The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-14
| FOREIGN FACTS.
Osmas DIgua Gets the Worst OF The
Pight
The British Bayoset Sweepiag stead-
iiy Toward the SoudaD,
And Tho Union Jack Plies High iD
Upper Egypt.
Iismarck Before The RsIehstag-Rue-
fully Rendering Ills Account
Of the Lasker Affdir-lie Pleads the
Baby Act,
Aud Crawls Under Kaiser Wllhelm's
C0at-Tails.
Diher Events IN Alien Lands.
MisoeIinneo.s Foreign News.

AsurHIs VICTORY.
LoKpox. March ~ "A dispa,ch froto
General Graham, dated O,man Dignh
Damp, Marcn Is IL i0a. ~ save: The
camp OF the enemy mas been taken afr
hard fighting oince s O'Clock thl. morning
Over seventy British were KILLED ana 100
wounded.h Later dispatches say the Di-
yousc last night was oIceedingly uupless-
ant. Tho Arabs kept upa persistent fnell.
nde until lust before day bl eAk. The bright
moonlight rendered objects DIS
tincly visible Gt long distance,
hut prevented the enemy from attempting
sudden onset. The rebels directed their
Gre especially towards the hospital wagons
which were conspicuous in the mounl ght
Tho surgeons and General Grahsm's stan
officers had many narrow escapes. a. sun.
rise a Gardner gun a nint- -poulder were
within 800 yards Of the British pontlOn,
and afforded most excellent targets The
Arabs were soon compelled 10 retire " their
main position near the COmni veil. Colonel
Stewards cayslry arrived at $50 o clock and
took position on the British left so as 10
torn tho enemy q right.
SuAHIs. March - The rebss opened
Gre on Ge0eral Grsham- forces st l O'Clock
this morning. The British forces were ut
once formed To rep,l charge, but 90 Ut
tack came. The men were therefore orneree
| b. lie down again. The fire of the rebels
continued all night, but the British dit MOI
reply. 0nc officer and two men are wounded
and one man killed. The lighting began at
dsybr aud the Infantry and artillery
conf petely routed the enemy irutu their
pits and trenches. The battle had not
| lasted more than halt an hour when the
| victory Of the British was made certain.
THE GALLANT i2D sCJTs
LONDON, March 10 General Graham has
| taken quarters Tor the present ia the camp
from which OsmaU Dlgno and the rebel
/ hosts were driven, Tho enemy bought
mott tubbornly. The battle was much
heavier than the engagement at TeD. Ihe
sailors the Black Watch regiment ana
York aud Leicester regiments suffered the
heaviest losses.
The British forces advanced 10 two
| brigades which was thrown into the form
OF squares A s,riea OF encounters followed
Soon alter leaving Sarioan great
body OF Iebsls emerged from the leading
squaie Q, speHrirg many British sai!orH in'
side the tquare, which was immediately
closed up and the rebels we're repul' ed win
great slaughter. The advance was again
resumed, when immense herds rushed upon
toe British from both sides. A terrible
struggle eusurd. The Arabs fought vito
the greatest pluck and bravado, but nearly
all were killed The second brigade met
with an obs mate resistance and was at a
TIME repulsed. The Gailan and Gardiner
| guns fell into the hands OF the rebels At d
were only recovered after severe fiehi,
when the British likewise gained possession
Of the rebel camp.
| HIS LOSS.
| SuAXrN, March 10 Il T5pecial. The loss
OF Osman Dignas force is 2 400.
THE HOLY SEE HEDGING.
Ronr March l3-L Lardinal Jacobini PIE
pal secretary OF state. hes informed the
nunclos as Munich and Vienna that the
| pope refused to grant audience to Prime,
| Leopold, OF Bavaria, and vile, Princess
Gisela daughter of he Austrian emperor,
because he is desrous OF protecting the
rights OF the vatican and wishes to prevent
| misinterpfetalion.
| fNorE The pope. IL would appear, con-
ceiyed the reception OF Catholic princes by
MIN wou d be construed as a practical sur
| rrnder OF the position maintained bv tie
Holy See ever since It's loss OF temporal
power.J
| oNIHoUs.
| ST. PETERSBURG slsrch l2.-rhe chief Of
police mas received letter from nhilists
threatening with desth any ne VINO in
| iorms agaiBst Deaigrtl, who wac leader OF
| the four nihilists that murdered Colonel
! 5adekin, December 2Sth
| pIMARCK = APOLOGY.
| BERLIN, March 49, Bismark appeared in
the reichstag to-day and made speech IN
justification OF his course IN refusing to
| transmit the Lssker resolution TO the reich
| stag. He said he had recognized the good
Intentions of the American congress, but
vas unable 10 harness himself to he car OF
the opposition. Bsnark continued: II
mould have rtfrained from Mentioning this
matter except for the manner
liza hich the reishst,g has dis
cussed il and the charge OF interference
made by Herr Richter of the rs aiiuLs 10
Germany with Americs, which have been
good. The government has constantly
tried TO cultivate them ever since there has
been ministerial relations between the two
countries After the var with Austria,
1866 and again after the Franco'Prus-
sian war, Amtrics gave numerous proofs
| OF sympa,hy not only ~ the prosperity OF
the empire, but also With the person OF the
chancellor.
| Nothing has oolurred 10 dis
turb these good relations From the
| outset regarded The resolutions touching
Lssker as expression OF tue good le,liug OF
the American 1ngrees towards q rp.auy, u
| good iee ling which bad been promoted and
cultivated by myself l would have pre-
sented the resolution 10 tho f,ichstag bad
not been prevented by It's form. IL was
not confined 20 a general ex'
preston OF sympathy, but 1t expressed
| conviction that La ker's laDors have been
very useful to Germany. THE clause was
directed against the policy, which, in th.
! emperor's name. l have oesn pursuing
aud which Lasker hsd opposed for years
Now the question arises whether Lssker
~as right. IL he was. then the emperor
policy and my policy was wrong. Lsskef
belonged to the opposition roup who
| m ade Immense capital out OF Lsskers mer-
its. Bismarck was interrupted at this
| point with loud cries OF shame by the left
He turned Indignantly toward the quarter
from where the cries came. and advsuc.
ing toward the left. he shoutet; IT ne
cry OF shame Il an insult to me and o.
mands for me the protection OF the presi.
dent. hope the anonymous libeIlers vii
| give their names. They should have cried
shame ON those who arred on the politicsl
intrieues at Lssker's grave. AZ chsnoell 4
I can do nothing, of course. without tbs
emperor's approval. l could not be eI-
pecied 10 ask his permission to present
such resolution to the reichstse.
Lssker introduced bim-elf in Amenc
ns the cham pion Of German freedom sgsins
the government OF despotic tendencies
Impersonsted in It's chancellor. am 4 q
make myself an enem,'s postmsnf
Trigbtfsi Explosion.
i IT.