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Show WAR NEWS. A correspondent has an interview with the sultan. ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 14.-After the guards had been inspected, General Adaze formed the officers into a circle, and pointed out the duties and hardships of campaigning. He reminded them that they must be prepared to meet an enemy of great strength, courageous, determined and well-armed. He cautioned them against being too sanguine and over-confident, and to guard against surprises. Arabi Pasha's ?? on Aboukii Ridge is drawn in. LONDON, Aug. 14.-Five complete railway teams, consisting of twelve carriages each, were purchased for use in Egypt. NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-The Herald's Constantinople correspondent says: In an audience granted to your correspondent at Yildiz Palace, this afternoon, the Sultan expressed himself freely upon the Egyptian question. He intimated yesterday his wish for an interview, and appointed 9 o'clock as the hour. After the usual delays preliminary to being admitted to the royal presence, and the form ?? customary upon presentation, the Sultan, in reply to a question about the relation of Egypt spoke as follows. The conversation was carried on entirely through an interpreter. The situation in Egypt, said the Sultan, was not serious until the presence of ?? precipitated affairs and exasperated the people. Arabi's party then took advantage of the situation to inflame the people. What does your Majesty consider the original cause of the trouble? I will explain, there have been in all Egyptian public departments a great number of English and French employees, appointed and kept in place by the influence of English and French Comptrollers, and these employees profited enormously by the abuse of their places, which they held to the exclusion of Arabs. They constantly extended the brown privileges and increased their preferences until Arabi, who was then a Colonel in the service, took offense and in this way a breach occurred between Arabi and the Khedive and difficulties arose which might easily have been arranged had not the appearance of fleets aroused native feeling and destroyed my plans for the reconciliation of opposing factions and a peaceable settlement of the troubles. I had already sent to Alexandria a commission including Dervesch Pasha Achmed Essad Effend, Lebid Effend and Cedil Effend to act as arbitrators but the action of the English rendered their plans useless. Lebid Effend, who has just returned, will give you a written statement of the case more at length. What does your Majesty think of the bombardment. It was most cruel and unjust, the English forbade the Egyptians to fortify their own works and then while defenseless opened fire upon them. This was an unjust and inhuman act and contrary to the laws of nations. The English claim that they were dealing with rebels. In that case it was England's duty to inform the sovereign power to leave the settlement to that authority instead of taking the law in her own hands. The English say there is no justice among us. Yet let us look at Ireland. England's Irish subjects are simply asking a right which here in Turkey is universally granted to the people. Such troubles as the Irish agrarian riots would be impossible in Turkey. England boasts of her superior justice, yet we have what she does not grant to her subjects, an equitable land law under which farmers and even farm laborers are protected in their rights. What is your Majesty's opinion about the result of the present troubles? I am sure that when all the facts are known in America and other impartial countries the action of England will be condemned as arbitrary and unjust. If England's object is to protect her own interests in India she has taken the wrong course. She will never be allowed by the other Powers to occupy Egypt alone. France would insist upon the maintainance [maintenance] of a free neutral province or a joint occupancy. In either case there would be more danger to the canal than under the Turkish rule. Any Englishman who has any brains in his head understands that the interests of England is in the maintainance [maintenance] of Turkish power. It has been the intention and desire of the Turkish government to maintain the status quo in Egypt. It was endeavoring to bring about a peaceful settlement of local disaffection when the fleet appeared and precipitated a crisis. NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-The Herald's Alexandria correspondent had the following interview with the Khedive to-day in the Palace of Ras ld Jin. Correspondent-Is it true that Arabi offers terms of surrender? Khedive-No, Arabi sent me a message that it was impossible to recognize me as the Khedive, while the English troops were in Egypt, and that it would be better that all Egypt should be in ashes than in the hands of the English. Arabi forgets that had the Egyptian troops obeyed my orders not to abandon the forts and to remain in Alexandria the English landing in Alexandria would have been unnecessary. Correspondent-What mission had De Lesseps to Arabi? Khedive-I was not consulted on the matter. Arabi has given a safe conduct to De Lesseps and he informed me that he required De Lesseps to meet him tonight at Damanhour. Correspondent-Have Osman ?? and the Circassian officers who have just arrived from Stamboul brought your Highness any special message from the Sultan. Khedive-No. I shall immediately form a body guard, with these Circassians as officers, and thus form the nucleus of a new Egyptian army. The Khedive spoke most warmly of the loyalty shown him by General Stone and praised the energy of Consular Agent Long. NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-The Herald's Alexandria correspondent had an interview with Reouf Pasha, who arrived here yesterday from Cairo and from Arabi's camps. Correspondent-When did you see Arabi? Reouf-Thursday, at Kabr el Dwar. Correspondent-Did he show any signs of the white feather? Reouf-No, he will fight till the last. The whole nation backs him. He told me. ‘I have the moral support of France and Italy, the friendly advice of De Lesseps and the Italian Consul and I have friends in Baron DeRing and members of the Stamboul Conference. I will fight till the English or myself are exterminated." LONDON, Aug. 14-The army of occupation in Egypt will be reinforced by the third division of the First Army Corps. A number of regiments are ordered in readiness for active service. The troop ship Malabar is at Portsmouth, under order to take this week about 2,000 additional officers and men to strengthen the regiments already in Egypt, while five other detachments of artillery will embark on the transport ?? at Woolwich. SUEZ, Aug. 14.-Rebels in great force have taken up a position immediately threatening the canal. The English Admiral occupied the front works. He will not have any interference whatever from De Lesseps. ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 14.-Fires of considerable magnitude were visible to-day in the rear of the enemie's position at ??. The steamer Holland, with the Household Cavalry, and the troop ship ?? with the Cameron Highlanders and a battalion of the Derbyshire regiment arrived. |