The Sultan Concurs.
Dervishes Regarded as Heretics, Advance of the Expedition. [United Press Association. 1 Lo.vdom, AprilJS. iho Forte protested against the friendly M madmen in tho Soudan fighting their co-religionists tho Dervishes without consulting his Highness as Caliph and Defender of the Faith. The Cairo authorities replied that the Dervishes against whom the Dongola expedition is directed are heretics, and that there could be no infringement of the Sultan's firmans, since its object was the re-conquest of Egyptian territory. Upon this the Sultan gave way and acquiesced in the views of tho Egyptian Government. Three armoured steamers will be sent up the Nilo in June to Ferkeh, midway between tho second and third cataracts. " . ... i i—.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 89, 16 April 1896, Page 2
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117The Sultan Concurs. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 89, 16 April 1896, Page 2
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