Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1882 — THE WAR IN EGYPT. [ARTICLE]

THE WAR IN EGYPT.

Abdellal Pasha, who commanded at Damietta, surrendered to the British on the. 19th of September. With the surrender of Abdellal ceased the last remnant of organized resistance to the authority of the Khedive, and that functionary at once proceeded to Cairo, the capital city, under escort of Indian cavalry. The entire population of Zagu/.ig is again at work in the fields, the telegraph censorship has been abolished, and trains have been restored between Cairo and Kafir-el Dwar. The t civil government of Egypt is the next grave question to be conk,dciod, und the establishment of a gendarmerie officered by Englishmen is already seriously discussed. A Turkish newspaper advises that the property of the rebels be confiscated and distributed among the sufferers from incendiarism and pillage. Efforts are being made to secure the services of a prominent English lawyer to defend ArabL If capital sentences are passed on the Egyptian leaders, they must not be carried ‘ out without the consent of the British Government is first obtained. An Alexandria dispatch states that Arabi Pasha was ill in prison, and had for a companion Mahmoud Fehmy, his Chief Engineer. Disturbances and outrages prevailed in the interior,, and the houses and factories of Europeans were being robbed and burned. Wholesale arrests of Arabi’s supporters were being made. Arabi.insisted that all his acts were instigated by the Khedive and the Bultan. An Alexandria dispatch, of Sept. 22, states that Gandeel, who was Prefect of Police at Alexandria at the time of the massacre in June, has been captured by the British and placed in irons. One thousand Bedouins had occupied the intrenchments at Kafr-el-Dwar which the British abandoned. Arabi, while in power, despoiled the national treasury of £200,000, £IB,OOO of which has been recovered. The Ambassadors advised the Porte to act in accord with the British policy in Egypt Arabi and all of his supporters, the dispatches stated, would be tried by courtmartial A dispatch from Alexandria says that property In that city valued at £1,000,000 \yiil be confiscated to indemnify sufferers by the massacre. Damietta surrendered on the 22d of September. All rebel officers at Ramleh below the rank of Colonel have been released The English have abandoned the works erected at Port Said. The Princes Ibrahim, Hamid and Kamil, who signed the petition asking for the deposition of the Khedive last May, called at the palace in Cairo, but were ordered to leave at once. The Khedive has issued a manifesto declaring England has great interests in Egypt, both in regard to finances and traffic through the Suez canal; that for the protection of those interests she was compelled to interfere, bat that she has no intention of annexing the country. The Khedive announces he has authorized Gen. Wolseley to represent him in restoring order and punishing rebels. All loyal Egyptians are called upon to render Wolseley every assistance. A.ny one refusing will be treated as a rebel it would appear that a gendarmerie for Egypt is already being organized in Europe, as a party of enrolled men have started from Geneva Their pay is from 150 to- 300 francs per month, and French and Italians are ineligible. British troops dismounted the guns at Ghemileh, and the people have resumed their ordinary vocations, It is generally believed in Egypt that no rebels will be executed, but that they will b.e banished and their property confiscated. The Khedive has offered the British Consul General the grand cross of the order of OemanlL Egypt is now again entirely under the authority of the Khedive. Accompanied by his Ministers, he was escorted by the Bengal Lancers to the railway station at Alexandria, to. the music of the Egyptian national anthem, and left for Cairo oh the 25th of September. Arriving at Cairo they were received by the Duke of Connaught and Gen. Wolseley, and driven through crowded, streets to Gliegireh Palace Abdellal Pasha, Suleiman Bey and others were sent k> Cairo under' military guard. It is learned that Arabi Pasha declined the services of French, German and Russian officers. He is heartily sorry he fought the English, as they have shown such magnanimity to the prisoners and wounded. He thinks all the notables and prominent men connected with the rebellion should be sent out of the country. A gen. ral amnesty will be decreed by the Khedive, except to about six persons connected with the Alexandria massacre. Baker Posba wdl effect the reorganization or the Egyptian army.