WAR IN EGYPT!

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1147, 9 August 1882, Page 2

WAR IN EGYPT!

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i T". "i •Under, Secretary, ior 'foreign was .qu6Btioii«a iw to ; thai truth, of tlie' refibi t which was current that the 'English Government had instructed Earl Diiffenn to deliver.an-ultimitum'' to ''the Porto re- : quiring that 'Arabi should be proclaimed a rebel before the Turkish troops,are landed ill' Egypt. 5 ''; li i , i W ! GhM» Dilke, stated that'there was' no truth whatever in the report. In answer to.fur'ther in;tj Ohfii'lea' stated' tli tb p conferat Gonatautinople liad no control over any military t action.; that;.' may beltalcon by Eiiglaud ln.thj) Suez Canal, j ; ' •" v ': '' \ " Augußt 8, morning, It" has transpired that iustrucitous have . b(3iH)!.-seiit «byvtlie'i Government |to Earl Duffovin,..at .Oonatantinoplo, that he should only constat, <hV behalf jof England j to the proposed ctillebtiva'protection of the Su'ei; Canal, 'by'the whole ,of the Powers being adopted .as a temporary\neasure;; The ihatrupticVps,•furtherj inquire that Earl Dufferiri should deelme;to : give an unqualified assent' to the proposal of the Italian:delegate' tb' tlie'Oonference for the collective' protiaci ion of the Canal. . Constantinople, Aughat 7, In bas.tiow transpired l [Turkish troops under orders/for: Eijypt; will at present.only proceed 'to Crete, where tlley will await further, instructions frmn the Porte, '

August 7, evening, Further communications have; passed between the: British Ambassador and the ■Ottoman Government regarding jtbe Remand of the former'-'that' "Arabi i be rebel prior'to f tlie debarkation iif any Turkish troops in) Egypt, aud it haß now been ascertained that the Porto has finally promised Eavl tiufforin 'shall be'-proclaimed a .rebel before the landing of any pttoman;troopa, in accordance with'the demand .of : Eul»land, ; r,'. < ii •.,

~ u i ... London,.. August y7,' ■,; Lordi,Duffenn; on boiialf of England, has accepted Italy's.proposal to 'the Oonferoncein reference to the Suei iCanal. IVance hasreserved ita deoiston, .pending the preaßnt'orisia,' :: ! The Pashas are urging the appointment of Baker :Paslja - ld<aommnnd of a division,r-ut,: • r U!

R.i /Three, ilnmsaud ' Turkish = troop's have [ sailed from Sttlonicn for Egypt,; l i ; 'Arabi 1 ' Ho' make' !a(deter- . miiicd resist littce' ut • ißtriiiila. t f j '-'■ Russia iVmobilisihg'hpr forces in Asia Minor, as near JStairilipur, aa /possible, in (siise'of an Aiiglo-Turltisb^war,■!

The Black Watch 42nd Regiment have embarked at Portsmouth for the seat,of •War.'; .• i.:." : ..v - ; 1

Desultory liglititi!; IS taking place !at the outpustß in front of Alexandria.;.) j