Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-07-29
AFFAIRS IN EGYPT.
The City of Alexandria After the
Bombardment.

DoihDaFunent.
No Europeans remain in Cairo. ex-
cept twenty Germans who refuse to
leave. The Consul who was killed at
Zagazig was the italian Consul.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph at Alexandria says:
| drove nine miles along the line of
Arab Pasha's retreat, and passed several
villages, the people of which are starv-
ing. The soldiers robbed them OF every
thing. The entire route is lined with
dead horses and with carriages. 1t is
reported that the Bedouins hGrassed the
soldiers during their retreat, killing 200
of them.
Arab Pasha declares thet he will kill
all the Turks in Egypt. He says as
there are not many throats to cut it is
better to cut them now. He has shot
Egyptians sent out by the English to
get horses.
Reports come from Cairo that Arab
sent party of soldiers to pillage the
capital, bue the commander there exc
cute1 them.
The manager of the water works in
Alexandria has ordered that the old
Roman wells throughout the town he
emptied, cleansed and refilled with wa
ter, the water supply being completely
at Arabi's mercy.
The chief magistrates of Gardria,
Menoofa and Gahoubia, thee out of
the seven provinces of Lower Egypt,
have been dismissed and replaced by
men of Arabi's party. In the villages
all the Europeans are being brutally
murdered. Even the natives who have
acted us their servants are butchered.
Omar Pasha Lufti, Governor of Alex
andria, has returned to Alexandria from
Cairo by way of Port Said. He has
made the following report to the Khe-
dive: son the way 10 Cairo | saw
Europeans being massacred and their
houses pillaged at Damanhour, Tantah,
and Mihalla, where the Alexandria rab-
bic had arrived. They cut off the hands
of Berberins because they served Chris
tians. Arab Pasha has called a meet
ing at Cairo of all the Pashas, Uiemas,
and notables, and asked them whether
it was right to obey the Khedive, seeing
he had sold Egypt to the English (;
ordered the military bake houses to
make |, 500 loaves daily for the British
without providing for his own troops,
and sent kilograms in their name.
A dispatch to the London Daily Teie-
graph says: "All the culprits have been
convicted of numbering Europeans un-
der circumstances OF exceptional bar
barity during the bombardment of the
city and will be shot by Egyptian troops.
1t is quite possible that such executions
will continue for some time. as every
day brings to light similar cases"
Arabi has cut off the water from Alex
cleaned and filed in less than fort
night. The fleet can condense suffi-
Gent water for the crews and troops,
but not for the populace, who must go
atioat or retire to the villages, and there
will be much suffering.
4 letter from the interior confirms the
reports of the massacres at Cairo and
Damietta. At Caliub family was taken
from railway train and put under the
wheels. All the employees of the Cadas-
trail Survey at Tantah have been killed,
including two English engineers named
Crowther and MacAlan. A Sheik and
the Governor tried to save them, but
were unable. A refugee from Cairo re-
ports that many Europeans were massa-
cred on Monday in the outskirts OF the
city.
Alarming news from Port Said is pub
lished. The place is full of refugees
from the interior Many are departing
by every steamer, but others arrive
daily, so that the number in the town is
not sensibly decreased. A large number
Of refugees were brought from Ismailia
by German man. f-war, chiefly Ger
mans, from Cairo, Tantah, and other
towns in the interior. They bring
alarming reports of the doings of the
natives.
At Iantah many Europeans were mur-
dered. One man describes scene in
which he saw a Sofia sitting on the
ground cutting the throat of European
while others were holding the victim s
head and knees. The Europeans are
badly armed and unaccustomed to the
use of firearms. In the event of an at
tack by the Arabs or Bedouins the loss
of life would be fearful, for hundreds
would be killed by the guns of the fleet
or massacred by the Arabs.
The correspondent OF the London
Times at Alexandria writes that he is
convinced that the report of the number
of persons massacred at the time of the
bombardment was grossly exaggerated.
Still similar reports of massacres are
constantly received, which will probably
in the near future be described also as
grossly exaggerated.
AraDi shot eleven RedOuina for sbou
ing signs of dissatisfaction. Arabi is
working on the Nile and the canals to
flood the country between Alexandra
and Mahalla. This he can accomplish
when the Nile rises sufficiently-say in
three weeks.
An eyewitness who arrived at Alex
andria from Tantah gives appalling de-
tails of the massucres. Eighty four
Europeans, native Christians and Jews,
including the English telegraphers, were
tortured, disemboweled and torn to
pieces. The women were violated be-
fore being tortured. Most of them
were dragged into the principal square
and murdered in the presence of the
Governor. Soldiers AZ we'll as the mob
took part in the atrocities.
Atrocities equal to any ever perpe-
trated in Bulgaria are committed with
impunity. Two Germans at Tulkh who
had been sheltered by the station mas
ter until the train was ready to start
were caught on entering the train, their
heads held over the carriage door, and
their throats cut.
Miscreants are still occasionally
caught near Alexandria with balls in