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War In Egypt.

War In Egypt.
The rumots Of the killing Of foreigners IN
chs towns Of the interior, says an Alexandra
dispatch, are daily confirmed by fresh reports.
A refugee from Cairo who arrived at Ale1an-
dria to-day Says numerous massacres OF Euro
pepns took place in the o~utskirts OF that CITY
last Monday. Among those killed at Tan,ah
the other day were two English engineers
named Crowther and MacAlan, who were sacrl-
feed by the mob despite the efforts OF a sheik
and the governor of the town to cave them.
All the employees of tho Cadastral survey, IN
the same town were also killed. The London
Times correspondent says he has received
a letter from tie interior in which
The reports of the mas.acres at Cairo ana
u .mietta are confirmed. At Caliub q 1anlly
is said to have been takon from 3 railway tram
and put under tho wheels. There are 5UO
soldiers and many Bodonius in Zagazig, These
have been join, 4 by soldiers and B>douins
from Cairo, and 10 doubt n general massacre
has begun, The news of the massacre OF
Europeans in variuu, parts OF Egypt has e.
cited great indignation ut Alexandra and the
delay in taking action is bitterly commenced
upon. u;-
Tue reaeon the natives have assumed their
insplent airs anil are carrying things with such
n high hand is owing to reports OF his signal
success against the English which Arab bey
has circulated among tho people. A corre-
spondent at Port Said says that alter the bom-
burdment OF Alexandria Arab Bey spread . re-
DOR. that the English troops had beea defeated.
Other correspondents say that the Official native
report ofthe bumhArdmebt of Alexandria says
that eight iron-cIads were sunk, two burned
anu four captured, and INA tne lat1ef "ouiu Do
broug ht to Cairo.
pp0cr ATOMS ISSUED By ARAB.
On the evacuation Of Alexandria Arab beY
issued the following proclamation:
"MUp1Is: At tho khedive's instigation the
English killed with the sword and shot in re-
| venJ,e the Egyptians who were left to guard the
CITY, The khedive remains ut night with his
women atloat among The English and returns
to the shore in the daytime to order q contlnu-
anc, of the slaughter. Therefore issue my
order to continue raising soldiers."
A second proclamation OF Arab bey says:
"The khedive has imprisoned his ministers at
Alexaudria in order that they may be instru-
meuts in Euglieh hands. The kilograms dis
patched by Kagheb Pasha authorizing =
cessation Of the military preparations were
fore. bly, extorted from him and are therefore
invalid. Ar irreconciliable war exists between
us and the English"
The London telegraph hasa dispatch from
Alexandria which says: "The Notaoies ct .
mepling in Cairo have adopted q resolution
declaring that the khedive, having violated
the constitution, is q traitor, and 80 they have
leposed him. They have also issued q procla-
nation declaring war with England and sum-
moning all good Moslems to tight against the
enemy"
DISPATCHES from Alexandria say that early
this morning Major-General Alison, with two
regiments OF infantry and a mounted squadron
moved out In the direction OF Arab Bey's In
trenohments at Ramleh and Milaha for the pur,
pose of blowing up tho railway. Several dead
bodies we're found in the Mahmoudieh canal
which they crossed in their line OF march. A
body of $50 rifles under command Of an aide.
de.camp pushed beyond Milaba and en-
countered some of Arab Boys cavalry. A few
shots we're exchanged and the Egyptians
retired after leaving two dead and several
wounded. The rifle corps then withdrew.
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 e1-
aggerated. Still similar reports of massacres
are constantly received, which will probably in
the near future be deserted also as grossly
exaggerated. As an instance Of this . tele-
gram has been received ssytng the Arabs at Is
MALTA are numbering the Copts. Every Eu.
ropean has now left Cairo.
The country is drifting into fearful anarchy.
ANTIQUITIES Suuhl " duJ CFCN POI P0sotoo ~ OoN
gaia are committed with impunity. Two
Germans OF Tulkh who had been sheltered by
tho station-master until the train was ready to
start, were caught on entering the train, their
heads held over the carriage door aud. tleir
Threats cut. Another Christian was placed on
the rails and an engine run to and fro over bis
body.
