Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-20
EGYPT A PUZZLE.
Conflicting Opinions as to What ENGLAND
Ought TO Do With Her Prize
The Tendency OF
Public Sentiment Inclines to Mercy for
Arabi Pasha and Home Rule for
the Poor Fellaheen.


the Poor Fellaheen.
Il ALEXANDRIA, September 19.-AbdeIls
Pashs, commander OF Damietta, has SUI
rendered.
From 10 o'clock Monday morning unit;
late in the afternoon bodies of infantry. cav
airy and artillery continued to pour in from
Aboukir and surrendered their arms. Man,
| more are to come.
The ironclads Minoiaur, Sultan. Jpcon
slant and Achilles, and the gunboats Falcor
and Condor sailed eastward this morning
| and are now anchored off the Aboukir forts
These Will be occupied by sailors anC
| mariBes.
| Altogether % 900 men from various part
| have made submission at Kafir Ell Dwzr.
| A troop OF Indian cavalry leave Cairo to
| day for the purpose of escorling the khediy,
| from Alexandra to Cairo Thursday. Tn,
| ministry of the interior will be transferred
| to Cairo tomorrow.
AT CAIRO.
| CAIRO, September ia large BODY Of
| Egyptian infantry, with four batteries. sun
! posed to be from Salibiyeh, appeared al
Tantah and surrendered to a battalion OF
Highlsndefs.
TIE PEOPLE GETTING TO WORK.
ZAeAztG, September 19 -The entire popn-
laiisa IN this part or The country have re.
turned and are now working in their fields,
Every house and hoyei floats a white flag,
The forbearapce of the conruerins army
has produced a most wholesome effect. All
native property is left untouched There
has been illaminations every night since the
arrival Of the English troops in honor of the
khedive and England
AT CoNsTANTINoPLE.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, September 19.-The Fl
Jatcoib advises the khedive to confiscate the
property OF the rebels and devote the pro-
ceeds to indemufying the sufferers from pill
lage and incendiarism.
AT LONDON.
LONDON, September 19.-The Pail Mol
Gosette recommends the establishment of a
gendarMerie in Egypt, oficered by English
men. The Journal dcs De5ats, of Paris, gives
similar advice.
The Daily Ne,rs, commenting on the hos.
tile attitude OF some Italian papers, says it
has reason to believe thai, nevertheless.
I Italy was among the first of the foreign
powers to congratulate Great Britain on her
success in Egypt by sending on the 18th in
slant assurances of good will and sympatby.
With the Turkish contingent destined for
Egypt, now wai.i.Ssg at Crete, there arrived
! medical and hospital corps with material
Tor several batislions,
ARABI PAstiA TO BE Defended BY AN EN-.
GLIsH LAWYER.
LONDON, September fa.-The Times under-
stands that, the British consulsgeneral at
Alexandra has been directed to inform the
khedive that no capital sentence passed on
the Egyptian leaders must be carried out
without the consent of Great Britain. Steps
have been taken to obtain the services of a
competent English bsrrister to defend Arab
Pasha and other leaders of the revolt.
THE TsEAeHERY OF THE EGYPTIANS.
+ Mahmud Fehmy Pasha is doing very
well, and will soon be about again. He was
bitter against DeLesseps, and said that
Arabi was foolish in placing the least con-
6dence in a man who had done all in his
power to ruin the country. He said he did
mot believe one word of British disinterested-
ness, as, if their only motive was the safety
OF the Suez canal, they would have accepted
. proposal Egypt made TO the powers some
time ago for joint European protection of
the canal. England, he said, wanted to oc-
cupy the country and had been trying to find
an excuse for doing 80 for long time. The
Egyptians, he asserted, had been expecting
this ever since the first sod OF the Suez canal
was turned, and he had no doubt that the
cially, was due to nothing else than the
canal. The Lhedive, be said, had also played
two.faced game, as, after encouraging
Arab Bey to resist the British fleet at Alex
andria, he had not only abandoned him, but
had rendered the invaders all the assistance
in his power. The sultan, he said, would in
no way interfere, and. although he had no
doubt that an understanding existed between
him and Arab, his majesty would leave the
hnaI settlement OF the Egyptian question TO
the great European powers.
