The Turks announced recently that they had suppressed the rebellion
in Yemen ; but they admit that it has broken out again, and the intelligence is confirmed by news from Aden, where they ought to know everything that happens in South Arabia, but as a rule know nothing. The insurrection is said to be led this time by a descendant of the old Sovereigns of Yemen, who have been dethroned for centuries, and pro- bably is headed by some one whose pedigree gives him in Arab eyes a title to respect. Its object, however, is not to seat a dynasty, but to restore the Arab Khalifate, and in restoring it, to destroy the ascendency of the Ottoman caste. No movement could be so dangerous to the Sultan's power, for it interests at least one"-half his Mussulman subjects, and is obnoxious only to the slowly decaying Ottoman clan. He is, therefore, holding councils and despatching troops from all parts of the Empire ; bat, as usual, there is a great scarcity of money. He should win, for he has regular soldiers and artillery, and the Arabs have neither ; but they are very brave, they have rifles, and when defeated they can retreat to regions where the Turks cannot follow them. One great defeat of the Ottomans would bring the whole population of Arabia to their standard ; but they seem unable to inflict it, possibly from inferiority of weapons.
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