New-York tribune., 1885-02-24
GENERAL GORDON'S LETTERS
EXPLAINING HIS POSITION IN EGYPT.
DENoUNcING THE DELAY IN SENDING TRoofS-
MOVEMENTS IN THE sOUDAN.

DENOUNCING TIE DELAY IN SENDING ThoorS"
MOVEMENTS IN THE soUDAN.
LONDON, Feb. 23.-The Egyptian Blue BOOK
issued to-day contains letter sent by General aorooh
to General Lord WOlseley, dated November 4, "nion
says " have FIVE steamers and nine guns at Mepemhoh
awaiting your orders can hold out forty days longer
with ease After that 1t will be difficult The ioss vi
Colonel is terrible told him to give you all tne
Information possible He had my Journal from
TO September 10. Tho Mahdi Is eight miles from hhar
toum SEMINAR all right The garrison there IL aware
that you coming MY journal from September 10 10
date the steamers which you Will ma
at Metemneh continue to have occasional hghts Win
the Arabs It is rumored that all the
Europeans with the Mahdi. including slatih
Bey and the nuns, have become Mussnllnans.
Lupon BY has surrendered have sent out scores OF
messengers in all directions during the last eight
months. Do not send private letters to me, the rsR Is
too great. DO write me in cipher have none ana
1t is OF The Mahd knows everything. Take the
road from Ambukol to Mctemneh. You need not rear
the Mahdi Both the Greek Consul and the Austrian
Consul safc The Madh has captured a letter from
the King OF Abyssina to Your expedition as un-
dcrstand Is for the relief Of tho garrison or
Kharioum which failed to accomplish decline to ad-
nit that it Is for the OF mo personally"
A letter from General Gordon dated September con
talns the following statements: We have sufficient
money and provisions here at khartoum
to last four months. At tho expiration OF
that period We shall be much embarrassed
The garrison at Galahat and the people
in that neighborhood continually nghtng. and the
inhabitants are opposed to the false Mahdi. Although
wrote you that 1t impossible to send Colonel
Stewart to Berber account Of several things when
had occurred here We afterward saw lit to send him.
together with tho French and English Consuis
III small steamer to Dongola to communicate
with the British commander there concerning the Sou
dan. We detailed two large steamers to accompany
them to Berber to keep the way clear for them TO pass
by Berber toward Dongola. How many times have we
written asking for rcnf0rccmonts, and calling your
serious attention the SoudaE. aud no answer came
Mems hearts become weary OF delay While are eat
ing and drinking aud rcstug good beds and those
with u.s. soldiers and servants, are watching night ana
day. trying tn que the movement OF the Mahdl oi
course you take interest 10 suppress TINS reDeloh
the serious sequences OF which are the reverse o
victorious for YOU Neglect thereof wont do. stewart
,tars In Two days The for sending him is De-
cause Won have been silent All this while you have neg
lerted us have lost time without doing any goon
II troops be sent the rebellion will cease When they
reach Bcrber the inhabitants will return to their former
occupations Therefore it 4, hoped that viii listen
10 all that Stewart tells you and regard 1t seriously SEND
tine troops have asked witho IT delay
Among the Parliament papers in the Egyptian Blne
Book /. a dispatch from SIR Evelyn Barring. British
Consul General at Alexandra. dated December -, 70
Earl Granville. In which he says that Prlnco ih'sah
IN. visited him and expressed desire 70 be the new
'ulcr Of Khtrtoiim The proposal was communicated
to Genera, Wol,cey. who telegrAphei February II
that II Prince Ha-.in was sent 10 say WIN the IIur ga
Dnug1la "A month IL might have Il good effect lie -ug-
,c.sd mat Prince Hs.-an be appointed the kheaiyc's
Iigh Conmi-- with the English Army, win power
over all MudrS aud civil authorities in the Soudan
General Ciordon's mes .euger December Informed
General wolselcy that khartoun Was be-rsed on the
-ic- aud that the fighting was carried on day anu 'sh
but that Mahr- could not take the city except
by starving out the garrison Ihe me,'snssr wa r aT
instructed Ia deliver the following ieSsase 10 h,u
Wo,cley: Don't scatter your troop btlnI PgGn11 G1
Of troops Thg enemy Is n"TsCg: waTs. are ''' within
rne shot Tho Mahdl lives beyond gun,
,hot The Mahist.a month ago "vacs"i one Of
and disabled one OF our Ste"hrr' W. "a ,s o,,h sid
their guns Tho nghting was renewed on ,he so''n & s
quickly Don't leave B"rber In the rsM, ~ hnrP oai ,n
enemy In your front. Don't lot fnnois Oh your "pP
ihS Por.ays :Musurus Pacha and Fehm Paeha on sat.
