New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-24
MORE TROOPS FOR EGYPT.
.rTInN OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
vrryFoRcEMENIS NOT LIKELY TO BE
1IDGE-EXCITEMENT IN CAIRo-A LONG
CABINET COUNCIL IN LONDON
FRANCE; POSITION.

CABINET COLNNlL IN loNDON-
FRANCE; POSITION.
,..ao, Ian. 23.--It is officially announced that
p,tsh Government has decided upon a slight
..osa W of the British troops in Egypt in view
- foct that recent occurrences have threatened
s,.,n,b the public security. The rcnforccments
W" 49,. likely 20 exceed 900 troops and two war
~. ,or Alexandria and Port Said and one war
ship for sacz.
~. gryptian situation is assuming gravity
,,.L N, the time overwhelms in the public mind
~ .,her issues, including even Irish Home Rule.
az l.s po.eberv has received teleeraphic advice,
Lord Cromcr to the effect that the KhcdiVe
I;,,;maird his intention TO refer To the Turkish
S-,..r and 10 the treaty Powers the action of
r..spd in causing the dismissal of the Fakhri
~h;,et Other adviccs from Cairo say that the
.,,ss arr in a more excited condition than at
49, 49, ,ravions time since the outbreak under the
,..a.rsbip OF Arab Pacha. While a considerable
-, of the moderate and intelligent natives
r"nnor, the British position, the multitude take
'sIas with the Khedive and against what they call
inldel dictatlon.
,tr Gladstone caused a Cabinet Council to he
..uod to-day 10 consider the Egyptian crisis. The
W,,ouis of Ripon Secretary for IKE Colonies,
.ho is ILL., left his he'd to lie present at the meet
~, which lasted two hours. While the Cabinet
.ra, in session stream of kilograms kept pouring
,,,o the Foreign Office from Cairo and We're inn
rosd,a,ely transmitted 10 the Cabinet. The pro-
IonCel session of the Cabinet is understood 10
,sve been due 10 difference of opinion as to the
nAoessity OF reinforcing the British army of
ocrupation in Egypt, with view both 10 pro-
,ec,jpr British interests az Cairo and to guarding
the frontier against the dervishes, who have re-
Gently become exceedingly menacins.
A note reached Lord ROsehery on Saturday
from the French Foreign Office in relation 10
Frvptiau affairs The note stated that the French
G0vernlnrnt while rcfraining from Oblcctlng 10
Riaz Pacha as Premier would MAINTAIN the rlSht
Of the Khedye to choose his Ministers.
Cairo. JAN 23-Ihe Khedive denies any inten-
ton to dismiss British officials from the Egyptian
service Ismail Pacha's son, chief of the khedive's
military household, has resigned, but his fesi9na-
ton has not been accepted
4 correspondent lad an interview to-day
with Lord trfomer, the British representative
in Egypt. In, reply 10 questions r, about
no cause TO apprehcnd disturbance, but you are
at liberty to say that if a disturbance should
occur guarantee il woul! be OF short duration.
The British force in Egypt numbered at the begin
ming Of the year 3.4Oo Major General Forester
Walker Is In command The whole Egyptian Army,
however is indirectly under British control. about
sixty English officers holding commands among the
10000 native troops. and General +. W. Kitchener
having control as -indar Of the army organization.
The native troops have reached high degree OF ei'
cheney Qp.ar their EnrlsI drill masters.
THE SULTAN CONGRATULATES TIE KllED1NE.
Paris, Jan. ga dispatch from Cairo says that
the Sultan has teleeraphcd u the Khedive his con
gratulaons Oh the attitude which the Khedve has
assumed in respect TO the DTmation Of Cabinet IN,
dependently OF English Interference. The sultan WIFI
tha kIesiiy nj ~