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Show THE NEW RULER OF EGYPT. Abbas Pasha Will Qulatly Submit to the Knle of Great llritain. , CoxsTAXTixortn, Jan. 0. The accession of Prince Abbas, oldest son of the late khe-dive, khe-dive, to the throne of Egypt is announced today.. . t -. ' Cairo, Jan. 0. News has reached here of a sensational rumor which has been eircu' lated in London to the effect that the khe. dive's death was hastened by morphine. The Officials at Cairo do not place the least credit in this sensational rumor. Loxnox, Jan. 9. 'The cabinet conn cil yesterday was iuteuded to be th lest until the eve of opening parlia. mcnt. The death of tho khedive, how. ever, upset their plans, and the ministers arc now considering the new situation in According to information gleaned since, the council cabinet decided to treat tho Secession of Abbas Pasha as an event not altering in any wise the British policy. As Abbas Puht does not attain his majority until July 1. the ministers foresee and probably have been, that France aud Russia will Incita the sultan and support his claim as suzerain, to establish a regency. Even six months oi a regent nominated by the sultan might destroy de-stroy the British power in Egypt, and cer. taiuly would lessen British prestige. Tho character of Abbas Pasha, which is not yet formed, might acquiro under a re-geut re-geut a bias hostile to British interests. inter-ests. Abhas is credited with imbibing Eng. lisli ideas aud sympathies from his tutor, Al Butler, who was long iu tho Khedive's service ser-vice and is now a lecturer in Brazenosc College, Col-lege, Oxford. Abhas speaks English fluently as well as Freuch, German and Arabic. Ho is outspoken on the Egyptian question. During his sojourn iu Vicuna he frequently expressed his conviction that British oceu. paiion is necessary. Mi. Philips of tho embassy waited wait-ed upon Abbas, and tho interview inter-view between them has reached tho foreign office. It is understood the telegram was of a compromising nature regarding the new khedive's Inclination not trouble-the trouble-the British regime in Egypt. Count Kal-noky, Kal-noky, the. Austrian Hungarian, a strong, steadfast supporter of British rule in Egypt today had a prolonged interview with 'Aft has and Mr. Phipps at the railway station, The prompt recognition of Abbas as khedive by most of the l-.urodean powers is due to tho instant aud unhesitating; diplomacy of Lord Salisbury. Simultaneous communications from Cairo and London elicited telegrams the Turk. ih Grand Vtzler to Ochrai Pasha, the president of the Egyptian council, indicating that the saltan and luaserie had named Abbas as khedive and desired the minister to continue in office uulil Abbas arrived in the country. Lord Salisbury's auxiety to secure a hold on the new khedive is due to the knowledge that his predecessor was a strong personal factor in European politics, flt' not the figurehead generally supposed to be, and that the power of the new ruler, if ho chooses lo create trouble, is immeasurable. |