The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-06
ENGLAND"
"MER WARS IN viCroRINs REIGN
PART lII.


JftE NfPTiAN WAR;"
And now comes this last war Of Eng
land this Egyptian war;"
+" Did ever before powerful nation make |
such an exhibition 2" says GencsAa Maury. |
In some sesrses, possibly not, A French
cospmnder lK2d Alexandra In tho begin
ming OF this century. When aRritish feet
came to anchor In the bay, ne said, g A cat
could not gst ashore from y alive" In
less than twen,y-four hours the French
were running out. and tho sssailants were
In possession. Arab II quoted as declaring
before the hombardmcnt tlr1t be could hold
Alexantlssa against Europe. The French
Mcn seeEed TO have retained their old faith
an the position, for they withdrew in their
demsnAe upon HIM, md watched to see
him f1ifiI his vaHnt. lie took French
leavesnf smother kind, for the Notifications
werc battered about his ears. The axiom
b even yet maintained by military authori-
ties that ships cannot stand against land
batteries and Notifications. Alexandria
tell. No uation--thc most powcrful--has
lever made such an exhibition" Of artil
se1y work.
Wesuticipate, however--for the charge
&ss 70 DO met that the war was "atro-
C1ous."s
Was II atrocious to guard great high
way Of nations from being destroyed by
an upstart usurpcrf Arab threatened this,
but was fooled by Lcseeps, who was him
sell fooled.
Was II atrocious 10 guard sovereign
an hereditary and duly-appomted ruler
against whom no dereliction could be
CHARGED, and whom 1t was the duty OF
England and OF France especially TO pro-
'tect against the arrogant and fapatical soL
der who, getting the following OF the
Egyptian army. lustcd 10 place himself In
supreme controla
1t Is to the shame, and now indeed to the
deep modification, OF France that she ne
elected her part OF the task. The French
Government solcmnly discussed the pros
and cons, but General Billot, the War
Minister, declared that to join with Eng
land In sending an expeditionary force to
Egypt would require French contingent
of 10000 men, and so she, with the fear Ct
Bismarck probably still before her eyes,
prudently kept aloof from the trouble:
$50 grand preparation for so feeble a
foe"i France, since NapoIeon's day, with
30 intimate n knowledge Of Egypt. its eoun-
in the enterprise would require so, 600 men
Enghnd's whole army was less than this,
and one third OF 1t was composed OF Indian
Mehammedan troops, whom the friends OF
Arab were predicting he himself would,
perhaps, one day coutroll OF the nations,
was France the only one who placed such
an estimate upon Arabi's caretuily-drilled
freopss No! Germany. with Bismarck,
snaintaned Sphinx-like silence. The
Others, whilst pretending to deliberate for
asolution OF the difficulty, seemed flushed
with anticipations and rejoicing in Jealous
hopes. Locking TO find that England had
taken "too large contract to ill., they
were hoping for their chance when the
time might safely come. Russia, sullen and
silent, but secretly moving, remembered
how her victory-fiushed army had been
stopped at the very gates OF Constantine
pie, xhen England cried Haiti"
In this connection, and dprop5s OF wars
In Afghanistan, and looking back three or
four years, 1t may DO said that the
Russians seemed inclined to ayenge them
selves upon the British .by proxy. Whilst
the Russo Turkish affair was still awaiting
adjustment Sbere All, son OF Dost Mo-
manned OF whom we have before treated,
was inoised by Russian intrigue and prom
ises OF protection and aid to break with
the British, with whom. through the In
dian Government, his relations for years
had. been OF the most amcnblc and in
innate nature. Relying upon the power OF
HutrHS nuHU udu StNtntu W NC
such Irresistible advance In Asia, 10 back
him up, sbere Ali first insulted a British
ambassador and then contemplated open
hostiIities. lie made the famous threat
that he would "roll the hill tribes down
upon the British rs wall Of fire." 1t be-
came once again necessary to send an army
Snto Afghanistan. Shere Ali was defeated,
and he fed on horseback with small re-
tauue TO the headquarters OF the Russians,
who, In considerable force. were even then
within reach. TWAS not, however, deemed
convenient by the Mrlscovte TO fulfil the
promises which they made him, and sners
All, without getting back to his country
died, probably OF modification and cha
grin.
Italy had her own aims to serve. Her new
ly-made power had to make its mark among
the nations. Had she not the yastest iron
clads Il the world? And her nationa
army was vet TO be laurel-crowned. SPAR
even asserted itself, and, glancing at Glib
raltar. licked her lips In anticipation OF tn,
time when the lion, with fangs drawn
might no longer guard the narrow strip Il
the "Rock." However, there II no neet
to dwell upon the doubt which Impressed
the Powers OF Europe whether pleasant,
or otherwise-as to the way In which Eng
hand would come out OF The Egyptian nj
fair. What was the impression IN THU
country Certainly Ii the newspapers
gathering the news the world over, ex
pressed general opinion, II was that disas
ter was more probable than success. VIVA
said the criticsy aud what said Genera
Loring, nWest-Point trained officer, dis
tinguished In the Mexican war, prominen
n the war Of secession, and finally for ter
years actively employed and holding
one OF the highest positions in IN,
army OF the khedive Of Egypt
Can better authority be found? Beior,
1nc have the long, interesting narratiy,
which he gayef for publication in New Yor1
alter the two assaults which the Egyptian,
had made ut Kassasin, and about ten day,
before tho fall of Tetcl-Kebir. He say
that he was for ten years In the Egyptian
service; was ut one time inspector genera
ii tho army that he was actively employed
and travelled throughout Egypt, aud knew
tho country, the people, the army, ant
Arab thoroughly and well.
To condense General I.orlng's opinions
for his narrative would be longer than Thu
whole article have written-the countl-
was described as one Offering numerou
1ines Of defence, OF which Tell elk ehir wa
mated 10 be one. That by flooding an,
other means the most formidable obstacle
could be opposed " invaders, and that III
climate, though rs q whole healthy, wa
from Its heat and other causes TO be feared
The people-the fellaheen OF Egypt-h
described as loving thetr families and thei
homes, but entirely without love Of coun
ny or patriotism, from the fact that 10
ceuturies they had been under master
who ruled them for their own ends The