Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1882 — THE WAR IN EGYPT. [ARTICLE]

THE WAR IN EGYPT.

Gladstone announced in the British Commons on the 29th nit. that the Turkish Ambassador had sent a communication to the Government that the Sultan had decided to immediately send troops to Egypt. Arabi Pasha will provide for the safety of the Suez Canal so long as England will respect its noutraltty. The cotton and wheat crops of Egypt are in a woful state from neglected irrigation. The Sultan informed the Secretary of the British Legation that Euglaud’s action with regard to Egyptian affairs irritated him ; that he would do nothing for that country, but would be observant of the wishes of the powers. De Leeseps, on learning that the British troopship Orion intended to land men at Ismallia, started Rt onco for that point, declaring that the English should only debark after passing over his dead body and that of his son. The French Admiral tolegraphod to Paris grave complaints about Do Lesseps’ behavior. He is said to be in daily communication with Arabi Pasha. The British forcos in Egypt have destroyed the fort at Gabari and blown up the large powder magazine at Mekhuron. Dispatcher of Ang. 1 state that the nnmbet of Christians murdered Dy the adherents of Arabi is placed at 550. The attitude of the European powers is now believed to be hostile to English aggression in Egypt, Russia being particularly dissatisfied with tho course taken by the Gladstone Ministry. The Governor of Assioot, the largest city in Upper Egypt, with 2,000 men at hu back, has declared for the Khedive. The Coldstream Guards have embarked at Dublin en route to Alexandria. A.-tivo measures are being taken at Constantinople to accelerate the departure of Turkish troops for the seat "f war. A company of the Sixtieth Rifles occupying an ontpost of the British, outside Alexandria were charged upon on the morning of the 2ci :ust. by infantry and calvary of Arabi, and fled in great disorder, throwing away their rifles and ammunition, which the enemy secured. Nineteen Cairenes who refused to recognize Arabi’s authority have been shot An official statement is published at SL Petersburg that Russia nover indorsed the Anglo-French naval demonstration, but her purpose is to induce Great Britain to “combine her action with that of the Porte,” based on the decisions of the conference. Lord Dufferin explained to the conference that England's sole object was to restore peac9 and the authority of the Khedive in Egypt, and to secure free navigation of the Suez canab and that she would accept the co-operation of any power to effect these results. A reconnoissance was made by the thirty* eighth and sixtieth regiments of British troops on the 3d inst, afid the enemy’s position in front of Alexandria discovered to bo almost totally abandoned. Suez was occupied by marines, and at their approach the Egyptian troops fled. The archives of the American consulate, which it was feared had been destroyed, were found at Cairo. A further massacre of Christians was feared. Seventeen Pashas unfriendly to the Tebel leader were imprisoned at Cairo. De Lesseps dononnees the occupation of the canal by British vessels as an act of war and a flagrant violation of neutrality obligations. A collision between England and Turkey is predicted as the outcome of the present troubles. Bismarck has officially expressed regret at the retirement of De Frevcinet from the French Ministry, and intimated a willingness to support his Egyptian policy. Make the last car an hour later and there are meq who would miss it.