The khodive has signed a decree Diminishing
Arab Pachs, and declaring him q rebel. He
.-.. ..1 ~In n fhn
Egyptian army 10 obey orders from Arab
Pacns, AMI forbidding tho people to pay him
their taxes. The following is the order dis
missing Arab Bey:
Sin consequence OF your departure to Kafr-
el-Dwar, accompanied by the army, thus aban-
doning Alexandria without orders, stopping
railway Traffic. preventing us from receiving
kilograms and communications through the
post and im2rding the return OF refugees to
their homes in Alexandria, aud OF your pei sist-
enco in war preparations and your refusal to
come 10 US after receiving orders, I dIsmlss you
from the Office Of minister Of war;
From Aiexandri. cones the following &C.
count of q skirmish between the British troops
and Arab Bays force: II appears that Araoi
Boys front Iell back to the other slce OF
Ramleh md the British thereupon determined
tn dislodse him. The Sixtieti Rifles: support
d BY the Tuirty-six'h in antry, with 6O0 ma
rne., wee selected for this purpose. They
started ont in the early morning and soon &C.
cnpied Ramleh. One Calling and one held
gun were station ii at the bridge over Inc
can l.. The Eg ptlan cavalry appeared aad
adv need boldly along the railway at s0
,a,ds range, but soon retired. After q short
time they reappearcd with two guns, With
which they opened fire upon the British, VIVA
tonk 10 cover. This skirmish lasted about an
hour. One or two of the English were hit and
.n.a,o1 ~ Oh. F,rntiay,S rvaro paan IN fall. ThN
Fgypti.ns retiretl again. reappearlng soon
aflerwsrd, and alter fighting for . short tim
again rctli ed for the day. The British troops
remain in occupation OF Ramleh, while Araol
Bey occupies an extended zine from Narcotics
10 ACoukir. Sixty prisoners were sent to Alex
andIia from Rarul,h.
The london Telegraph has the following
dispatch in reference to the skirmlsh Inc
Egyptian projecliles burst too high to do any
damage. IN consequence OF this faes the
British escaped heavy loss. The Egyptians
alyanced boldly, but without Judgment, as
'"cy mi hit easily lave caught all the mounted
Ia antrv. -,
The ~iu.jority o, Arab Boys troops are said
10 be concentrated at Damietta, which ID but
thirty miles east of Pvrt Said, the Mediter-
ranean en- rance to ...o Snez canal. Inc
tr Icps at Kafr-el-Dwar and Ram!eh are chiefly
Artillery and cavalry. The inspector OF the
Ctdaslral survey, who has arrived at Alexan.
dria from the interior, reports that the total
force of the Egyptians is about 100, 600.
Another dispatch gives the disposition and
strength of the Egyptian forces as follows:
One division outside OF Cairo, two regiments
in Cairo, two divisions at Kafr. e!- Dwar, 5000
infantry at Rosetta 'and 1000 at Ramietta.
Each division consists OF four regfments OF IN
Iaatry OF 7.l0 men each, W regiments OF cav
airy Of SOD men each, one regiment OF artillery
~ nm -sz~ AL kh;~k civ nu,ro EOrr fhof1aann I
civilians we're taken from necessary WORKS on
tho Nile to intrench at Kafr-el-Dwar. Arab
Bsy holds q battalion and a battery OF two
s1Iadrons in readiness to check any Britlsh
advance parties.
This gives the Egyptian leader q total force
OF q, 2G0 men and 108 guns. Rosetta is q town
OF about Is, 900 inhabitants, forty miles east OIL
Alexandria, on the western branch OF the Nile:
It was here that the British, under General
Frazer, in 1907, suffered q disastrous defeat by
Mchemet Ali. Here also was found the
Ro ,etta stone which gave the first key to the
old sacred Egyptian writing. Danlietta 10 a
town of 80, 900 inhabitants, on the east branch
oil the Nile, and about thirty miles east OF
Tot Ssid.1 ,,
There are now at Alexandria ten English,
tw3 Austrian, one American, one German, one
Russian, one Greek and three Italian men-ot'
war.
Arab Bey wrote the following letter to Mr..
Gladstone a few days before the bombardment
o: Alexandria, but Mr.. Gladstone did not re-
ceive it until after that event:
"The Koran commands US to resist il war
Is waved against w. Hence England may
rest assured that tho first gun she fires in
Egypt will abaolve Egyl tians from all treaties.
The control will cease, the property OF Euro
peans will be conliscated, the canals will be
destroyed, and the Jehad be preached in Syria,
Arabia and India. The first blow with which
England strikes Egypt will cause blood to low
through the breadth OF Asia and Africa. the
responsibility for which will be on the head OF
England. Egypt ID still ready to be fast
friends with England, and keep her road to
Inlia but size must keep within the limits OF
! or juri-diction. Finally, England may rest
assured that we are deter mined to die for our
country"
The following horrible story Of tho massacres
at Tantsh is by the inspector Of the Cadastre:
Il saw women carrying, tied to bludgeons. dis.
membered arms and legs Of massacred Euro
peaus. The soldiers and the rabble fought for