The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-17
The Rebellion Found To Be of Much More
Formidable Character than Has
Hitherto Been Supposed.
RumOr that GOrdon's Sanity Is Ques-
toned and His Recall Demanded.
The Chinese Question Reopened by the FAB
of Bacninh-RepOrt that Marquis Tseng
Has Requested English Mediation.
THE sOUDAN CONFLICT.
The Rebels UnbrOI<en in Spirit Notwithstand-
ing Their Repeated Disasters.

The Rebels UnbrOken in Spirit Notwithstand-
ing Their Repeated Disasters.
LONDON, March 15.-Thc government is in
doubt about what further steps to take in the
Soudan matter, now that General Graham has
won his second brilliant victory. Before coming
to decision they have telegraphcd to ask
General Gordon's opinion, but the wires are cut
below Khartoum and it is impossible to tell
how long it will take for advices to reach him
and for response to be returned Before the
battle, General Gordon advised that the cavalry
should march to Berber and escort the garrison
of khartoum back to Suakim. The government
declines to publish the latest dispatches from
General Gordon. There is reason to believe.
however, that they contain urgent demands upon
the government to send British forces to Khar.
toum by way of Suakim, Sir Eve,n Barring the
British minister at Cairo. warns the government
that the spirit of the Arab leaders is still UNI
broken He asserts that as many as thirty diff
ferent tribes in the Soudan are prepared to main
tain the war.
General Graham telepraphs that in case he is
ordered to advance into the interior reinforce
ments mustbe sent to him. All the indications 70
to show that the rebellion in the Soudan is of a
much more formidable character than has been
supposed People had imagined that single de-
cisive defeat by British troops would SO dis
hearten the leaders that they would be ready to
come to terms. But ii looks as though they were
still determined to continue the conflict and the
spirit of insurrection seems to be spreading
Notwithstanding the two overwhelming disasters
which have befallen their armies and the dread
full carnage which they have suffered The des-
perate fanaticism, bravery and recklessness
which the Arabs display, their obstinate resist
ance in the face Of the muiderous fire Of the
British and the sullen delberation of their
retreat, when forced TO give way prove that
they are inspired with no ordinary spirit of
rebellion. The mpossibility of taking prisoners
Is a dlseouraSine feature of the The nat
ural difficulties of the country and severity Of
the climate to Europeans, render prolonged
The Ca8iHefially hazardous and arduous.
whole question to profound SqndpJ1ected the
was impossible to come to any decision upon the
line of policy to be pursued. Ii is reported that
Earl Granville. the Foreign Secretary insists
upon the recall of General Gordon, whose sanity
is called in question.
Suakim advces state that panic occurred
last night among the Egyptian troops under
Baker Pasha who is still in camp at Zereba
They got notion that the rebels were approach
ing became frightened, and took to their heels.
Before the panic was allayed two men, erroneous
ly supposed to be rebels, were killed The
troops, on returning to Suakim cheered
the largest man of the Black Watch regiment
Twelve Arabs were laid low by his single bayo-
net. DrummOnd, of the same regiment, bayo-
neted Osman Digmas nephew
Fifty men have left Chatham to fill the vacan-
cies in the Black Watch regiment.
a dispatch, dated II o'clock this morning
gives another account of the panic. 1t says: "A
false alarm spread that Osman Dcma had raj
lied and routed General Crahams forces and
was advancing on Zereba. The report produced
a panic among the Egyptians, many of whom
openly announced their sympathy with Osman
Digma. A riot ensued and order was only re
stored by the arrest and imprisonment of the
mutineers, two of whom had to be bayOneted
In the Commons to-day. Harrington, War
Secretary, announced that telegraphc communi
cation with Khartoum was broken, and that q
steamer passing down the Nile from Kha1toum
to Shendy had been subjected to u continuous
fusiade for three days. He'beievcd that the
tribes in that region We're in revolt battalion
of British soldiers have been dispatched to As
souan
Ellis Bartlett, Conservative and Henry la
boucherc Radical, attacked the government
Fitzmaurice, Under Foreign Secretary. refuted
the charge that the relations between England
and Germany We're unfriendly. and denied that
General Gordon was in eXtremtics. He asserted
that the withdrawal of the garrison from Kassala
would be perfectly easy as soon the differences
We're settled, as the King of AbysSinia was
friendly. mission has been sent to Abyssnia
to settle the differences between the King and
Egypt in regard to the frontier and on religious
questions. 1t was necessary that civilized
power should control the Red sea ports so as to
insure the suppression of the slave trade and
maintain communication with India. Instruc-
tions have been sent General Graham not to pro-
ceed to Berber.