The Soudan War.
—♦ : ' (Reuters Telegrams—Copyright,) LONDON, March 4. Received March 5, 1.5 a.m.—ln the House of Commons last night, Mr Gladstone, to a question, stated that General Graham had been ordered to relieve Tokav, and added that he had already (sic) successfully effected the movement. The Premier further declared that the maintenance of the security of Souakim was essential both for peace and humanity's sake, but that the town would be abandant when the obligation of England with tho Soudan has been fulfilled, The Government did not propose to undertake the occupation of the Soudan by the British troops, and would not sanction any distant expedition, in to the interior,
The Marquis of Hartington, in answer to a. question, admitted that authority has been granted for the despatch of a British contingent to Assouan, on the Nubian frontier, if necessary,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1626, 6 March 1884, Page 2
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