The Daily Telegraph TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 24, 1882.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3524, 24 October 1882, Page 2

The Daily Telegraph TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 24, 1882.

In the light of recent events it is amusing to read the views of the foreign Press on the affairs of Egypt. A Russian paper thus describes the excitement in Turkey at the attitude of England, which is regarded as a direct menace to Islamism : — " The report is spread amongst the people that the Sultan is ready to unfurl the sacred flag of the Prophet. The fears of the Muasulmen are still further enhanced by the fact that the cupola of Aim-Sophia threatens to tall down. The i_norant masses see in this the certain sign of the downfall of the Mussulman world. Meetings take place in mosques, in which imans almost already preach tbe Holy War. The name of Arabi Pasha is on tbe lips of all. He is thought to be a great hero, the defender of the holy cause. The Iman of Ain-Sophia even tried to make out that the bombardment of Alexandria was a victory of Arabi over the English, In the presence of many Mussulman clergymen, and an enormous crowd overfilling the celebrated church, he said : " Arabi is a hero ; he has sunk two English ironclads and silenced the others. He destroyed the Greek ships in tbe roadstead. Then he went to Port Said, and said to the French, 'You are good people, so we will not do you any harm. Go away with God !' " A Turkish native paper, published at Constantinople, boldly asserts that " from a religious point of view, it is impossible for the Sublime Porte to delare Arabi Pashaarebel as demanded by England with so much persistency. This persistency on the part of England can only be regarded as an interference with the sacred rights of the Caliphate. It is impossible to declare this personage a rebel who is always insisting on his faithful obedience to the Imperial Government, especially without the Sovereign Government investigating the causes which have given rise to this affair, which has happened in a country whose seven millions of inhabitants are submissive to it both in a civil and religious sense. The only solution of the question is the occupation of the country by the Turkish troops and the evacuation of it by the English." Concerning the first engagement between Arabi and the English troops another Turkish paper says:—The latest news speaks of a sharp engagement in the vicinity of Ramleh. According to reliable accounts the English could do nothing in this engagement. The cowardice of the English forces is well known. Very likely the severity of the climate will wear out the English. This last fight is a proof of the sufferings and the difficulties the English will meet with in Egypt.