, 1882-11-25

ShSbT AV"O%tS0 Ob NIG OSASC 0AAN
Arab spends nearly. all day and several
hours every night in preparing %instruc-
tiOns for council OF a very detailed des-
criptfon. His powerful memory enables
him TO be very accurate AS to dates and
names. He delivers each sheet TO his Ie-
gal representatives. on completing It, and
has now brought his narrative down to
July 10, giving very extr aOrdinary details
MS to mysterious Cabinet Councils held by
TIE Khedive and Dervith at Rdmleh on or
about that day. He is particularly anx-
ious to avail himself of the right OF COO
formation and cross.examination now
secured, has begged his counsel to Use
strenuous efforts TO procure the attendance
before tie Court of Dervish, Ahmed ESsad,
Ahmed Ratib, MahOmed Zatar, Kadri
Bey, and Ali Miami, and is preparing
lists of witnesses and documents that he
requires. Among the letters lost ut Tel
el-Kebir we're some from IsmaiPs mother
aud other ladies Of the Khedival family,
who, he alleges, nearly all espoused his
cause.
At times he speaka freely Of passing
events. He thinks Egypt must shortly
lose the Soudan unless an English army
stays the Mahdi, and saws that England
must now be responsible for Egypra
future. "England," he says, "is anxious
about the slave trade, but she has not yet
learnt that all Egyptians are slaves. The
fate of Egypt is Of far more importance
than mine"
The Egyptian authorities profess to
attach small Importance to the recovered
papers. They say =
II you think we are afraid OF exposure
you are greatly mistaken. All We do
dreae is delay, for unriI this matter is
finished we can do uothil &, and after
wards we shall be TAINTED with sIotb in
repairing our position therefore, all we
ask il despatch. We hear OF funk loads
Of papers that are going to as onlSh the
world. Translate them, photograph them,
print them we will hrlp even, II we are
allowed but do it quickly. A, for 'rj'o-
sure the more there is the better. We
doubt il any one will learn anythil g not
alteady nerEectly known. though, perhaps,
not proved. The papers will show that
the act OF deposition Of Tewfk was signed
hv the Ministers, though they denied It's
existence. They will show that 1t was
signed by hosts of othrrs-aII Caro- aud
she interior, in fact. There will be sig
natures of prisons undoubtedly hoSt'je
70 the Khedive, If others undoubtedly
favourable, Of OtherS completely ind'tt rent.
If our own names hre not there, 1t IL be-
cause we were Out of reach OF pressure
Surely if this list interests any one, tin
TEL e>ts the Government IF the khedlve'
Againsl whom it is levelled. Well, we
neither care to see it nor to hid it. 1t
assists us to discover neither friends nor
foes. We were the first to assert It's eX-
|istence, in spite Of denial. We are there
fore glad it is found. It's existence once
proved, it may either be burnt or publish.
ed, so far as we are concerned. We are
told the Sultan will be opposed. 1t is, OF
course, regrettable to see His Majesty III
an awkward position, but, frankly speak
ing, it interests those with whom, rather
than those against whom, he is asserted
to nave intrigued; besides (which, the as
sertion at least is not new, and hardly
startling. The proof would certainly sur
prise us, for Turkish diplomacy does not
generally leave many proofs, but 1T cannot
alarm us. Among the papers are Flrmans
of Orders bestowed on Arab. Well, we
knew the fact before, and we could have
furnished copies of those Firmans by show
ing our own. Lastly, ladies of some ha-
rems will be compromised. Was 1t ever
doubted seriously in Egypt Is it to
prove that every weak point in 1slamism
is arrayed against us that you delay ne
cessary reforms? You have asserted Tor