The daily gazette., 1883-11-28
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
INTEREST IN THE EGYPTIAN
MOvEM NTS.
BAKER PAsHA TO GO TO soUDAN
The French Government Formally Denies
tho Rumored Ueieat of dInirai Courbet
ia TonquIn.

LONDON, Nov. 27.-Fears are generally
felt that Ell Mahai is already heseiginR Khar
toum, and measures of relief are every
where discussed. Sir Samuel Baker writes
to the Times to-day:
81 do not fear an Immediate iuva ion of
Egypt frnm the South hut the Soudan NAV
lie entirely IN the hands OF the rehsls, and
such an example Is rninous in Lower
Egypt Precautions must be adopted, AMI
large force should be stationed at Alden,
and u fortified station occupied oa the Nile
opposite Berber. / would neglect all other
routes and concentrate the Government
forces on the Dougola districts. The
Abyssinians might be invited to march
upon Kbartoum, which they can reach
through a fruitful country.
mo British troops shonld be sent to the
Soudan or to occupy Souakin, on the Red
Sea, where the water Is bad and the heat
intense. The Winter season is approaching,
and conditions are favorable for sending
Indian troops across the desert from
Souakia.
ENGLAND's POLICY SHOULD BE DECLARED.
"Khartoum may be rendered impregnable
being protected on both fianks by the White
and Blue Niles, but, above all, let England
declare her policy In Egypt. She weakens
her prestige and paralyzes her authority
with the khedive by an interference without
substantial aid Orientals cannot compre-
bend policy of stereotyped morality when
they witness the retreat of the battalions."
1t is believed in Cairo that the TuI kish
Officers In the Egyptian army will refuse to
go 10 the Soudan, their excuse being that
| they never agreed to serve elsewhere than in
Egypt. The Egyptian officers are evidently
sorry that they have no such opportunity to
escape the unwelcome service. 1t is stated
that both officers and men are terror-stricken
by the proves of El Mahdi, and have no
| desire to meet him.
BAKER PAoHA TO THE RESCUE.
CAIRO, Nov. 27.-Baker Pacha win start
for Souakin in 10 days to taken command of
the Soudan expedition. The Khedive has
received dispatches from native chiefs iu the
vicinity of Berber protesting their fidelity.
| The Egyptian Government, up to the pres
ent time, has received no communication
from the Porte concerning the operations in
| the Soudan.
The last advices indicated that the siege of
Khartoum is likely to be stubborplv op-
posed as the garrison is being reinf firced ard
| provisioned.
No further news has been received at Cairo
from Chartum. The telegraph wire between
Berber and Kassala is cut.
Six hundred gendarmes have started from
Cairo for Souakin; and it is rumored tile
province of Dongola has risen against the
| AssJ Pblau OON6TuuntUb.
THE FRENCH MINISTRY FORMALLY DENIES
THE RUMoRED DEFEAT IN ToNQUIN.
pAn1s, Nau o1--- ExaitAa s-s.~Ao alsre.sod
the boulevards until a late hour to night
eagerly discussing the rumors OF a French
defeat in Tonquin. The reticsnce of the
Government was much commented upon.
Several members of the Committee on Ton
quin Credits urged Prime Minister Ferry 70
abandon his reserve and inform the Cham
Der OF the position OF affairs In view
OF this state of things the following semi.
Official connluflique was sent to the papers:
We are authorized to declare that up to
the moment of going to pres the Govern
ment has received no dispatch from Ton
quin unfavOrable to the French. The
alarmist reports may, Therefore, be regarded
| as false.
General Campenon, minister of war, is
holding consultations with the general who
commanded the expedition to Pekin, in 1850
concerning the plans for the Eastern cam
paign. The Cabinet Council to-day dis
cussed the Tonqun question.
The committee of the Chamber of Depu-
, ties upon the TOEquin credits held long
J session to-day, and adjourned until to-mor-
row, when 1t will give a hearing to Prime
Minister Ferry and General Campenon,
minister of war.
r lie Voltaire denies the report that England
H"N oS'N w u0u-aVS uPoh Iho Aou4uin
question, and that France had accepted the
proffered mediation.
VOICE FROM THE FRONT.
Hone KoNG, Nov. 2S.-The Governor oi
Hong Kong has just returned from q trip tc
Pekin, where he saw the principal ministers
, of the Chinese Empire. He is of the opin
, ion that China is resolved to fight If she Il
forced much further by France In the Ton.
gain matter. China, he says, has 100000
trained men available for operations against
the French.
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