Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-13
SlNKAT AND TOKAR LOST.
Ell MAHDPs FORCES CAPTURE
BOTH PLACES.

Il A1OEL9.
England Terribly Aroused nv tha Nro,,-s
-Ihe Government Censured by the
House of LOrds-Tewfik Bey and His
600 Men HeroicaIIy Rush into a Sui
cidal Charge.
LONDON, Feb. u, IL A. M.-TeIecrams
received at London report that the rebels
nave captured Sinkat. The Cabinet has
Deen summoned to council for the pur-
Pose oi discussing the Egyptian question.
THE DISASTER CONFIRMED.
LONDON, Feb. u, l P. M.-Official dis
patches confirm the report of the capture
OF Sinkat. The Cabinet are painfully i'm
pressed 1t is probable that large rein
iorcements OF troops and marines will be
Immediately dispatched to Egypt.
ToKAR ALSO LOST.
LONDON, Feb. u, 80 P. M.-There are
Fum0rs now that TOkar has fallen into the
hands of the rebels.
A TERRIBLE SCENE,
/ LONDON, Feb. u, 2P.M M.-Tbe news of
the fall of Sinkat reached Suakim this
morning. IL was brought by a friendly
ARAB chief. The garrison made a sortie
anu was ior long time successful in re-
! pulslng the rebel attacks, but at last the
attacking forces gained the upper hand
ana tne garrison was completely de-
strOyed, except a few who we're made
prisoners. The fate of the women and
cnlldren IS unknown. The streets of Sua-
XII KIM present heartrending appearance.
| Ihey are thrOnged with women. whose
weeping and wailing give unmistakable
evidence OF their distress and forebodings.
SUICIDAL DESPERATION.
LONDON. Feb. II, 8 P. M.-Further adj
wees concerning the fall of Sinkat state
that IeWhk Bey, preferring death to sur
render, blew up the Qualifications, spiked
| tne guns, and made a sOrtie His 500 men
were all massacred
Seven men-of-war belonging to the
| channel squadron have been ordered TO
! Egyptian waters.
| CENSURED BY THE LORDS.
! LONDON, Feb. u. 1OP. Mn the House
OF Lords to-day the Marquis of Salisbury
made motion that in the opinion of the
house the recent lamentable events in
Soudan were largely due to the vacillating
| policy of the government. Mr.. Salisbury
sald that If the government had resolved
9iIher 10 mold or abandon Sennaar Hicks
fasha might have been saved. His loss
was due to their vacillatiOn-tbeir in
dl1erence and their inconsistency ending
IN pane. The news would now run
through the whole MOhammadon world
that England had been defeated again
and again and again, and was now being
hunted out OF Egypt. England's name |
awouid De legacy OF hatred and contempt /
10 the Egyptians. In conclusion. the |
orator asked whether the abandonment of |
garrisons, the slaughter of brave men. /
and the surrender of women and /
children to the horrors of an Oriental |
victory involved no blood outlines. |
ana eXhorted the Lords not to be accom- |
pllces III this dishOnOr. Earl Granville /
the EOroIBn SpprptarU cold in,
the policy of the government was not di- |
rec.ed according to the articles in the for |
elgn journals. The Marquis of Salisbury /
was laboring under mistake if he meant I
to convey the impression that any Euro |
pean power had demonstrated with Eng !
iahd' lie protested against the idea that /
because a foreign army selected English |
officers England was thereby made re- |
spOnslble for that army's success. 1t |
would be no economy of blood of English |
soldiers to send them to hold Soudan. al
though the Marquis of Salisbury Thought /
the government vaciliating and inconsis- /
tent In not doing so. England and India
nad no interest in Soudan, nor indeed had |
hgypt any permanent interest I
III that country. Why this great I
sympathy for Sinkat and T0kar. t
which represented not more than fiftietb |
OF the troops in SOudan. 1t was necessary
now Tor the government to be careful. so /
n
Gen. Gordon. The government, however,
nad ascertalned that it would not inter-
lere with Gen. GOrdOn's plans if force
was sent to act around Suakim with n
view to the relief of TOkar. Since the de-
feat OF Baker Pasha it had been altogether
impossible to relieve Sinkat. The govern
ment had no intention of annexing
Egypt. 1t would remain there simplY
long enough to secure a stable govern
ment. 1t would be quite impossible to
govern Egypt from Downing street. The
only thing that could be done would be to
appoint first-rate man to represent
England in Egypt, and then to recon-
military positions, and give them
English support. The force of circum-
stances had obliged the government to 90
further than 1T had proposed, but the Cab
met ought to restrict England's connec-
tion with Egypt to the object declared by
the government.
The Marquis of Salisbury's motion was
carried by vote of 1S1 to 81.
IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Sir Stafford NOrthcote, in accordance
with his previous announcement, made in
the House of Commons motion of censure
similar to that made in the House of
Lords by the Marquis of Salisbury. In
his accompanying speech he strongly de-
nounced the sacrifice of Hicks Pasha.
Egypt, he said, should have limited oper-
atiOns to the country where she could
succeed, or should have made better pro-
vision for carrying the expedition further.
But in neither case did Egypt receive the
support from England which she had
every right to expect.
Premier Gladstone, on rising to
reply, was greeted with loud and
prolonged cheers. He met Sir Stafford
Northcote's motion with direct negative.
He denied that there had been any vacil-
latlon or inconsistency in the govern
ments Egyptian policy. Sir Stafford had
used this phraseology in his motion for
the purpose of himself avoiding declara-
tion of the policy. The situation in Egypt
was not the situation which the present
government had created, but one which
they had found. They had tried TO keen
intact the interests of 300,OO0.OOO who
composed the British empire Premier
Gladstone stated that 1000 men had been
ordered TO Suaklm. Gen. Gordon, he said,
had plan of his own for extricating the
garrisons and restoring the country to Its
former pacific condition
Sir Stafford NOrthcote concluded Dy de-
.claring that the conduct of the govern
ment would greatly.cOmplicate the pres
ent issues; that it would probably close
the great trade route from the equatorial
lakes to the Red Sea, give impetus to the
slave trade, and greatly diminish Eng
lands prestige
Mr.. Gladstone said that Gen. Gordon,s
plan would restore the former rulers TO
their ancestral power usurped by Egvpt.
lie denounced as gross error dual con-
troll, which he said had been left him as a
legacy England had not, he declared. !
Withdrawn from the hands of the EovD-
tan Government the control of its i1sfI- ,
tutions. She had simply made Egypt nm
derstand that British military occupa- .
ton of fEgypt entailed the necessity of see
ing British advice followed. Mr.. Gladstone
strongly opposed the reconduest of Sou
dan. In conclusion he asked the House
to accord the government the acquittaI
to which 1t was entitled. As he sat down
he was again loudly cheered. Sir George
Campbell spoke in support of the govern
ment. Lord Randolph Churchill and
Hon. Edward StanhOpe strongly attacked
the government. The debate was then ]
adjourned. {
HEROIC sORTIE. ,
LONDON, Feb. 13, 2 A. MA corre-
spondent at Suakim telegraphs as follows.
AT last the heroic garrison of Sinkat
have been butchered. For a fortniOht
they had been eating roots and tree leaves
1t was an enfeebled band indeed winch {
SORTED cut to die amidst the rebel hordes !
Tewhk Bey had harangued his men. saw /
ing that by fighting they might save
themselves, but that by remaining thew
must die from hunger in a few dovs.
Flight was impossible. The men thus
animated with Iewfk Bey's spirit