Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-15
A TURKISH VIEW.
offc.al Statement Of Recent Events In
Fgypt-EngIish InteI vention Denounced

A TURKISH VIEW.
ofic.al Statement of Recent Events in
Fgypt-Fnglish Intervention Denounced
by Telegraph
Nrw YoRk August l4;h.-The Herdlds |
ConetantiDrp!e specia, says: The following |
is a TRANSLATION from tae Turkish T the state
ment drawn up by Lebid Efendi by command |
# the Sultan Last year Ach1et Arab, |
then Col nj in the Egypi.n army. was dis |
pleased ut findiug that in all the public Offices
in Egypt there were CREST many foreigners.
especially Eoglis:, aud French, who enjoyed
ex.ravsganr salaries bu. did DC work. These
gentlemen, supported by their Consu's and
by the Controllers, eventually acquired very
great Influence 10 the Egyptian adnlinistra-
tor. Arsui. troubled by this state of AFFAIR.",
began by forming party. and said that the
khedive should take the necessary steps to
put an end to this state of things, that had
in no way resulted from any stipulation or
agreement. for as TO that matter, Arab al
ways recognized the respect due to the con-
yentions.
The Minister of War at that time, Osman
Pasha Reiki, Circassian by birth, had i'm
prisoner Arabi, together with two If his
companions, Abbel AL Boy and Ali Bey
Fehmi. The same day two regiments marched
to the War Office in order to set free tneir
chiefs. By this act Arab won The confidence
of the whole army, and after few r1onths
Arab with his regiment surrounded the
khedive's Palace of Abd:n, and demanded a
Convention OF the Gambler of Delegates and
change Of the Ministry. His Majesty, the
Sultan. then sent to Cairo two Commission
ers, Ali Visami Pashs and Ali Fuad Beg.
At that time the Khedive granted Arabs
demand, and the Chamber of Delegates was
corvoked and the Ministry changed Il was
then that Arab entered the Cabinet as Min.
lister of War and Marine: aitsr which the
disagreement between the khedive and Arab
Pasha was removed The Chamber of Dele
gates began its work By examining the propo-
! sitions Of the Cabinet before it considered the
budget, and it was this thst gave rise to the
report that the Chamber wanted to interfere
with the functions of the Controllers. This
report was denied by the Chamber. Arab
| Pasha desired to send several Circassisn off.
GERS on duty in the Soudan, but these officers
did not want to 20 to Soudan, and some
twenty-eighs of them assembled together in
order to offer to Arab petition. Arab
believed that these officers were about to
make an attempt against his life and had
them Iut in prison. The CCurt.martiai de-
c:ded to exile them to Soudan. The sentence
of the Court-msrtial was presented to the
Khedive, who wished to commute it.
Arab and the Cabinet opposed this and
the relations between the Khsdive and the
| Cabinet began to be strained. Finally the
Khedive banished the Circassiau officers to
Constantincple. It was in reference to this
matter, which had no international or i'm.
| portant Specification, that France and Eng.
| land began to send their ships to Alexaxdria.
| The Imperial Government several times had
| pointed out to the Powers that the sending of
the feet would aggravate the situation and
perhaps trouble the tranquility Of the coun-
| try. All such legitimate steps led to no re.
I L. l.. - S..fk Al
| Egypt the Commission, of which Deryisch
Pasha, Lsbid Effeudi and Sheikh Ahmed
Essad were members. for the purposs of bring
| log abou. reconciliation between the Khe-
dive and his Cabinet.
Arab Bey declared to the Turkish Com.
mi sioners that he only wanted the main.
tenance Of the rights in Egypt of his Ma.
! jesty, the Sultan, the continuation of the
| firmans, the maintenance of the status quo,
and the prevention Of all abuses on the part
or foreigners which do not form part of the
International Conventions
Three days after their arrival in Egypt the
Commissioners succeeded Ia reconciling the
two parties, but unfortunately the presence
Of the fleets and the simple dispute between
Maltese and donkey boy brought about
| the regretable events at Alexandria, Every
body agrees that there was no prsmeditation
on the part Of the Egyptians that the Arabs
only fought with sticks. and that the Egypt
ian army. considered q Iebellious body, ener-
| getically acted in suppressing the massacre.
1t has also been proved that among the
Egyptian dead and wounded many bore the
marks OF bayoret wounds. As soon as the
news Of this disaster reached the Khedive at
| Cairo his Highness. together with the Com
nissioners of his Maj ssty, the Sultan, and
the Egyptian Cabinet, FASTENED to Alexan-
d.ia and took the necessary steps to re-estab.
lish order and arrest the guilty.
The Khedive convoked a tribunal to Judge
| these implicated in the disorders, but the
| Consuis of France and England having re-
! used to be represented in this tribunal, the
Other Consu's were also obliged to follow the
same line of conduct. The refusal cannot be
| explained, unless by their evil intent.
Arab Pasha officially declared that he
would submit to the orders If his Majesty TIE
Saltsp, and his Highness the Khedive, and
| all the n otatlas. The Chiefs of the tribes and
the U emas a1d Doctors of Reli zion, decar. d
that they would submit to the orders of the
Khedive. In the msantine the khedive in
trusted Ragheb Pasha with the task of form.
| ing new Ministry. The President of the
| Council announced in his programme the
maintenance Of the sovereignty of his Majesty
| the Sultan. In the programme full am
Hesty had been granted to all persons except
those who had been implicated in the affair
of Alexandria. Although tbs necessary
measures had been taken to maintain public
order, and although Arab Pasha had de.
clared that he was ready to obey the orders
of his Majesty the Sultan, and of his High.
ness the khsdive, the foreigners had com.
menced to quit and continued to quit the
country. The Cnnsuls who understood the
Efforts of the Khedive and Cabinet to pre-.
serve order, were unable to prevent this emf.
grafton, and it is even believed that they
aided it, and recent events strengthen this be-
| lief.
We thus see that the Khedive and the Cab.
met managed TO establish ordsr and prevent
emigration, but certain instigators and the
refusal OF the Consuls to take part in judging
of the guilty. proves the existence of de-
termination not to allow the Egyptian ques.
| ton to be closed.
When all was over and the army had sub.
raitted, Admiral Seymour assumed threat
ening attitude. At frs. be insisted that the
Notifications were being repaired. The Khe-
dive declared that although England made
military preparations 10 England, and even
on board the ships of war ia Alexandria har-
Dor, yet the Egyptian Government and army,
who only desired to maiutain the status quo,
made NO preparations whatever. After this
assurances Admiral Seymour reiterse ell tie
same threat-that is to say, he declared that
unless Preparations had ceased within TWEEN.
ty-four hours he would open fire en- the forts.
| The Khedive and the Cabinet again reiter.
ated their declaration. and proposed to Ad.
miral Seymour that they should go together
over the fortificatioDs in order to prove that
10 preparations were being made.
The Admiral refused, and, after twenty.
four hours had elapsed, sent an ultims:um,
IN which he required that the Notifications
should be dismantled and surrendered to him
within twenty-four hours. The Khedive
fastened to show that he could not accede to
this invitation, for he did not understand the
motive for it, and the Admiral, four hours
before the expiration of the period of delay
fixed by himself, trampled under foot the
principles OF individual rights and began the
| bombardment.
There is even another fact which is most
remarkable. Not only did the English and
French refuse to send delegates to the tribu.
! nal IN order to judge the persons implicated
in the Alexandria riot, but. during the bonn.
bardment, the Epglish Admiral fred upon
the boat that contained the prisoners arrested
after the Alexandra riot This resulted in