THE WAR IN EGYPT.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2921, 5 August 1882, Page 2

THE WAR IN EGYPT.

THE GUARDS EMBARK FOR EGYPT. SIR GARNET WOLSELEY IN COM- . HAND. ' ■ ■ ENGLAND INSISTS UPON THE CONTROL OF THE TURKISH TROOPS. BRITISH TROOPS OCCUPY SUEZABABI THREATENS ALEXANDRIA. . London, August 3. Two regiments of Household Cavalry the First and Second Life Guards, sailed, to-day for Egypt. Sir Garnet Wolseley embarked to-day at Marseilles for Egypt, to assume command of the British forces in that country. Constantinople August 2. The conference of European Ambassadors is continuing its sitting. The Porte has sent a communication to the Conference asking its approval of a proposal that the issue of proclamation declaring Arabi a rebel against the Imperial authority, tbould be deferred until the Turkish troops have Egypt. Lord Dufferin, in reply to the communication, reiterated the declaration that the aims of England in Egypt were entirely unselfish, and stated that the British Government. insisted that Arabi should be proclaimed a rebel by the Sultan, prior to the debarkation of Ottoman troops. The British Ambassador further declared that unless the Porte, agreed to these terms, the British Government would .adopt measures to •prevent the landing of troops in. Egypt., Augusts. It has transpired that the proposal submitted to the Conference by the Italian Ambassador, that the neutrality of the Sues Canal ’should be secured by a collective naval protection, was discussed by the Representatives of. the Powers. The plenipotentiaries of Germany, Austria, Russia and Turkey have accepted the proposal, bat the British and French Ambassadors have not, it is understood, yet given any definite decision upon the point. Alexandria, August 3. Further accounts are to hand regarding the recent attack of Bedouins upon the British position at Ramieh. The statement that the outpost : retreated in disorder is incorrect. The picket, as previously stated, was taken by surprise and fell back, but in perfect order. The Arabs fled on the arrival of reinforcements from the camp. , : Augusts. A considerable force of British troops has been despatched to Suez, and has occupied that place. (Fee Cable to Press Association). [“ Age” Special.] London, August 3, Morning, The Turkish papers have been officially warned against attacking Arabi Pasha, as an amicable solution of the difficulty will probably follow the landof the Turkish troops in Egypt. It is announced that Arabi threatens an attack on Alexandria. Evening. The British troops are massing in front of Alexandria, expecting Arabi’s attack. Germany, Russia, and Austria have consented to join in preserving the neutrality of the Suez Canal. As agreed to by the Conference, the British troops have occupied Suez.