Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-09
THE SULTAN'S FIRMAN
Of InveStiture of the New Khediye Of
Egypt Not Satisfactory
TO ENGLAND, ITALY AND AUSTRIA
The Sultan Finally Agrees Modify the Document
to Suit Lord Salisbury-Ihe Ulster Defense
Committee Using Strong Languags-Do
Not Favor a Dublin Parliament
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LONDON, April s.-Lord Salisbury
has scored 10 the diplomatic contest
with France and Russia over the'frman
OF investiture OF the khedive OF Egypt
The position has for week past har-
asSed and perpleXed the foreign office,
perhaps more than even the Berlng Sea
question ever did. The Sultan. sto Q
march upon English diplomacy In
sending frman so phrased as To
exclude from the Egyptian frontier the
whole Sinai peninsula and part OF the
Red Sea which were ceded TO lsmail
Pasha and have been held by Egypt for
half century. Before the firman was
drafted the English ambassador at Con-
stantinople, became alive 10 the posSl-
blity OF some action OF this sort and
demanded that the document should nof
introduce any question concerning th'
| frontier and received assurance that the
iirman would not touch the khedive's
rights. When the Sultans envoy Eyoub
Pasha arrived at Cairo, the British min
iSter Sir Evelyn Barring, suspecting
some duplicty asked for a copy
OF the document and when Eyouo
Pasha refused TO communl-
cate the contents OF the tirman I'LL after
the investutre Minister Barring ad-
vsed the Khedive not TO proceed with
the ceremony. Eyoub PaSha then dis
closed the substance OF the firman, the
nature OF which had been known TO and
approved by France and Russia before
the missive left Constantinople. The
consul generals at Cairo at once ranged
themselves on two sides, the. Italian
and Austrian representatives meeting
at the English EN- bassy, and the French
and Russian diplomats at the residences
Of the Turks minister.
The Italian squadron, which was
about TO leave Alexandria, got orders to
stay, and the officers on leave were re-
called TO their ships. Yesterday the
British and Italian ambassadors az Con-
stantinople sent Joint note To the
Grand Vizier saying that the iirman
must be altered or Eyoub Pasha re-
called There seems 20 have been 10
mistaKing the emphatic and peremptory
character OF the note, and there was az
| Immediate result.
A telegram was received by the Khe-
dive from the Sultan to-day saying that
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the definition OF the frontier. IL trans
pircd that Eyoub Pasha had two docu-
ments OF investiture-one slicing of a
portion Of Egypt and the other conso-
nant with Lord Salisbury's view. To-
nights Cairo dispatches state that the
| settlement has excited the greatest sat
| isfaction there. The foreign Office au-
thorities are reticent, except that they
confirm the statement that the diiiicnity
! is on point OF solution, although tho
! day for the investlture OF the khediye
| is not fixed.
At meeting in Belfast OF the Ulster
! Defense Committee, the Mayor presid-
| ing, TO arrange for convention, went a
degree beyond the recent Ulster COM
moners gathering In the violence OF
their Trades. The pretence OF secrecy
OF the proceedings enabled the speakers
to indulge i'm warlike trumpetlngs, aud
the resolutions recorded listers deter
mlnation TO have nothing 10 do with
the Doubln Parliament. which Is cei.
tain 10 be controlled by men.who are re-
sp0nslble for the crimes the league. cru
elites and boycotting. and who are mere
tools Of clerical domination, aud an al
tempt 20 set up such a Parliament
will inevitably result In disorder.
violence and bloodshed % an
extent that has been unknown
in ireland for a century. Maj. SauI-
derson denies that the British PIrlia-
ment had any right 70 hand them over
to another legislature which they would
never obey, and the statement was re-
! cpiyed with frantic cheering. Finally,
general and executive committees were
appointed. The public sense Of the
danger aud Importance OF this agitation
| Is growing. over one hundred non
conformist Irish ministers have agreed
20 be deputies for the Ulsterites and
stump Great Britain 10 arouse a relig-
| ious animus.
The great cotton spinning lockout
will begin on the 18th inst There Is no
sign OF the employers giving way. Most
Of the mills are heavily stocked, and
stoppage will be advantageous 10 them.
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