Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-08-17
WAR UN THE NILE.
Work of the COnferenee--A Call for
ChrIst1ans-British Troops Advauc-
PROTECTION OF THE CANAL.

PROTECTION OF THE CANAL.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 17.-At this time
week ago the representatives Of the
powers were wrangling at Constantine
| pie in an endeayOr to provide for the
protection of the Suez Canal. The am
bassadors at the conference, the press,
and public men of the various powers,
whose opinions were regarded as tx
pTessive of the sentimen of their gov
ernments, united in giving vent to their
Indignation at England's occupation of
the canal, which they termed unwar-
ranted, and calculated to give rise to
serious international complications.
These expressions caused q belief that
there were dangers of a general Euro
pean war, which was augme ented ny
stubbornness of England in maintain
ing the attitude she had assumed, and
also by the rumors that certain of the
powers felt inclined to favor the cause
of Arab.
A new Ministry was announced this
morning by the khedive, with Cheriff
Pasha as Prime Minister. This is
splendid stroke and gives everybody
confidence. We may expect business
from this out.
THE CONFERENCE.
At the sitting of the Conference yes
terday at Constantinople the Russian
representative asked for an explanation
of the action of the British in occupy
ing the Suez. Lord Duferin, the
British Ambassador, replied that the
step was taken in consequence of mill
tary necessity and in order to save the
town from destruction and pillage. The
assent of Eagland to the proposal of
Count Corti, the Italian Ambassador,
for Canal is coupled with reservation
making exception in cases of force ma
eatre, which means practically that if
international police are organized to
guard the canal they shall not interfere
with military operations. The next
meeting of the Conference has been
fixed for Monday. The English draft
of the military convention shows that
England, while accepting Turkish CO.
operation in Egypt, is prepared to do
the work unassisted.
THE MILITARY C0NV ENTION.
Nothing has been definitely arranged
as yet regarding the Anglo Turkish
military convention. After Said Pacha
conveyed to Lord Duferin the views
of the Porte thereon Lord Dufferin
communicated to Said Pacha the con-
vention as drafted by Lord Granville.
A favorable result of the negotiations
is expected. Mondays sitting of the
conference will probably be the last
The Russian representative in the con-
ference has expressed satisfaction with
Lord Duferin's explanations in regard
to the landing Of the British at Suez
ATTITUDE OF TURKEY.
The Turkish journals are assuming
a friendly tone toward England. The
Shelk- ul-Islam has prohibited the Ule-
mas from preaching in favor of Arab
Pacha. The Turkish Consul at Bombay
has been ordered to give explanations
to the Ulemans of India respecticg the
action of the Porte in sending Turkish
troops to cooperate with the British
IN Egypt, which has produced great
sensation among the Mohammedans
IN India. The Consul has been in
structed to explain the reasons which
have induced the Caliph to send troops
to Egypt to cooperate with the English.
CHRISTIAN WORK IN EGYPT.
The people of the United States can
not afford to be disinterested spectators
of the stirring scenes being enacted in
Egypt. Although the American inter
est in the Valley If the Nile forms no
element of the European muddle it is
nevertheless an interest of more vital
importance to Egypt than the ques-
ton of vino shall own the Suez Canal,
control the grain and cotton export or
collect its taxes and pay its debts. The
operations which have been left to
Americans alone in Egypt are those
which faster than all others were pre-
! pairing the people of the country for
being able to realize their fayorite
dream of Egypt for the Egyptians. !"
Every one who has made the voyage
of the Nile and been in contact with
the Egyptian people knows how utter
ly incapable they are of anything ap-
proacing selfgovernment. Give Young
Egypt the power of government and
you put keen edged tool in the hands
of an infant. The tact and general in
telligence necessary for the right use of
power is totally wanting. The average
Egyption is ignorant and degraded.
and therefore must be educated intel,
lectually and morally before he can
be intrusted with the protection of
his own liberties or before he can
really com mprehend the true idea of
liberty. This education is just what
the little band of Americans in Egypt
are giving to the people of Egypt. DR..
Ellenwood, whoa few years ago, ,!made
the tour of. the missionary world, pro-
nounced the American Mission in
Egypt one of themost successful mis-
sions in the world. Since then the out
ward tangible success of the mission
has trebled itself From Alexandria
on the sea to Assouan at the first cat
aract are found scattered all along the
valley the teachers and schools-evan-
gelists and colporteurs, sent cut and
controlled by the American Mission.
At the close of the last year there
were fifty-four schools whose teachers
were educated in the mission institu-
tions, and each of those teachers having
no other model before him reproduced
as nearly as he could in his school, the
features of the one where he received
his own training. The demand for
these teachers is far beyond the power
of the mission to supply, so that quite
young students are taken from the
undergraduate classes and induced to
remain out of school one or two years
that village may have primary schools.
During the past year in these fifty four
T.,