The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
SHAKING HIS NAME
The British Lion Roars Loudly for
Arab Cora.
General Clannor That the Death OF
Hicks Must BE Avenged What
the Newspapers Say--Latest
5 From the Field.

LONDON, Nov 24.-The public mind is
much disturbed over the news of the massacre
Of Hicks Pasha and his army. The questions
are: Must Egypt be reconquereds Is the
False Prophet now stronger among the Arabss
VIII the waveofrevolt which was spread from
the slopes of FL 0beid to Coral Island, Suakin,
flow into the delta of the Nile2 Tire govern
ment is already preparing for these contin-
gencies. The general clamor was that Gen.
Hicks must be avenged He was a man OF
the stamp of Chinese Gordon, having fought
for John Company against the Sepoys, and
had also won medals in Abyssinia. Gen
Hicks offered his sword to Egypt.
Lord Mark Kerr wrote to The Times
of Tuesday: "He was no ambitious
youth who had hopes to gain renown by
reckless daring but sturdy, strong minded
man of middle agen He went to complete
the Egyptian campaign Eel Madhi had be-
come formidable. He had issued from a
cave on the White Nile, gathered thousands
of fanatic Arabs around his green flag,
leveled mosques in Ell Obeid, the capital of
Kardofan, and wasted the country around
Khartoum.
Then Hicks Pasha began a march, COM
pared with which Gen. Roberts march TO
Candahar, Cabul, was easy His troops-a
remnant of Arabi's army regarded the cam
paign as penance for their revolt. Their
sole military art was forming squares, against
which FL Mahdi's horsemen rode fearlessly.
They opposed no enthusiasm to the reckless
ardor of the Moslenls fighting for their
prophet Disease, hardship and famine
! has deciInated their ranks, and, cut of
from their base of operations, left
if, without food and water, they were reduced
! to such straits that the heart even of the
dalrtless traveller, Edmund O'Denovan,
| failed. Meeting the enemy before the walls
Of 81 Obeid, they We're all cut down and left
| to perish in the sand Since the massacre Of
the English expedition to Cabul there is nc
comparable disaster. Friends and foes call
upon Premier Gladstone to take steps to vim
dictate the national honor, otherwise Tei-el-
| kebir viii have been fought in vain.
The Daily News, discussing Egyptian af
fairs insists that the khediye must surrender
| the idea OF attempting to reach e. 0beid or
of pursuing an aggressive conflict wich El
MaRdi and says the game OF conquest in
Central Africa is not worth either the great
! pecuniary cost or terrible risk Of human life
thai are involved
The Morning Post says: We are struck
with amazemcnt at the singular shortsiShted-
ness ana want of prGseence exhibited by hel
ma estys government in wishing to with
draw the British troops from Egypt at such
| iunctur'.'
The Standard submits that it is quite clear
this is no time to withdraw the troops from
Egypt The Daily Telegraph thinks British
military prestige alone can arrest the progress
of Ell Mahdi's army.
The Times says: ''We cannot believe Glad
stone will wiilfully and blindly persist il
weakening the small British force now il
Egypt The broad highway of the Nile val
! ley is now open to the victorious fanatics
and what is there to prevent She garrison
and popul} tions at advanced posts from
| yielding to the temptations f Ell Mahdi
Gladstone and his colleagues must under
stand England win hold them answerable i
by further errors of judgment E sypf is al
lowed to relapse into anarchy, aggravated b,
the passions of religious fanaticism and tn
maddening influence of invasion by barbar
ism of the interior of Africa"