THE rAx-cATHERER TO SUCCEED worsELEY.
After Wolseley, with FIRE and sword, must
come the tax-gstherer with pen and ink, and
OF the two plaques the latter will surely be
the worse. The butchers bill' will be, for
the British, small one, not comparable even
with the campaigns of Afghanistan, where
nInefy-nlne officers and 1924 men were killed,
or in Zululaud, where the corresponding
figures were fifty eight and 1928. What the
savages' loss was cannot be stated as to these
two ware, but we have been told by English
sources that 1000 Egyptians were killed in a
single battle. As to the cost there are some
significant hints. Between August 10th and
September 9th the sum earned BY the Suez
canal was s96,000 for the passage of trans.
ports. Such of these boats a. we're chartered
cost FL ton day, or about $1,000 day
for each of such boats as were char
are rather favorites with the admiralty,
Then In single fort which was stormed
there were destroyed 100000 worth OF
ammunition and stores. In this respect the
wsr will be no mean competitor of The Al
CHAN and Zulu campaigns, which cost, re-
spectively, e19,500,000 and e4,OOO,OOO.
These are considerable figures, but to satisfy
the American love for the biggest things, il
Is necessary 10 go to the Franco German
nh
our war OF the rebellion, which cost in di.
rect expenditure Sc, 1876, ,792509, and the
charges for interest and pensions are still
continuing items. The French campaign in
Iunis cost 592, ,342, ,045f., an amount frightful
in comparison with the damages by The
Kronmirs, which were the ostensible cause
OF the conflict, and which were assessed at
IFS, ,e54f. Our own little wars have been
cheap ones. Even the Sioux war of 1876
cost under S2,000,000, and the total direct
cost oil all our Indian wars for ten years was
S5,05S s2I.
WHAT WILL ENGLAND DO WITH EGYPT?
The Eastern question is no nearer a con-
elusiou, and the unspeakable Turk remains
as difficult problem for European states
men as ever. Now that the war is ended.
the question only partly foreseen arises:
How will England avail herself of the posi-
lion she has gained?" The general appre-
hension of the European press seems to be |
that il left to herself she will scuttle the |
country and establish herself IS a sole guar. |
antrix of the canal, or that she will bodily |
annex it and bid defiance 10 the powers. |
The English press gives no clue to the |
.ctual policy of the government, if indeed,
I has determined on any. 1t repeats, with |
olemn unanimity, that England is Egyprs |
,est friend, and that there is no purpose so |
lesr to the English heart, as the restoration |
o Egypt of her prosperity.
The strongest feeling prevails in in En- |
land fk at what has been SO gallautly won
y the sword, must not be Whitfield away by
diplomacy, aud Mr. Gladstone will nave q
if}icult task to reconcile the wishes OF The |
ountry with the dem ands of Europe. Few |
'eepie sympathizs with the annexation cry,
ut the disposition is to secure the next best
erms. Schemes of settlement are numer-
as, and there is much foundering in the |
usiness. One of the most far-seeing. as il |
ppears, is that of the Spectator, which advo-
ates the transfer of the Porte's suzerainty to
Inglsud, or, ss an alternate, the wardenship
[ the Suez canal, with the right of garrison
az Port Said, Ismaiiia and Suez. Mr.. Glad
Ioue Is hzmpered by the protocol of disiu-
.resfedness. The Pal Mali Gazette says th at
is policy will be not one of absorption, but
he establishment of Egypt as an oriental
elgiuD. That this will satisfy the English |
eopls is very problematical. In the confer
nee the m ain difficulty promises to be with
.ussis, who will try to retort with the game
1ccessfully played BY Lord Beaconsfield in
erin. The snilitsry convention with Tur-
ey is standing joke, and the report of any
roposal TO sign the document is never heard
ithout laughter. II is now affirmed. being
,e greatest joke Of all, that it is to be modi-
ed to suit the altered circumstances.
HAT BIsuxRr<x rHrExs or,eur 10 ..
The Paris correspondent of the London ,
f,nes, writing September LIST, said:
During the Berlin Congress, as has been
gain and again said, Prince Bism srck in !
.ssantiy repeated, England ought to take
sypt; France Tunis. They should not