THE ASHANTI CAMPAIGN.
London, January 22
Failing the payment of the indemnity, King Prempeh and his chiefs will be sent to the ccas<;.
The Ashanti envoys who came to England a short time ago have been arrested fc; die forgery of their credentials. News has been received tLu,-vt the British troops closed the fetish, hu.uses at Kumassi, and destroyed the. ..iooution prove. London, January 23.
has been received that King P/einpoh placed bis head between the feet of Mr W. Maxwell, C.M.G., Governor ox the Gold Coast Colony, and pleaded, that he only possessed 6020 z of gold, a;:d was unable to pay the indemnity o£ «&50,000 demanded by (-! re.it Mritain.
The Llo *«*•<>,<* rcm.ain.s at wVuh Pj.'.U troops and a cojitevyjwvt 0# the First Indian Regiment..
London, January 27. King Prempehhas been deported to Elmina, on the Gold Coast.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1248, 30 January 1896, Page 37
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139THE ASHANTI CAMPAIGN. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1248, 30 January 1896, Page 37
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