Show TROUBLES arabi influences the notables and country against the khedive the english are alarmed about the lack of water by bev W U telegraph Teles Telez raph to the herald lerald I 11 LONDON july 20 00 A correspondent telegraphs from alexandria everything is at a standstill nothing doing and nothing known the roman wells cannot be cleaned and filled in less than a fortnight fleet can condense sufficient water for the crews and troops but not for the populace who must go afloat or retire to the villages the suez canal and port said are considered most insecure thero there is only a small gunboat in the canal and there are europeans in port said with arabs several hundred soldiers with field guns under Mahr nond Same Sam eyare at port Qu emiel six miles off the town is literally at the mercy of the soldiers and people two british corvettes cor have gone to port said arabi pasha is calling in all the bedouins Bedou ins in the nei neighborhood libo of ramleh alexandria jul july 20 deserters say arabi pasha is not and has no entrenching ing tools arabi havin having erected fortifications just 0 opposite aboukir bay upon the mah mou diell fresh water canal placed a dam in the canal below bis his position close to tho the fortification and cut the canal banks above the dam so as to send water all along in front of liis his position this shows that arabi pasha has made a great mistake as by damming the canal where ho be has secures us plenty of water for some time we have set to work to fill tho reservoirs liere here so as to save all the water possible but plenty will remain in the canal for the present purpose over of arabis soldiers deserted en on wednesday and camo came here A meeting of the sheiks ulemas and notables at cairo was held 1 in n consequence of the receipt of tho khe dives letter dismissing arabi the railway authorities report all ready for the advance of troops at this evening water was still lowing flowing in the fresh water canal but iho the exit irom from tho the canal into the sea sta is being blocked by a party of ina marines so that the water below the point whereat arabi cut it will be retained arabia arabis I 1 line ine extends from lake karotis to aboukir Abou kir haying got some tools he lie is now making works we are in some trepidation about the water and inquiries are making about conden condensers sars tank vessel sup ely ply is ordered here from port said she he will be able to furnish sufficient water for the troops admit al seymour issued a proclamation declaring that by sunset on sunday all pillaged yand unclaimed goods may way be brought to lord charles beresford and that anybody bringing such things by that ime time will not be criminally treated jut but anybody that has goods of that nature and docs does not bring them in if found out will be visited by tho the sei seizure z of personal property and aud the pil ebers punished the proclamation is s intended to meet the th cases of many arabs who have hidden plunder in heir their houses some hav have already brou ht in what they bad respectable inhabitants complain that english soldiers have robbed and pillaged their hour houses ses LONDON july 20 the daib daily telegraph states that lieutenant general sir garnet wolseley will command the expedition to egypt which wi will 11 consist of men of all arms another ba tallion of marines is ordered to prepare at once for service in eg egypt the thi I 1 yv daily nev s believes tho the portes answer to the invitation to send troops is re regarded added by the government as equivalent to refusal and that a force will be sent to egypt without delay NEW YORK july 20 alie heralds alexandria correspondent has the following details arabi after receiving the khedives Khe Klie dives letter sent to yakoob pasha ordering him to assemble the notables seventy or eighty came together and were told by yakoob that the khedive was now entirely in the hands bands of the english men of war and was providing food for the english troops arabis ministers were said to be all in prison at alexandria and guarded by the english the r he chamber was therefore asked to give advice as to what should be done under the circumstances E dwal Edwa ione one of the notables roso rose and said that as the khedive liaa had sold the country to the english he ought I 1 no 10 longer nger to bo be obeyed abush pasha got up and 0 declared that he be did not believe the sta statements temen ts made A great clamor thereupon arose and several officers threatened abush with violence several other notables spoke but those favoring the khedive ivere were afraid to express their views finally a commission waa was appointed composed of ali pasha Mo harrick achmed ad hassan II assan hoosack Moo sack I 1 and others mostly adherents afara of arabi to proceed to alexandria alexandri M to inquire into the existing situation the chief magistrates of bardria Gar dria Meno ofia and Gaho Gabo abia three out lal of the seven provinces of lower egypt hayo have been dismissed and replaced by men of arabis party in the villages all the europeans are being brutally murdered even the natives who have acted as their sc servants rants are butchered two Epy egyptian monta have havo been Stian told off to defend of fend damietta Ua mietta and ros etta the E egyptian authorities join in a very li halfhearted half hearted way in the efforts to restore order and punish criminals they teem seem anxious that the english should bear all the odium of such buell measures among the officers the men composing the entourage surrounding of the khedive aro are regarded with great suspicion and it may eventually be necessary to arrest several of them far for treasonable communication with arabi the khedives Khe dives position is a very difficult one but it would b be e far better if he were to adopt a IL more inore decided and stra straightforward straight I 1 i ht forward cause it is feared here stat thahue the news of tho the coming of the commiE commission sIon from cairo will open the door to fresh talk diplomacy plo macy intrigue and procrastination alexandria july 20 omar pasha luff i governor of 01 alexandria has returned from cairo by way of port said iio ile has made tha following report to the khedive 61 on my n y way to cairo I 1 saw E europeans uro p eans beins massacred and their houses pillaged pillaged at and mahalla Mi halla 1 where tho the alexandria rabble had arrived they cut off the head cf of Ber berins because they served tho the christians arabi pasha had called a meeting 9 at cairo of all the pashas ulemas ule m and notables and askea asked th them e d whether it was right to obey the khedive seeing he lie had sold egypt to the english ordered the military bake houses to make 1500 loaves daily for the british without providing for his own troops and sent telegrams in their name the minister nister of the interior presided at the meeting mahmoud pasha practically directed the discussions sheik hussein recommended a declaration of a holy war ar but at the instance of the coptic patriarch moderation prevailed the meeting appointed a committee to go to alexandria in order to verify the accusations against the khedive it was arranged the committee of seven should start an the dinst going from cairo to Is mailia three missed from froin their post are imprisoned in cairo for obeying the khedive A council of war is held daily 31 mahmoud ahmoud baroudi presiding it is calculated that there is sufficient fresh water in alexandria to last ten days |