Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-17
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
THE SULTAN'S ORDERS COUN-
TERMANDED.
His Troops Resting at Suda Bay
The Report of dls Deposition
Fslse-The Terms of the COnven.
zion Unsettled - ArabI's Latest
TrIek-Refugees FIOckIng 60 Alex
nadrfa-The KhediVe Serene.


ALEXANDRIA, August 16-General Sir
Garnet WolseleY, the English commander,
with the authority of the Khedive, has
Issued a proclamation to the people of
Egypt representing the sole object of the
British to be to restore the authority of the
Khedive. 1t says all peaceful natives will
be kindly treated, the mosques Will be re-
spected and all supplies paid for. General
Wolseley adds that he will be glad to re-
ceive all chiefs who are disposed to assist in
repressing the rebellion.
LONDON, August 16.-Apprehensions re-
garding the safety of the Suez canal having
been removed, business in the insurance of
ships against war risks has ceased.
The Khedive yesterday sent ? telegram to
Nice requesting the presence of Rlaz Pasha
at the palace. Riaz Pasha is expected to
sail from MarseIlles tomorrow, and it is
hoped co form combination Ministry under
the leadership of Cherif Pasha. Hundreds
Of people arrive by steam~r daily
without visible means of sub
sistence. Provisions are dearer, and
apartments are almost unobtaiuable
at double rents. Tuesday being the last
day of the feast of Bairam, the Khedive
held reception at the Ras-el-Tln palace.
The Khedive appeared TO be in good spirits.
and referred to passing events 10 light and
happy manner. General Adye, Admiral
Seymour and many other British officers
visited the Khedive. The commissariat ser.
vice is working smoothly
CoNsTANTINoPLB, 4 ugust 16 The draft
OF the military convention proposed bV the
Pore to England is as follows:
''The Turkish army undertakes the paci-
hcation OF Egypt without foreign assistance.
They wish the British forces to remain 10
their present positions and not to particI-
pate In operations. The Turks shall be
allowed to use Alexandria as a base of
operations, and Turks and British both to
withdraw after the pacihcation of the coun-
try"
Lord Dufferin rejected this draft and
submitted another, stipulatinp that the
Turks should not undertake operations
without the previous consent of the British
commander, that British officers should be
attached to the Turkish Headquarters. and
that the question of evacuation should be
the subject OF special Imperial convention
It is believed that there is no probabili of
the Porte's accepting the English conditions
A Few officers aud soldiers have returned on
leave from Suda Bay, where 4. 100 Turkish
troops are assembled.
LONDON, August 16.-A dispatch to Reu-
ter's Telegram Company from CONSTANT
nople says: "Tne report that the Ulemas
have deposed the Sultan is untrue. On the
contrary the Sultan, at the feast of Bairiam
Yesterday, received several congratulatoiy
kilograms from Cairo and other parts OF
Egypt"
The correspondent of the Times at Con-
stantiDople SAYS: ga small body of Turk
ish cavalry, which embarked for service In
Egypt, landed at Suda Bay instead of at
Alexandria, and the Albanian infantry bat
TALON, which was ordered to embark at
Scutart has received countermanding orders
This Is significant token in connection
with the fact that the Porte has not vet
nxeo daV Tor the discussion Of the militsry
convention"
The Times IN an editorial article saws with
reference to the foregoing dispatch: owe
cannot profess to regret this sign that our
troops may be spared the CO. operation of
their incOnvenient ally"
The Daily NesOs has the following dispatch
from Constsntinople. ''It is stated in
Turkish circles that the hesitation to issue
proclamation against Arabi is owing to the
fact that telegram was received from him
five days ago, expressing his readiness to
submit to the authority of the Caliph, but
stating that he could no. leave his soldiers
without head until the arrival of Turkish
troops in Egypt, when he would instantly
hand over his command to the Turkish
General. The military convention is still
unsettled for the same reason"
PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, August 16-A
special from Alexandria to the Western
Morning Aea0S says: "Belief in the hope
lessness of the struggle is spreading among
the Egyptians. The British commander at
the Meks forts has received overtures for
the surrender of an entire infantry battalion,
If IL can obtain favorable terms. -