WAR IN EGYPT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1126, 15 July 1882, Page 2

WAR IN EGYPT.

-REUTERS TELEijKAMiS.', £ • • [We published the an extra >'*'■'•" . 1 RUBE QF' THE EGYPTIANS, j CITY. SET FIRE TO. • ' EGYPI'IA'NS ENRAGED. ; ONE HUNDRED EUROPEANS MASSACRED.; ' HOERI3LE ATROCITIES. V, ' RESCUE OF SURVIVORS,' ■

\ AIE^DRIA£jtily 13. It is now known that the flag-bf tmfce'' wd's lioMtM §jf. : thft.Egyptians merely toenails the . troopsto safety from the forts. .. and iintrenchsft f positioh& Th*e whole of the army whi#Was the city, has re^tedsmtQs^ie-in-terior, arid the. fortifications! have'been entirely' abandoned. on fire, in seyeyal.places by a body' .of released, convictis,-. .and the

'The ])ppulace vMbntly' ehragea We' .made peans , remiiimng : . .in. lia§ beens|&^^ Europeans haYe been massif cred.;. v Most .liQvrible ateorift tik^||^||B^d^mitted : by; ■ A through t|e inob to the beach, where \yerei.. by boats frpfti, |he 'JngMi [ships aad : • ; Khedive"®st" disappeared/ and his<wh , again unknojp.. 'OJv '■

TSEi : £&£% ' . CONFLAGRATION 7 .SPREADING. • RUMORED* |GY£TiaJQRCISS. ; POWERS INVITED TO ASSIST IN RESTORING ORDER. THEKiEDr#: TO%NDS OFTHE BRITISH.. THE SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED. Alexandria, July 13. The Khedive has taken refuge in his palacefrom the city of Alexandria. A large body of : trotfp'g' sV|rrQunile3;lfis|palace*and are His Majesty's condition is deemed fears' are : entertained for nui safety!" The city is still many parts, but'the is, tk<) quarters, 'aad it tlie^i^. tioxi* 'df' tho' porV. 'ThV Admiral'has landed a men to stay the flames.if possibje, but this will be.a work df'enormbul'difficulty. 'Jt is thatt^e.^Egyptian trtfbpslfaVftHssed'm fcrcfe outside the' city, liu(ij^b..th^;sam€:::^in(i^;other»---say: that they are demoralised and are rapidly retreating "into the interior. It .is .fiiisjjected--that,..tcpvji forts have' besnyunliermin6a%yi;h'e' Egyptians in : EiiglisE. '• " { ' • ™ Admirali';%.fflpui/'hJs , 'receiv l ed ,in- : structions'. from- England .no£ ,'to.dis : . maiitte'tHe to* invite' the Khediye to restpyftijorder in concert with Dervish Pasha, the ..Turkish special commissioner, The Admiral ?pnjroandera,(|f. the fleets' of oilier European Powers lying off.,thevport tb;.-c(>operate''W;itb- him inrestoring order.. , • • ■ r v '

. The .city coritin.ues.4a a-.state-of coiiir' plete anarchy and'.lawlessness.'., it is. .now overrun •derers, released conyicts.and/inaraviders, who ar.f eveify- direction, ■to tha bouses, xfocity. inajr be. said to be up to rapine and-fire. •<■ • 'i-A English marines from the ! the raaraiiders; The latter scatterecl in all dead bysje jfii;e of mavin^s. ; .|he:. j£i»l»pbw^ug''^e , fliTOderew in lootingi'the city. .v,.'-,,-^X' ; '■' ■■, It- 'has been that the Khedive has ''e'Speclj; from f Lamleh palace, and has succeeded in getting on ..board a vessel, in -the harbor. His Majesty is accotfipanied .by. Dervish Pasha,.,w]i§se life isMso'imperil owing to the fury of the mob, ■ Intelligence 2 Eaa-beSn- received that the new.tea,Reaper;..Glonlyon....from; China is abound in the ' Suez 'canal,' and the latter is therefore blocked. ' It is stated in addition that the Arabs have attacked and' are looting thflivessel, but this' latier :' information requires .con* firinatton. j. -..