaux to-day all the principal speakers,
including General Guillemant, MN. Bartl-
elmy, - st. IIillaire, DE III. Waller, De
Remusat and Lemoine, strongly urged the
maintenance of the English alliance.
The Temps announces that France and
England, having submitted to the confer
| ence their proposals relative TO the oceupa.
ton Of the Suez Canal, will not wait for iti
decision before proceeding to make active
preparations The French Government viii
consequently ask the Chamber without delay
to pass a vote Of credit to defray the ex-
penses of an eXpedittonary corps.
BOMBAY, July 2l.-Two transports sailed
hence for Alden to-day, with battalion oi
foot, company of Madras sappers and two
hundred and eighteen Highlauders fol
Egypt. They will pick up battalion Of
Highlanders at Alden.
ALARM At PORT SAID.
LONDON, July 2l.-Alarming news from
Port Said is published to-day. The place is
full of refugees from the interior. Many
are departing by every steamer, but others
arrive daily, so that the number in the town
is not sensibly decreased. Yesterday a
large number of refugees were brought
from Ismailia by German man-of-war
chiefly Germans, from Cairo, Tantah, and
other towns in the interior. They bring
| alarming reports of the doings of the ma
| tiyes.
At Tantah many Europeans were
murdered. One man describes a scene IL
which he saw Sofia sitting on the ground
cutting the throat of a European while
others were holding the Victims head and
knees. The Europeans are badly armed and
unaecustomed to the use of firearms. II
the event of an attack by the Arabs ol
Dououlis blo ioos VI ilie Mouiu pe ieaAiui
| for hundreds would be killed by the guns
of the fleet or massacred by the Arabs.
Another cause of anxiety is the insecurity
of the SueZ Canal. Although men-oi-wal
are at either end there are none along thu
80 miles of canal The officers, crew ant
passengers of the Peninsula and 0rienta
steamers are armed Up to this time NJ
vessels have been stopped, but at an,
moment the canal could be blocked. SOM
Of the steamers in transits are unarmed, ant
might be easily pillaged by the Bedouini
from either side of the canal and the crew
| murdered.