Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-02-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
TOKAR SURRENDERED.
Englasd's Comments on the Laskar Sit
uati0n and Bismarck.

LONDON, Feb. %.
The Daily Telegraph this morning reports
the surrender of the garrison at Tokar. The
Times confirms this report
The times has a long leading article upon
the Lsskar incident. Ii says thar at last
Prince Bismarck has obtained an opportunity
TO show bis dislike of a country which an
nually robs him of thousands of conscripts.
Congress was lily advised in sending the res
olution. Prince Bismarck was ungracious
in returning it. Granting, however, that
Prince Bismarck was right in REFUSING to
praise Herr Laska, his organs were wrong in
reviling Minister Sergeant. The lat. r was
only obeying his governmel 1t. and this is no
reason why he should be held up in defiance
of international courte1y and almost of inter-
national law to the contempt of the German
people. He said that Sergeant is hardly re
full enough of forms and ceremonies to please
. court so formal as that of Berlin, but q
worse movement to try and induce MIN to
resign could hardly have been chcren than
the present, when his resignation woald u
further strain the relations of the countries
which ought to be on excellent rms.
On receiving the news of the surrender OF
Tokar. Earl Granville, foreign seer ,Iry of
tate, instantly summoned a cabiaet council.
SUAKIM, Feb %.
Letters have been received here from X IS
sala. which report that the garrison of tts,
town is fifteen hundred strong. and he's sufi-
cient supplies to last a fortnight. Five sol
diers have arrived here from Tokar ard
brought news of the surrender of that town.
They report that the rebels beiet the tow n
and kept up a constant fire OF artillery and
rifles. On Tuesday the garrison recogniz
the necessity of comforting wi h the reDels,
and on Wednesday Maccair Effendi, chief of
police. with the ssrgent of artillery went out
and held q conference with the rebels. On
their return they informed the garrison that
they must surrender their arms on Thursday.
Many of the soldiers murmured at this, and a
large proportion of them escaped during the
night, but as the conference had been ar
ranged, Tokar was surrendered Thursday.
The transport Mansourah, loaded with am-
munition and cattle, is ashore 20 miles north
of Suakim.
LONDON, Feb. %.
Earl Granville received a despatch from
the British consul at Suakim to the effect
that only those of the garrison of Tokar who
have wives had surrendered to Osman Digms.
The remainder are trying to reach Suakim.
utmost rapidity.
out London and Parliament at the news of
the surrender of Tokar. Another account of
the surrender has been received from Sua-
kim, which says that the governor of Tokar
with $50 soldiers, left the fort Wednesday
and had parley with the rebels. When
they returned to the town they announced that
they were going to surrender themselves.
This caused q great commotion, as many of
the garrison refused to give way to despair,
and still had hopes that succor would reach
them in time. Their murmurs, however,
we're of no avail, and the rebels terms were
finally accepted. 1t is not believed that the
rebels put the population to the sword, for it
is understood that the conditions of the sur
render provided that their lives should be
spared.
CAIRO, Feb. %.
Twelve hundred British troops are now at
Suakim and 5000 At Trinkitat The governor
of Kassala fsvors Ell Mahdi, and would rather
evacuate the town than fight him.
A portion of Khartoum garrison has left
that town, $500 blacks remaining. There
are 5000 at SEMINAR.