THE SOUDAN CRISIS.
BERBER IN DANGER. • THE GOVERNOR IN DESPAIR, GENERAL GORDON AND THE V BRITISH GOVERNMENT. :> < [BY KLKCTBIC TEIBGBAPH.—COPTEIGKT..] '..'■'" [BEUTEB'S TELEGRAMS.] c '. . Oaiho, April 20; Intelligence has reached here showing that the hostility of the Arab' tribes in the neighbourhood of Berber has in no -way diminished. An.'!at-* tempt was recently made by 300 refugees from Shendyto reach Berber by sailing down the Nile, but the boats ■were attacked, and' all the refugees were massacred. Despatches from the Governor of Berber have been received announcing that the town is in a most critical position, being entirely surrounded by Arab rebels. The Governor is in despair, being unable to retreat, and not having received aid which was looked for. - '. ■ ' ;■'••■•
"London, April 21.
■ It has transpired that General Gordon has telegraphed from Khartoum to the British Government, announcing that he intends henceforth to act according to his own dissretion as regards affairs in the Soudan.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6998, 22 April 1884, Page 5
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154THE SOUDAN CRISIS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6998, 22 April 1884, Page 5
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