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The rumour that, at Arabi's request, the Memas have de-

posed the Sultan and put the Shereef of Mecca in his place has The rumour that, at Arabi's request, the Memas have de- posed the Sultan and put the Shereef of Mecca in his place has again been current this week, and though there is no confirma- tion as yet, if greatly that is the sort of event which Moslem fanaticism,

excited, might be expected to produce. It would be received with great consternation even at Constantinople, where the Sultan well knows that it would cost him the s?Priort of the fanatical party. In Arabia and North Africa there is simply no calculating the result of such a stop before-

hand. It might turn out a coup masque, or it might make our work i n Egypt far more arduous than any one now has the least conception of.

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