The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-22
MASSACRE BY THE ARABS.
FATE or EGYPTIAN REFUGEES.

a steamer with $50 OF the sheudy Garrison
surrounded by Rebels and All on Bear
Killed.
London cable dispatch OF Sunda,
,ays' owing TO shortness OF provisions
mlsc NUMBER OF refugees left Shendy
Wv uays ago In steamer for Berber. Tn
s@aIner ran aground on a sand-bank nea
~ Doaia, and was soon surrounded b,
s"arnhs OF rebels, who attacked the steam
CT on all sides and mastered everybod,
On BOARD. The fugitives numbered $50
Including portion OF the Shendy garrison
ana many women and children.
Nubar Pasha, the Prime Minister. fear.
that before long the spirit OF rebellion will
reach Assouan. lie has received a de-
sponding telegram from Hussein Pasha,
.ne Governor OF Berber, who states that
.he attitude OF the population generally is
threatening. He expects that Berber will
SHORTY be surrounded and captured by the
reoels, who are constantly increasing in
NUMBER around the town, and threatening
All avenues OF communication. Hussein
Pasha says that he will resign unless troops
are sent to assist in the defence OF the
town.
Adyices state that Kassala is surrounded
by G,OOO rebels, who fire into the town
nightly. 1t is reported that Osman Digna,
with 1000 followers, is again threatening
Suakim. and that II he attacks the town
numerous neutrals will Join him against
the hated Egyptians.
GENERAL GORDON's APPEAL FOR AID.
General Gordon has notified the Govern
ment that, owing to the difficulty and de-
delay experienced IN sending and receiv-
ing communications, he will henceforth act
on his own judgement and responsibility.
Under date Of April 9Th he telegraphed as
follows to Sir Samuel Baker:
We have provisions for five months.
but we are hemmed in by 500 determined
and 1000 rag-tag Arabs. Our position
will be much better when the Nile rises.
SEMINAR. kassaIl, Dongola, aud Berber are
quite safe for the pre- sent. De you think
that il an appeal was made TO the mil
lionaires of England and the United States
for G200,000 il would be available? IL the
Sultan OF Turkey will send two or three
thousand NaZams to Berber under Zebehr
Pasha we could not only settle affairs at
Khartcum, but do for I'll Mahdi. in whose
collapse the Sultan is necessarily interest
ed. am sure that IL it was known how
loyalty the inhabitants and the garrison OF
Khartoum held to me and how my lot is
involved in theirs, my appeal would be
considered fully justified"
Sir EVELYN Barring, the British Minister
to Egypt. has been summoned 20 Englind
10 discuss Egyptian affairs generally, and
the Soudan question especially. His alb
sence from Cairo will probably be a long
one.
Ell MAHDfS STRATEGY.
The reports that FL Mahdi was recently
twice defeated by the Tegeba tribes are
not believed at Cairo. 1t is said to be part
OF III Mahdis tactics TO propagate false
hoods in order to cloak his own move
ments.
After several communications between
NJ. Waddington and Earl Granville the
French Government has assented to mod
fication Of the Egyptian law Of liquidation
and agreed to support the English propo-
sails for financial reform in Egypt. A Eu-
ropean conference on the question is now
useless. No further opposition is expected
from any Power.