The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-07-20
THE EGYPTIAN TROUBLE.

The Matter Coming to a Head-Bom-
barlmcnt Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1T
is all About. 81
The trouble that has prevailed in Egypt
for the last few months has at last reached
a elimination. British men ofwar, it is re-
ported, have opened fire OH Alexandria, and,
if a speedy settlement is not made of pend
ing difficulties, the results may be far reach
ing and destructive to Egypt.
CAUSE OF TILE TROUBLE.
The present trouble is all expression of the |
very natural feelings Of the Egyptians |
against the offices of their own government |
being held mainly by foreigners. They see |
the disagreeable fact and do not refine rs to !
its cause and the obligations under which
the extravagances OF lsmail Pasha laid the
national honor. About a year ago Arabi
then a mere colonel in the army, began that
series of impudently agrees i've action which
forced the khedive into one humiliating con-
cession after another. He has been backed
by the army, of course Ministers have fall
en- under the behests of his will, and in him,
not in the khedive, at this moment central
ICES tho power Of his country. As minister
of war, with the army devoted to his policy,
he leads his country in movement which
lish ironclads at Alexandria and the threat
ened military occupancy Of the country, be-
fore the authority of the khedive shall be re-
habited and the interests Of foreign creditors
properly protected. He has made a show
of resistance to foreign interference and
strengthened the Notifications. of Alexan-
dria, but will probably give way when the
will of the united powers has been declared.
Tewfik Pasha, khedive of Egypt, was
~, <ho o1H IF
who resigned June 16, 1879. His title to the
succession was settled by arrangement with
the Turkish government in 1865, by which
the Ottoman rule Of collateral succession was
set aside. Under his government, as result
of financial difficulty, foreign influence has
dominated, Representatives of France and
England virtually controlling the finances
of the country. He is man OF tlmid and
Welding nature. His subjugation to the
will of lis INSCRIPTIONS minister, Arab Pa
sha, and the complication which has result
ed fro it, are consequences OF want OF
firmness at the proper time. Arabs success
has grown by what it fed on. He could
have been put down at the beginning of his
rebellious career had the khedive manifested
the proper irmness.
Arabi Pasha the rebellious head of Egypt,
as minister greater than his ostensible supe-
rior the khedive, was scarcely known year
ago, He was then colone in the Egyp-
tan army. Prompted by ambition, a sense
of the khedive's weakness, and tit may be
mistaken patriotism jealous Of foreign in
reference in the affairs Of his country, he
has gradually gained the power which has
necessitated the presence Of the French and
English fleets in Egyptian waters and con.
ference of some of the principal powers OF
Europe. Unless he should prove to be a
man of far less sense than he seems he will
| decline to fight against OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| in defense Of the defiant attitude he has as
! sumed Meanwhile the delay of action by
! the powers of Europe maintains his power,
VIII ich will prove short-lived unless the ma
tons whose duty and policy lie in settling
his difficulty with the khedive, instead of
doing this, fall to quarreling and fighting
among themselves. The situation is interest
ing.
| The menace to English commerce by the
rash and impetuous Arab Bey brought down
upon his hot head the heavy ordinance Of
Engl 'nd's great guns. TAe war ships opened
| their broadsides upon the harbor defense
and the Qualifications yielded to the terrible
| projectiles in an incredibly short space of
| time. -Four forts were dismantled, the work
of destruction having been mater ally helped
along through the agency of dynamite. I'm
| der the cover OF the war vessels, marines
were landed, who, entering the Notifications,
planted dynamite under the siege guns and
dismOunted them
British losses were very small. Total num-
Der killed, s. wounded q; distributed as
follows: Killed on the Alexandria, one; Su-
perb, one; Sultan, two; Intexible. two.
| Wounded on Alexandria three; Superb one;
Sultan, seven; Invincible, six; Infexible,
men landed from the InfeXible under cover
of the fire of the Condor and Bittcrn, and de-
stroyed with dynamite the heavy guns Of
| Fort Nee.
| LONDON, July 13.-In the no use of COM
mons Campbell Zimmerman, financial Sec
rotary of the war office, read instructions to
Admiral Seymour as follows: That as the
opposition of the forts had ceased he should
not dislnantel them nor disable the guns;
that he should open friendly communion
| tons with the khedive and in the absence of
native authorities from Alexandria should
| land seanlen or marines for police courts
and that he should inform the foreign COM
manders of these measures. The admiral
| was instructed to invite the khedive to as
sert his authority in restoring order. A
British force for police purposes was to be
| in concert with the khedive or any native
| authority in Alexandria, and any of the
European men-ot-war were to be invited to
| cooperate.
Oft Alexandria, July Is, p. m.-Afer day
break number of persons were seen ON the
edge of the water in the harbor. Glasses
! showed them to be Europeans. Boats were
at once lowered and crews armed to the teeth
started for the shore. They found about 100
Europeans, many Of them wounded, who
| had gathered in the Anglo bank and fought
desperately. They had maintained them
selves there throughout the night Towards
daylight the assailants drew off and the par
ty made their way to the shore. They re-
ported that Arab Pasha, before he left with
the prisoners, opened the prison, and that
convicts, joined by the lower classes and
t the city and xiii k'~ every Christian stan
they could find and set the European
quarters on fire. From the post they
were defending, the Europeans could hear
shrieks and cries and reports of pistols and
guns. Scores of fugitives were cut down OF
beaten to death in their sight. The Euro
pean quarter is all in flames and the great
square is mass of ruins. All the public
buildings are destroyed, and nothing Euro
pean seems to have escaped the rage Of the
fanatics. Several shells seem to have been
fired in the last two hours in that portion Of
the city where the confagration broke out
in the hope that they may scare the pillagers,
and that many pillagers remain is evident
by the fact that several fresh fires have
broken out in the houses.
Gen. Stone the American, formerly a
great friend of Arab Pasha, escaped with
the khcdive but left his family at Cairo. A
gunner on board the Alexandria performed
gallant deed. A lighted shell fell upon
the deck. The gunner picked it up and inn
mersed the burning fuse in bucket of wa
ter. This is described as wonderful piece
of devotion, more gallant than anything Of
the sort ever chronicled. The gunner will
be recommended for the Victoria cross.
interviewed the khedive's private secretary af
ter the khedive got atloat. He informed me or
the afternoon after the bonlbardment Arab
Pasha suddenly ordered detachment o.
troops to surround the Romley palace, where
the khedive and Dervish Pasha were await
ing the issue of events. Arab Pasha frs
declared the soldiers were only meant fol
the protection of the khcdive but at the last
moment he actually told the men to kill the
khedive. The soldiers, however, hearing
English approaching, deserted their post:
everywhere.
I AtAlexandria the Arabs are still footing
the town. Admiral Seymour had determ-