nr,iay communicated To Lord Granville dispatch h,t
- ,l'I Irnrsi.h rr Intervention In the Red Eng
Lind and other Powers. ne Iot ,ays. had had
s ,he Porte refused 10 do unless the British woul
ey.easte hsyp and Sna s ua sS
Post says have influencing the Porte To pursue a
Ss sxoa G nl.rS%, tho to ny rsR relation.
Turkey and England and would compronl.e the peace OF
rasc 70 lord Granville should be carried out. the East
crn question would be rcsuscitaod and the result wond
TAe Post declares that Lord Granville ia disposed to
favor again tho Intervention OF Turkey In Egyptian
N, standard says the Porte has sent to all the Powers
the occupation Of Mns-oHan ny ItaIau
troops Great irritation exists at con,tanthopc over
the action uf Italy the Porte believes thst that cou-
try has A secret treaty with England.
The Latest vices from the soudan state hat tne nos
t Arab. rehppearrd Abu klca on the night ot fr1r
ary 10 aud were dispersed by few rounds from General
illrr q; .rduer guns THIS intelligence, which !. con
,.yrd dispatch dated Abu kleh. February ~ hIso
contains statement that the Arabs taken prisoners
by General Bucr state that III Mahdi has returned 10
khartouin. =, -, .....,,,,, -
the report of her having sunk In II Georges 'hanhei
while bound from kingstown for suakm, win hhRIlsh
troops a wicked canard. They threaten ~ prosecute
! the author of the story. ,.
me Duiv y,trs saws that the papers in relation to
Egypt which are be submitted Ia Parliament VIII con
tain statement from Lord Wolsecy IN ~ ne seht rom
relative OF the Mahdi with Instructions 10 GU
dcayor To- make with the false prophet on the con
dtion that the Mahd should become rs 'eherai "o"o
| had proposed sultan OF kerdoian. . p u,
The Marquis OF LOrne publishes letter IN me fut
NnH Gn.Ste this afternoon IN when ne ucpr''"t'' ~
| British advance against khartoum now mat prhrta'
should -icd 10 take up position on .nr >"o W
block the Mahdl from advancing upon lower EsSIl. ,
! knnII Feb. 23.-Ihe messenger VINO wa, s'ht w
Khartoum last Monday failed To reach Una, ..y anu @ n
a native who told him that he had ho present at va.
| capture of khnrtouni: The native saia ,,h u1us
tho soldiers had Killed General Gordon Win ntin
| swords and spears. They considered nun
| the cause OF their trouble. and fearei thN tne
Mahdi would spare him All the regular soldiers o no
garrison spared except the men VINO Welo noiuns
ho Iloor Gate repeated tho story that no "oneh
| ar children were Killed by the Arabs.
sipSrY n = W. Feb. % The popular fund for ,hs M
continent Of tho New south Wales contingent to tho
soudan expedition now exceeds Ti'o'"oo'
| |
| RETAIL GROOERS ~ FAVOR or UNION.
The Retail Grocers Union last night llstened
=, IN -, ,he a..ociution No 2l3 East Twenty thlru