The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.
THE VERY LATEST NEWS BY GABLE.
| Action Taken Ivy Great britain Regarding
the Soudan Causes the Resignation NJ
the khedite'. Ninisters--A New
Cabinet Fornrd--Other News.
\ CABINET CRISIS

~ tNH'+NEsi N''''i''
iONpOH, Jan. EDgland's note To the
Khcdive and the Pore in reply to their III
Quiries has preciptated grave crisis.
Egyptian affairs have now risen to chief i'm
portance. No, only In Egypt but through
ont THE continent has storm been raised.
Advices from Cairo say that the Egyp
tian Cabinet met this afternoon 20
consider the note. Tie Khedive was
not present The note was fully dis
cuSsed, and brought forth heated
denunciations- The Ministers unanimously
determined to resign, and forthwith notified
the Khediye. 1t is learned that the Khe-
dive then requested Riaz Pasha to form
new ministry, and he declined the task. The
Khe,llve then summoned Nubar Pasha t.
confer with him on the same subject. Cairo
dispatches say that rumors OF the khedive's
abdication are again rife, and are now cred
tied in many quarters.
The Partisan press bitterly condemn the
policy decided upou by England in regard
to her future course In Egypt The Re
publiquc frdncdisC predicts disastrous
n,assacrcs in the Soudan, especially in the
Kart0um. The Debdts remarks that En-
EitIlt, lNbN lC,OVV TINiNh tSSiuCHto III
Egypt unprotected from El Mehdi, Is likely
to result in France actively interfering in
Egyptian affairs
CAIRO. Jan. 10--Nubar Pasha has as
sulned Office as Prime Minister of the new
Egyptian Cabinet A military commission
under Sir Evelyn Wood will make the
necessary arrangements for the evacu ,tion
of Soudan by the Egyptian troops, to ac-
compliSh which will, it is thought, require
year.
The formation of the Cabinet has been
com pleted. Nubar Pasha, President Of the
Council, takes the Ministries of Foreign
Affairs and Justice Mamnoud Falaki Paslia
the Ministry Of Public Instruction, and
Abdurrahman Ruchdi Pasha the Ministry Of
Public Works. Clifford Lloyd Will be Under
Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior.
Nubar Pasha believes that Egypt will pros
per Only by union with England. 1t is
stated that no time will be lost in carrying
into effect the policy imposed on the Gov.
ernment by England. Troops will immcdi-
alely be concentrated at Wady Halfa,
and Egyptian cavalry will leave for the
desert Thursday, to accastom the men to
camp life.
HoNu kong, Jan. lO.--An explosion at
Hanion on the Sth ultino destroyed two
batteries Of French artillery. One man
was killed and three injured. Several
houses and the barracks of the battery were
badly damaged.
Two Thousand AnnamitieS attacked il
French post held by fifty marines. After
several hours Of hard fighting the Anna
mites retired, with the loss of one hundred
killed and wounded.
A column of French troops under CON-
mand of Colonel Massean left Hanoi to
hunt pirates on the Red River, aud may pos
sibly advance to HOng Hoa, above SOntay.
Colonel Brionval overlook some bands OF
pirates in the Province of Namdinh, which
retired before tine French troops to n strong
position, where they were attacked. and,
French routed them
1t is rumored in Constantinople that FL
Mehdi has expressed his willingness to rec
ogniZe Hahn Pasha IN Khedive Of Egypt
provided that his jurisdiction shall not eX-
tend beyond Egypt proper
VIENNA, Jan. Sit is reported here
that the triple alliance Germany, Austria
and Italy) has determined 10 support King
Alfonso in case of revolution against him
IN Spain.
PARIS Jan. 10.--StatstieS show that the
prohibition of American pork will seriously
curtail the food supply of France. and as on
such prohibition the imports from other
countries will fall OFF, 1t is evident that
there is no source whcreirom Il demand can
be supplied.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-TWO thousand steel
workers refuse TO work at the reduction of
WAGES,