Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-14
FOREIGN FLASHES.
The WEetched Condition of EGyp-
tian Affairs.
Ell MsHDrS VICTORIOUS HoRDES
Advance as Far as Assouan-Chna Now
Eager for War with France and
Vast Army on the March
Minor Matters.

LoNpoE, January l3.-The city OF khar
toum is now considered lost to Egypt Col
| Coetlogan, commanding the forces there,
| g, in telegraphs to the Khedive for instant
| orders 10 retreat. The MuGir OF khurtoum
| has returned frorI tolr Of inspection vi
the country toward Seuaar, and reports that
all the tfibcs OF the province around Krar-
toum have declared for + Nah ii. Th
Il fber tribes are also Iaisng + Mahdfs
standard. The Mudir ha3 advised the iul-
mediate withdrawal from khu-toum of all
the Christian popa' 'a;iCa, European or na-
tive, on the ground tha, ~ Mahdi's follow
ers will massacre all unless they embrace
Mohammedanism. Nubar Pasha, thu
Egyptian Prime Mnis,er, has tele
grsphed from Cairo an order that all the
Christian population should leave Khar-
toum, but that the garrison should remsin
until further news should be received rel
alive TO the advance Of the forces under FL
MahG.
Colonel COetloGan's spies from III Obrih
bring reports that the man body OF IL
Madhi forces have been prOyisi0ued for
long march, and that 1t is advancing upon
khar:oum in numbers yariOusly estimated
at from seventy to ninety thousand. Lrg'
crowds Of the CUptic pUpulaCe, including
women aud children, are preparing for the
Journey from khartUum 10 Berber under
Il guard at troops. The MohAmurdin
rabble Of Khartoum threat.n to pillIge
houses AID piundsT the baggage carried by
tue fugttvts. There is oIsallecIi m III
tie garrison of khhrtOum, which has b Ecu
InCrea>, d ty the fact that their pay i
IN trrctrs and numbers are already desert.
ing. The iid, lily OF the troops detailed 10
gugrd the fugitlveS IL very doubtful, ami
il is ft2red that hr mUy Join the honamme'
dan plunderers and massacre the tHgirves.
S,versl of the SnelkhS who declared Tor j.
MahGi Lave sent To the Mudlr OF khartOuni
summons 10 surrender the city. In
Nudir referred their demand to Co'Ore
CuPt,CCan, who is now negotiating with th,
>h.iAhs IN order to prevail upon them /
prevail from mOl-sting the retrea'In-
PARTIES Il khartoum is -vaCuatei.
Several bands belonging to FL u sh H.
army have Ipeared around A.Sonrn. and
his emn'issaries ART tIrmenting the popI.
lace as fLr north rs Stout, urging the peO
pie to submit to the Prophet. ARAB mohs
are attacking the Copis throughout tat
provinces OF Upper Egypt ant the Cnpl>
have sent to Cairo for arms and protection.
Everything throughout Upper Egypt de
notes the immediate spread OF the insur
rectun to Lower Egypt, and it is feared
hat when the retreat from khartoum be
gins Colonel CoetlCgan will be cut oil and
a massacre will be the result. Should Col
unrl Coellogan succeed in reaching B1rb r,
still his march east toward Suakin would
ne iupeded bv the tribes rising between
Berber and Wady Halfa. All the Euro
pean and C. ptic merchants evacuated BAr.
Der on Wednesday, going to ASIouan. The
Arabs qt acked the srragglers on the route
ard, II is reported, plundered and killer
.cvgrA Europeans.