, 1894-02-24
(Specfotor 27M Jaa.l.


A grave incident has occurred in Egypt.
The young Khedive, who allows his anti
English feeling to be most plainly seen, has
been travelling in Upper Egypt. and at Wadi
Halfa, the furihefmost military station, in
suited all the European officers. Their
regiments, he said, quite nntiuly, were in 8
disgracetul state, while the regiments com
manded By Egyptians We're i'll admirable
order. General Kitchener at once resigned,
and, although hs has been persuaded to
remain, 1t has been decided that the Under
Secretary tor War, who was on the spot. must
be dismissed and that the Khedive must issue
q General Orier acknowledging the excellent
condition Of the frontier forces. 1t IL not
yet known whether AbLas ii. viii fully com.
ply with the dsmand-though the latest
reports point to his ubmIssiou-and if he
does not it will he necessary either to remove
him or 10 limit his authority 1t is simply
impossible to maintain discipline III the face
OF such speeches, and it is not quite certain
that the last one was a mere explosion Of
ill.temper and dislike for the foreigner. The
Khedlve may have meant something even
more serious, namely, to reprimand the
Soqdanese Regiments, who are attached to the
English, and praise the Egyptian Regiments,
whom he supposee to be devoted to himself.
l. HiS Stbtuo y DC lIlC lt1 tIbNSlON u lu6 L T6ucu
an Egypt, and their Minister. TO the general
surprise, has. pronounced the Khedive's con
duct inexcusable. Even lie does not wish for
military mutiny, sure to be directed in the
end against the whole European colony.
A9uiet kind Of coup d'etat has been effected
in Servia. The Radical Ministry, after dis
organising the provinces by leaving the local
authorities unchecked, and 80 employing the
Treasury that the Amy for some months has
been unpaid, proposed to embody and arm the
provincial Militia. King Alexander, believ-
ing that this meant his own dethronement,
sent for his father, King Milan, who, in spite
Of the law forbidQing him to enIer Servia, at
once appeared in Belgrade. He was rap
turously welcomed by the Army. and King
Alexander, after a VAIN attempt to induce his
Ministry to abandon anti-dyndstic projects,
dismissed them and appointed a Ministry of
Affairs, with M. Simitch, a man said to be of
experience and Judgment, at it's head. NJ.
Simitch has prorogued the Skuptchina to an
indefinite date, after a scene in which he was
hooted, and forbidden to gead the Royal
Message, and will, it is believed, endeavour
to restore order in such a way that when the
King diss0lves he may nominate his own
Parliament. The peasantry. it is said, show
symptoms of a desire to resist, but they can
not defeat the Army, and the Car will lend,
Them no aid. He has, ID fact, forwarded to
Belgrade a message declaring that, as hia
Government have always acknowledged the
Obrenovitch dynasty, he shall view any at
tempt to remove it with disfavour. That il
fatal to any idea of instruction, for the
candidate was the Prince of Montere-
gro. and he, of course, cannot move a step
without the Cars permission. Nothing can
be more curious than the superiority OF King
Milan, essentially a fane@r, to every politi
clan in Servia. The moment lie is present
everybody falls into rank