The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-26
LATEST TELEGRAMS
EGYPT,

TO be a ruSe to mask thc Withdrawal
or troops. 1t is now known the
enemy are entrenching at Hello.
polls, a few miles of Cairo.
The British have occupied Max
anna 1t is rum0red that Arab ac-
cuses DeLesseps of having doceived
him with false promise, so he
might sell the SueZ Canal to the
English. and has set a price on
DeLesseps head.
CoDstant;nOple, 25.-NelidOff. Rus.
sian ambassador here, finding it i'm
possible in the face Of the decided
attitude Of Lord Dufferin to get the
stipulati0ns of the military con-
vention between. Turkey and Eng
land examined, and if necessary
modified by the conference, is now
endeavOring to have the document
officially communicated to the con-
ference as soon as 1t is signed, at the
same time he wishes to extract from
Great Britain q formal declaration
that she will seek no exclusive
advantage in Egypt, and will sub
NIT the final solution of the question
to the decision of Europe. Nelidoff
has already Obtained the support to
his effort Of at least one of his col
leagues.
The Porte has formally denied
the report of the murder of Chris
tians at BayTeuth and other recent
rumOrs of disorder in Syria.
London, 25.-Geu. WOlseley. tele-
graphing the war Office from Is
MALTA on Thursday, says: Water in
the fresh canal having been falling
the last three days, thought it ne
cessary, although | had possession
Of SerapeRm. to push forward and
occupy point on the canal seven
miles west Of Ismailia, where 1 had
been warned the canal could be
most seriously damaged.
Alexandria, Is. The Austrian
man 0f-War Nautilus remains off
AbOnkir. The effort to obtain the
release of her boats crew, which
was captured by Egyptians on
Monday, has been fruitless. Ennis
saries have been sent to Aboukir
and Kafr ell Dwar to endeavor to Sc
cure their release, but have not yet
returned. The Austrian consul has
telegraphed DeLesseps regarding
the detention Of the crew, but he re-
piled he could give no assistance.
Six staff officers who surrendered
to Gensral Wolssley before the bonn
bardment Of Nefch took place,
have arrived.
Orders not to allow the disem-
barkatiOn in Egypt OF Turkish
troops without the previous sigma
ture Of the military convention ard
the issue Of q proclamation against
Arab P2shS, remain uncanceled.
The Khedive has received iUforma-
ton that Arab Pasha has with
drawn 5000 Of his best troops from
Kafr Ell Dwar; it is supposed they
have been taken to Tel FL Kebir.
Deserters from Arab Pasha's
forces state that HanIi Pasha has
been poisoned for disputing with
| Arab Pasha.
Reliable information received
from the interior Is to the effect
that the Nile is rising rapidly, but
is much below the level reached
this time last year.
Port Said, 25. - The principal
Arab merchants of Port Said and
DSmietta have contributed money
towards the cause of the rebels; 500
horses have been sent them from
Damietta. Wild stories are still
circulated among the natives of
Arab Pasha's great success.
Owing to the fall in the canal, the
Ismalia Company has suspended
dredging.
The English made reconnaissance
on the 24th inst. towards Fort
Ghelmleh, which they found still
garrisoned by Arabs. Damietta has
been captured. The sanitary agent
of the English government, post
Office Official and two priests were
found there. They had been loaded
with chains the last six weeks. and
subjected to the most terrible cru
elites.
Constantinople, 25.-Lord Dufferin,
to-day, Informed Said Pasha an 1
Assim Pasha that his government
by yielding to the objections raised
by the Sultan, were prepared
to waive the demand that anv move
ment OF Turkish troops be first sp-
proved by the British. Lord Duff
FERN therefore proposed that the
English and Turkish commanders
should tirst deliberate together, and
II the English generals should not
approve of the proposed operations.
the Turkish commanders will still
be at liberty to carry them out
Said Pasha then urged that the
landing OF Turkish troops in Alex
andrla was indispensable for future
combined action of the two armies.
DE suggested that the Turkish army
make Alexandria, which the Eng
lIsh would eyacuate, their base Of
operations, while the British base
or operations would be Ismalia,
Alexandria, 26.-The enemy is
working hard at entrenchments on
the other side of the railway at
Ismalla- On the enemies left 500
men have been working the whole
afternoon upon new entertainments
across the sands between the rail-
way embankment aud Lake Marea-
tis. Thus his TANKS are now
covered by entertainments to
Lake Mareatis on one side,
and Lake Aboukir on the other
There ID reason TO believe