Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-18
ENGLAND In EGYPT.
KAFR Ell DWAR OCCUPIED BY
THE BRITISH.
Arab to be Sent to England-Lenient
Treatment of the Rebels Part of the
English Forces to Return-The Anglo
Turkish Convention.

CAIRO, September 16-With the excep
ton Of few leaders and one or two persons
accused of crimes, no rebels were made
prisoners by General Lowe, who merely re-
quired them to surrender their arms. Many
who had been prominent in the rebellion
were told, much to their surprise, that they
were free.
ALEXANDRIA, September 16.-Gen. Wood
occupied Kafr el Dwar and Mallaha this
afternoon. The naval brigade with their
guns, have re-embarked.
Kurshid Psshs, commanding at Aboukir,
has sent In a message announcing his Teadi-
ness to surrender.
LONDON, September 16.-A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company from Alexan-
dria reports that Ninet, the Swiss, Arabi's
European adviser, has not been arrested.
The khedive has learned that the COM
mander at Damietta refused 10 surrender.
He has five thousand black troops. Rassan
Pasha Cheeri, Arabi's Minister of Pious
Foundations, and Kiamil Pasha have been
arrested IL Alexandria. Mahmoni Pasha
Boroudi has been arrested near Cairo. He
was driving on the road to Shuba at the
time.
The Pail Mall Gasette announces that
Gladstone has asked the Archbishop of
York to direct that thanksgiving services
be held in the churches tomorrow for the
success in Egypt.
A dispatch from Cairo to the Dqi7y Ne0S
says However much Arab Pasha may
have impressed the peasants for service in
his army, he has not meddled with the
property of people in the country, who
seem prosperous"
Reuters Telegraph Company has the fol-
lowing from Alexandria: "Fort Asian was
surrendered at IL O'Clock this morning to
Gen. Wood In person. The commaDdant
aud twelve officers came forward to surren-
der. Gen. Wood Immediately inquired for
the Italian naval officer Paolucci, who was
supposed to have espoused Arab Pasha's
cause. After some delay PsoIucci
was brought forward wearing
the uniform of an Egyptian
officer. He was Immediately placed under
arrest. General Wood informed the COM
mandant of Fort Asian that he would inter-
cede for him and his brother officers IL they
with their men would assist in repairing the
railway. The offer was accepted. Several
civilians, evidently belonging to the upper
classes, were found in the fort. They were
apparently merchants, but they were never
theless ordered to set to work on the rail-
way.
A dispatch from Constantinople to Reu-
teT's Telegram Company says: "The impress
glo-Turkish military convention will not
now be signed. Nevertheless another Csbi-
net council was held to day, at which Said
Pashs was instructed to address fresh con-
Ciliatory communications to Lord Dufferin.
1t is believed here that Arab Pasha will be
sent to England"
The Times, in leading article, says: "If
the lives Of Arab Pasha aud his immediate
followers are spared these men must be
put, once for all, out of the way of doing
further harm. They cannot be allowed to
retire to Constantinople to become the CEN
tre of impalpable inGTigues. To restore the
authority OF the Khedive, the army must be
disbanded and replaced by gendarInerie suf
ficient to maintain civil order. IL troops are
needed to defend distant frontiers, It is
sufficient to maintain them on the frontier
and not keep them at Cairo"
ST. PETERSBURG, September 16-The Ga !
zette de st. Petersburg says: "To allow Eng
land to settle the Egyptian question without |
consulting the powers is not to be thought |
Of" The No'Oe Vrernya considers that Gen. |
Wolseley has shown true generslship.
LONDON, September 17.-Reuter's Tele- |
gram Company has received the following |
dispatch:
'ALExANDRrA, September 6-The British |
now occupy Katre el Dwsr. The artillery |
camp at Ramleh has been dissolved and the |
naval brigade withdrawn. General Wood |
reported that Damietta has surrendered"
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram Company |
from Alexandra states that when the two |
trains which went to Kafr ell Dwar yesterday |
afternoon to bring here the prisoners of war |
reached that place all the soldiers had dis |
appeared except small body, which had |
been left to guard the arms and accoutre- |
ments.
a dispatch from Cairo to Reuters Tele- |
gram Company says: "The news from the |
interior is favorable. II is believed that all |
the towns will tender allegiance to the Khe- |
dive. The English commander at the cita- |
del, finding that many prisoners were being |
tortured there, has put the Egyptian COM |
msnder in chains"
Reuters Telegram Company has the fol- |
lowing from Alexandria:
"About twenty persons have been ar
rested in Cairo, including Rifaat BeY, but |
several prominenb rebels are still at large. |
The prisoners will be tried by court martial. |
The railroad from this city to Cairo has |
been repaired, but remains under military |
control. The first train for Cairo will leave |
here Tuesday with the government officials. |
The rebel positions at Kafr ell Dwar con-
sisted Of three successive camps, the fore |
most two only being abandoned.
"In the town Itself six thousand felahs, |
two regiments of cavalry, and several horse |
batteries have been disarmed. The work OF |
only few companies of English troops re-
main to guard them. There were found in |
the rebel camp at Fort Asian one hundred |
and eighty saddle and carriage horses which |
had been looted during the bombaFdment OF |
Alexandria. The Council of Ministers are |
preparing q decree disbanding the army"
The Daily NeaCS has the following dispatch |
from Alexandra:
although the enemy abandoned their |
camp at Kafr ell Dwar they left their |
guns, horses, tente, ETC., standing in |
good order In charge Of few |
officers and men. The banks of Alexandria |
are having barricades that had been put up |
for their protection removed, and the Bourse |
Is more animated. Gen. Woods brigade
will proceed to Cairo. The General himself |
left at noon to day for Ksfr ell Dwar to meet |
Roubi Pasha, who had arrived there
from Cairo with other important persons.
When Roubi Pssha reached Cairo he was
given in charge of English officers. Coinci-
dent with Roubi Pasha's arrival, numbers
OF rebel troops from Mariout, Rosetta and
Aboukir came into Kafr el Dwar to surren-
der. Two companies OF British troops have
been sent to Damietta."
A Ddilg NesoS Cairo dispatch says: "The
Household cavalry will be the first to leave
Egypt. The homewsrd movement will be-
gin shortly after the military review, which
will be held as soon as the Khedive arrives
here. Gen. Wolseley will not hold an inter-
view with Arab Pasha unless the latter re-
quests It. The commanders at Rosetta and
Aboukir having offered to surrender to the
Khedive, he replied that they must march
straight to Kafr ell Dwsr and surrender to
the English"
ALEXANDRIA, September 1.-THE sur
render of Aboukir has been fixed for to-
day. The report of the surrender OF Damt-
eta is uncOnfirmed. The Bedouins left
Kafr ell Dwar two hours before the ar
rival of the British troops. taking their
arms and ammunition with them.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, September 17.-L0rd
Dufferin to-day informed the Porte that the
military operations OF the British in Egypt
had ceased, and that England was about to
withdraw portion of her troops. He left
it to the Sultan to decide whether or not 1t
was now necessary to sign the Anglo-Turk-
fsh military convention