WAR IN EGYPT!

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1170, 5 September 1882, Page 2

WAR IN EGYPT!

r (Renter's Telegrams,]: . i ' London, Sept 4, it . A further number .of. regiments are'now ». uhderordersfor service in Egypt,'\hd will i' he despatched at an,early date; ■w'J MAIL SUMMARY. : '•" , London, July 26. Order is now fully restored at Alexandria where Lord Charles Beresford commands, 3 The marines and sailorsare acting as police s force. t ' ..'. ... V . . •", A large fire broke out iii the native quarter f yesterday, supposed to be caused by incendiarism The Khedive is now regularly installed in " Kas-el-tin Palace, and is .in constant comi municatiou with the commanders of the land ■ force of the fleet, ' ... i Frequent rumors have been current the [ last few days that Arabics, about to offer j battle, but reports are unconfirmed.. It is i stated, on the contrary, that he has fallen t back on Damanhour, . -. , . The English troops are in a strongly iorti- , fied position at Ramleh aud had advanced a quarter.of a m'le nearer' the enemy's out- . posts. The English ;-,uns are placed on ; rising ground commanding the enemy's 1 approach. The English flank is protected on i one side by Lake Aboukir, and oh the other s by Lake Mareobis, It is feared Arabi may execute his threat ) of flooding the country by letting but thes small canals communicating with the Nile, j thus covering the country with one sheet of water, and rendering the British advance impossible. 6,000 soldiers and marines are now" in and near Alexandria. The sailors have been withl drawnfrom the ships. ) The troops bear the heat extremely well, > Scarcely any sickness has occurred among [ -thein. 1 Arabi's force is vatiously estimated, but , probably is not less than 15,000 or 20,000, . Some reports speak of thousands flocking to ! his standard, and there is no doubt that Arabi impresses every able-bodied man he | can reach, and that the authorities of Cairo are wholly under his influence. 1 Some accounts in-ue his army IOO.OOO' 1 but this is probably a great exaggeration! *'"' 1 The expeditionary force for Eg /pt is fully i organised, and several regiments composing I it will include 3rd battalion of Coldstreams, ■ 3rd battalion of Grenadiers. The cavalry i comprises 150 men each, from theLifeGuards ; and the Horse Guards. . . India sends 5000 men under General ' Macpherson; they will probably be assigned to special duty, and will not be ania'gainatid with the main force. _' Sir Garnet Wolso- ' ley is Commander-in-Chiet, Major' Swain Military Secretary, Lieutenant General Adje - Chief of Staff, Devmty : General Colonel i Dorger Assistant Quarter-Master, General Colonel Grenfell, Colonel - Mugent senior Commissariat Officer, Commissary General Morris. Thei / principal Medical Officer ia Deputy Surgeon General Hanbury, Chiefy Intelligence Department is Deputy .Major 1 Commander Ardagh, Commander of Cavalry is General Drury Commander of First Division is General Willis, Gomiiander of First Brigade is General Alison now in comi mand at Alexandria; Second Brigade General Sir Evelyn Wood. The Guards will serve in the Me of Connaught's Brigade; Prince Teck is attacked to Sir Garnet 1 Wolseley's Staff, 1 After four nights debate the House , of i Commons laat night passed a vote of credit i for £2,300,000 by 275 against 19 votes",' ) Opposition speakers regarded the amount as inadequate, and acoused the Government of ■ not recognising the gravity of the orisis, The , speeches of the leading Members of the Op- '. position were generally, however, of afeeie e character. . ' During the debate Mr Goschen delivered 1 a remarkable speech which converted several 1 Liberals who intended to vote against the Government. Goscher, strongly opposed the , polioy of looking to the Porte 'for any cooperation to re-establish peace and order-in r Egypt. The speaker also urged the 'desirr - ability of England 'acting alone, as immediately England decided to send an expedidition to Egypt Turkey expressed its readiness to accept the long'standing invitation i of a conference, Now, in view of the fact' that England was thoroughly in earnest'the 1 Porte also consent* to send troops to Egypt. 3 He believed, however, this is simply intended ' to avert English intervention or to at least 1 ereate fresh delay until the rising of tlie Nile and the approach of the autumn season which will.render ooei-ations of-European 5 troops in the Nile Delta dangerous if riot ! impossible. . The Hon, Mr Gladstone, however, de- - dared to day that Earl Dnfferin had been 1 instructed to declare to the Porte that - England would be glad to co-operate with any power, but .that the Sultan must be 3 called upon to state the date of despatc.K.'of ■ troops. England has also required that be- • fore the troops are despatched, a procla- • mation shall be issued, upholding Prinoe Tewfik, and denouncing Arabi as a rebel. r Setting aside problematical Turkish no--1 operation, it seems .certain that England i will act alone. Even for the protection of 1 the Suez Canal, the French Minister of I Marine only asked a credit of £400,000 for t the expense or sending some 5000 marines to assist in guarding the canal,. The canal committee, howover, rejected even this i small demand and Freyoinet yesterday an--3 nounced that in view of the Sultan's consent , to send troops the debate on credit would he j adjourned till'to-morrow, _ j The greatest distrust exists amongst j powers with regard to the Egyptian ques- ? tion. They are unanimous in; nothing but j jealousy of English intervention. The . Italian press displays a most virulent anti•English feeling. ;The Austrian' press is cold if hot'unfriendly. Some Prussian papers hint that Russia will, oppori-; itunity f 'projects in Central Asia, evidentlysupposingthat England 1 j wjll.hrvelier hands full of Egypt, The Ger--3! -man pre'sii is ; cold and ■ ■ cri^ga l , very few > papers writing in a friendly strain towards r England, v

1 .y ' . • The 'Oarrnan Government maintain a very J s , reseryedMtitude upon the Egyptian ques-'j * f '.tioijjjin fact the European Gorjrnhlents •■.-ieelSito'lie confidering not so*%iibh the 5 Egyptian Question as what it will lead to, 5 and fifbe very!cautious accordingly.'., , ' _ Erom.tlje debates in the French Chambers it is certain; that France fears to commit ' ' herself to ''extreme operations in Egypt, from an uncertainty of' Prince Bismarck's i; designs, and will nottoke part in the pro- - --iebtion-6i-l£e^Banar«itlioiJt;''tHe < 'approval of : ; Germany and. Austria, whoso alliance 6he ! hassq closely cultivated since the French " ■oconpatioff'of'Tnn-'Br^--^~^~"--""--t Colonel Braokenbury has resigned the - appointment of Assistant Under-Secretary at Dublin, ■; I ; Lord Kimberley has provisionally rer placed John Bright in the Duohy of Lancaster, retaining the Secretaryship of the I Colonies, j Mr Gladstone yesterday announced that he had been cpmpelled to relinquish the Corrupt Praotices Bill. | -""