Khartoum Two Years After.

Evening Star, Issue 7161, 15 March 1887, Page 2

Khartoum Two Years After.

Strangely enough, on the second anniversary of General Gordon’s death, a report of the state of things in Khartoum is published. A Greek has arrived at Suakin (says ‘The Times’ correspondent) from Khartoum via Kassala and Massowah. He states that for twelve years he was a resident in Khartoum, and for three years was in the police force. He confirms the published accounts of Gordon’s capture. He was beheaded and the body thrown into a well, Abdulla Khalifa has been proclaimed Sultan, and his army is estimated to number 300,000. The Arabs have no intention of marching against Egypt if they are not molested. Lupton Bey and a German officer escaped from the massacre of Hicks’s army, and; are in the rebel service, with many of the Egyptian soldiers. Steamers are running on the Nile, trade is flourishing, and provisions are plentiful. There are large stocks of gum arid ivory, but cotton stuffs are scarce, and are sold at fabulous prices. English sovereigns are valued at two dollars each. The rebels have introduced a gold and silver coinage, but only Mussulmans are permitted to trade. There was no trustworthy news of Emin Pasha. The Greek saw Osman Digna on the Abyssinian frontier collecting troops under Abdulla, in order to ; establish the Khalifa’s authority in Kassala, from which the Abyssinians had withdrawn. Abdulla’s influence in the Soudan is immense.