The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-07-27
THE WAR IN EGYPT.

Admiral Seymour issued manifesto at Alex
andria, on July II, announcing that no had un-
dertaken, with tho consent Of tho Egyptian
Government, tho restoration OF order. No
body WAS allowed TO leave town aftor sunset
Some improvements were noted in the aspect
Of Alexandria. The ruins had been cleared
away In somo quarters, and dangerous build
ings demolished by dynamite. The fre had al
most entirely ceased One hotel was opened and
provisions had begun TO arrive from tho country
Though incendialies and robbers were being
shot when captured, pillsging still continued to
s0me extent In the provinces anarchy was re-
ported 70 rule, and q massacre OF eighty
Europeans was said To have occurred At
Mantah. Refugees from Cairo reported that
holy war was being proclaimed, and an out
break among the natives Of that city was boz
ieved to be imminent.
The situation at Alcxandria Was practically
unchanged on tho 10th. Order WAS being grad
ually restored under tho surveillance OF tho
British marines. An unsuccessful attempt was
made to burn tho building coupled - tho head
quarters OF tho American marines. Arab PashA
continued to issue orders and make appoint
ments In tho nAme Of tho Khedivo. II
was rumorod that Europeans to the number
Of 205 had been massacrod ct Kafer-el.
dwar. Attempts had been made TO fire Cairo,
aud It WAS feared that the European quarter
would b burned BY the people. Dcrvisch
Pasha had been summoned to Constan-
tinople 70 givo his views OF the situation.
The Egyptian question was debated in the
House OF Commons and the French Chamber.
De Freycinet ann sunced the French policy 90
IN alliance with England aud action in concert
with the behests OF the powers. In Parliament
It was announced that the identical noto sent
to the Porto was still unanswered and the
character Of the Governments replies to ques-
Gladstone assumed full responsibility for Ad-
miral Seym0nr's actions.
Cable dispatches Of July II state that Tur-
key, in consideration Of the Difference shown By
the powers to the sovereignty OF the sultan in
Egypt, has consented to participate in the in
ternational conference. France and England
have requested that some OF the powers b. des-
ignatcd 70 protect tho Suex canal De Lesscps
informed Admiral Seymour that tho passage 81
men-of-war through the canal would
q q. a.. : breach @ of neutrality. Spain
The Governor OF Alexandria had returned from
u1p to Cairo BY way Of Port Said. He reports
naving seen Europeans massacred aud their
houses pillaged ct Damanhour and other points.
Tho scouts Of Arabi Pasha were seven miles
from Alexandra, but he had been ordered by
the Porte not TO move on the city. His last
act WAS 70 divert tho waters Of tho Mahmondeh
canal
News received at Alexandra from the interior
Of Egypt confirm the reported assassinations OF
Europeans Numerous massacres occurred in
the outskirts Of Cairo. Arab PashA has pub
lishcd special report OF the Alexandria bonn
bardment for the natives, alleging that eight
irOnclAdS were sunk. two burned. and four cap
tured by the Egyptian troops. He also issued
proclamations denouncing tho Khedive, aud
maintaining that an ''irrtconcilablo war
exists between us and tho English"
The netables met in Cairo, declared tho
khedivo to be . traitor, and dcposed hlni.
and issued proclamation declaring war with
England, and inviting all good Moslems to take
up arms. British troops have sailed from
India for Egypt. All tho French war ships have
left Alexandra. Italy has ordered forward .
permanent squadron Of four iron-clads.
Gen. Sir Garnet Nolseley will command the
British expedition about TO be dispatched.
De Lesseps teleSraphed to Paris that immediate
action was necessary to protect the Suez canal
The French battalions for Egypt are to
rendezvous at To0lon. Nlne., notorious
Swiss advcnturer, il aiding A,ali. and will DO
executed il caught by tho British.
Alexandra dispatches OF July "a state that
tho Khedive had sgned : decree declaring
Arab Pasha rebel, and had issued general
order forbidding the army to obey his COM
mand. Tho Khodive had also proclaimed that
the English were promoting tho interests Of
tho country. An cvasive answer received by
tho British Government from the Porte 10 .
proposal tc Immediately dispatch troops
to Egypt had decided them that
the tune for further DELAY WAS past.
The water in tho Mahmoudieh canal At Alexan-
tria fell fourteen inches in the forty-eight
hours, and the supply to tho public had been
greatly diminished. News from Cairo was to
the effect that there were S,0OO starving. home
less persons there, who werc dying by hun
dreds. The country was represented ~ in
terrible state Of anarchy. Atrocities
equal to any ever perpetrated in Bnl-
garia were being committed with impnnlty.
An eyewitness from Tantah stated that eighty
five Europeans wore tortured. disemhowele,l
and torn to pieces, and that women were
violated and tortured. The soldiers partici-
patcd in thchtrocitieS Two Germans, sheltered
by the station-master until tho train WAS
ready to start, were caught entering tho train,
their heads held over the carriage door and
their throats cut,