The Italian and Egyptian Governments are engaged in a serious
quarrel. A Central-African expedition recently left Italy, under the command of the Marchese Antinori, who was furnished with an autograph letter from the King to the Khedive. Never- theless, the following finnan was issued to the Emir of Zeila :— "Four or five Italians will arrive at Zeila. Give them men to show them their way, whatever may be the part to which they desire to go. As regards the purchase of camels or other things they may require, you are not to concern yourself." The Emir, of course, took this as an order to worry the party into retreat, and did it so effectually, by seizing camels and so on, that the expedition will be delayed a year. The Italian Government has demanded explanations from the Khedive, and though it has denied any intention of using force, will, it is believed, exact some kind of an apology.
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