THE HATED SOUDAN.
THE THREATENED CAMPAIGN. NOT WORTH A BRITISH SOLDIER. WOLSELEY’* OPPOSITION. London, Dec. 6. Lord Wolseley is opposed to the Suakir. campaign. In the House of Commons Lord Randolph Churchill said the Suakincampaign would b a repetition of ihe history of the Boer and Znh; wars, and asserted that the English mill ary advisers disapproved of the proposed campaign. They hated the Soudan, and th whole Eastern question was not worth the lif. of a single soldier. Mr Stanhope said it was not intended to extend the campaign. Suakin, Dec. 6. The Arabs are now retreating from their positions. Reports have reached Wady Haifa that the White Pasha has left Bihr el Ghaz- 1 for the North. It is believed at Cairo that the White Pasha is Stanley. The British reinforcements have arrived here.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 232, 8 December 1888, Page 3
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136THE HATED SOUDAN. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 232, 8 December 1888, Page 3
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