EUROPEAN NEWS.
[agk spkciu.s.j (united press association.) Londov, P' b vary 20. Maior-Genen\l Gordon, who is wow tii Khavt'ouiiv, has convened a meeting of Arab chiefs; and discussed the whole subject of the rebellion. Genenl Gordon explained that the British troops would evacuate the Soudan as «xm as the stage of Tokar had been raised or the garrison rescued. Ibis explanation was received by the Arabs -with satisfaction. The proclamation issued by General Gordon has been conQrmed by the ; Egyptian Government. In the interview with the Arab ! chiefs General Gordon assured them that domestic slavery should be protected. , _ . According to latest telegrams Osman • Digna has a force of 30,000 insurgents m waiting to intercept the British ' troops sent to the relief of '^a r^ Smallpox has broken out among the troops on board the transport steamer Thebit. ' . . ■ The detachment of British troops at : Trinkitai will advance on Tuesday or Wednesday with the object of burying ithe bodies of those officers who were killed at the beginning of the February 'engagement when Baker Pasha was defeated. It is reported that the rebellion is spreading, and that the Arabs at Berber and Khartoum have revolted.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 81, 4 March 1884, Page 3
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193EUROPEAN NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 81, 4 March 1884, Page 3
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