Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-04
FOREIGN NEWS.
A Bloody Battle Between DervisheS and
Egyptian TrOOps-Hundreds Killed.
Michael Davitt Continues His Testimony Be-
fore the ParneII COmmission-LOrd Salis-%
bury Publicly Guyed. e
Cable Notes.

CAIRO, July Am engagement has
taken place at Arquin between a force Of
Egyptian troops under command of c.
Wodehouse and a body of Dervishesss
The Dervishes were defeated and fed.
Their loss was 500 killed or wounded.
Seventy Egyptians were killed or
wounded. Two English officers were
also wounded. Col. Wodehouse is pur-
suing the Deryishes. The Dervishes at
tempted to effect lodgment on the river
bank. Col. Wodehouse Immediately ad-
vanoed and attacked them with his field
force. The Dervishes made a stubborn
resistance but were finally forced to re-
tire, fighting as they went. They were
driven northward seven miles, but every
foot of ground was hotly contested. Two
guns belonging to the enemy were cap
tured by the British. It is expected
that further lighting will occur shortly.
LONDON, July 3.-Mr. Davitt con-
tinued his testimony before the Parnell
commission. He stated he would not
object to joining any movement to secure
the independence of Ireland if such
movement was backed by force strong
enough to justify the hope of its success.
Mr.. Davitt said he did not approve of
the Clerkenwen explosion. He regret
ted the attack on the prison van, in
which brave policeman was killed, but
applauded the men who made the attack
for trying to save their friends. While
in prison he concluded that movements
by secret societies would not do any good,
and when released he held a conference
with the leaders of the Irish Republican
brotherhood in Paris regarding the adj
visibility of an open movement. At
Paris one of those with whom he confer
red had given permission for his name to
be diyulged, but at present the witness
could not divulge names of the other
Irish Republican brotherhood leaders
without permission.
Chief Justice Hammer said that Attor-
ney-General Webster was entitled to
press the question as to what others were
present, but could wait until the end of
the examination to do so.
Witness further said he failed to win
the Irish Republican brotherhood lead
ers to the adoption of an open move
ment with the exception of Harris. He
intended to make the land question a
stepping stone to the independence of
Ireland. Treating landlords as an En-
glish garrison, the leagues land pro- |
gramme, the witness said, had now be-
come a programme of Tory gov
eminent. Laughter. MIR. Davitt |
refused to say whether or not |
Mr.. James O'Kelly, member of the |
house of commons for the north division |
of Roseommon, had been engaged to |
distribute firearms, and declared he |
did not know whether the trustees of the |
skirmishing fund, DR.. Carroll and |
Messrs. Breslin, Luby, Dewey, Burke |
and Rosa, belonged to Gamma Gael. |
There is hue and cry against Clan ma
Gael in America for political purposes
Witness declared he must be careful of |
what he said, but he would say they are
all extreme Nationalist Mr.. Davitt
said that many persons opposed his
scheme on the ground that if the people
became tenant farmers they might be-
come lukewarm in the cause of indie
pendence. A majority of the people |
then opposed Fenianism and secret So
cieties. Irish Americans objected to the
scheme, holding that it would give poll
ticlans too much power. Witness had
converted many Nationalist to his view.
The attorney general read resolutions
demanding the overthrow of British
dominion and establishment of our Irish
republic.
Mr.. Davitt admitted he was present at
a meeting in America when the resolu-
tions were adopted. He stated he did
not dissent.
He said, ''I am republican by prinoi-
pie. -
The resolutions were cabled to Mr..
Parnell but did not reach him. Witness
never discussed them with Mr.. Parnen.
Mr.. Davitt said:
''Mr. Parnell and I differ because he
is opposed to a complete separation, but
if he got his measure through I would
Loyalty support it. If he was successful,
the demand for separation would even
tually de-
Continuing, the witness said that he
made fifty speeches in America in which
he asked the extremists to fairly try Mr..
Parnell' movement
LONDON, July 3.-The shah, accom-
panied by several members of the royal
family, members of the diplomatic corps
and other prominent persons, was to-day
escorted by procession to Guild hall.
The streets through which the procession
passed were decorated with flags and
bunting and lined with troops. I'm
mense crowds gathered along the ronte.
Lord and Lady Salisbury were late in
starting for Guild hall, and discovered
on reaching the Strand that the shah had
already passed along that thorough
fare. Troops had also broken up their
lines and crowds of people were roaming