New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-27
THE SIEGE OF KASSALA'
yrrn OF RELIEF FOR THE GARRISON

OF
.,.rrvps COMPLICATED BY THE
MA'iHh' Son r,,', ,T.IJAys IN THE RED SEA. A..
THE 90 p,;ncs Hassan starts Tor inc
LoNpoN' U.trrdav from Cairo. The oiilcui'S
oo"u"n n.;aon at Kassala has been increased Us
'uo "naneo of the Italians at Massowal. iniS
.arr.roo with the authority OF MaJor 80
,vho was preparing an immense con'o; rIoso
,;sons munitions and money 1or ha'o ,,o1v
measures of relief for the beleaguerou ''s - tba
s,omdsf;lI Kassala is the second CITY III o"o
Ss'aon II contains 20, 900 inhabitants anu Id.
rorrison of 8 900 men. 1t is the ReyS,ono M or,
IL. of frontier strongholds when are ~ Shiro
ooo;nst the Mahdi. Kassala, Sanhei'' Ainui'' ,ha
ona Gullabat are all resisting 'ne :o5 for q
rebels Kassala has already oeen ~Ss .o sond
80 ,oar Maisr Chermside has onefeo " s0.
WIZ seo~,ents but the commander has refuseu 70
,,t onv as he Is unable to provide tnoih VIZ"
ca Unless England or Italy sends speeuy io.'o,
I'll, sbare the fate of Berber and hhar'ou'i
A. sxtraord,nary scheme has been proposcu ~.
.,,r;na General Grahams army wl'h "'.o.
- 30 advance across the desert lro'h L Su"
60 Rerber It is to lay pipes in sec.ions ~ uS1
,vb;cb 70 convey water The War Oihce h"' 10" -.
~. man under consideration and has gi'on '
sanction to It, ,o ,,,,bl;c meeting
WINS held to protest against the
Eovptian policy. Speeches were ni"uo ~ .ho
rant Conservatives and noteworthy o'.oi v"
rresent situation from the Marquis OF Hi',soui,
,yas read. In this letter the ConserVa'i'o '
maintains that England has special oohsa''V"s ~,
fn6l in Egypt, because she has oes'roSou
Eovntian army has thrown the 0o'''n'
oenfrs;op and has allowed fanatical reoeiiioh ~
ossumo nroportions threatening the existence Vi
vt The smiling of English blood merely 10
slaughter savages aud then retire Is r'.c''"S o"S
nolicv The restoration of order cannon oe en.o[ou
without the support and guidance OF E"si'"u '
O long period of time. ,.;oh+ so,d
- Co,ora1 Gordon might easily have maue MS
aora from KbaTtoum lie thought thaV tno 10 Io''no, So
why General Gordon did not attelnPo Poroj y. Gordon
the fact that ne was fatallst! penel". onLind
hiaved II 10 he his duty to regenerate ~ nIan III nnl @
~ pclo ~ - +he cast of his own life His death Is nulo
serions than the fall OF KhaItoun. hal Io j.; nv tho
coed TO escape his life aud presence WouIp - I've
"a have secured victory for the cause he ~ IL
en .nd MIR Stanley expressed approVal ol IHo lI
Italian expedition to the Red sea nt,iS Ia 10
warned the Italians, however thal ~ Wou.oE E ,o,,
osr toss 10 ablish a colony on the SONAR PYii P
;~snls .sThe Somalis" he said are an lu'o'n ,ii
cent Courageous and feroc0us race, anu ticN o.
NOT onietly submit 10 a foreign lnVHsiiGGi, onS
subjected, however, they make gooo solui0'' ''-''
i"Ilue The Steamer Lydian Monarch, from KINGSTON
ritb trrops for Suaknn. about which ruinoI wa' w
current IN Dublin that Tgs sbant naf on sunday
The cGonists of South Australia are eeleiaiS t;o
aogueved at the answer made by Lal Dra lon ION
British Colonial Secretary to theI o Snrdon
IN wbIcb they offered to send troops TO tle oouui.
~ Tha,, So;l 10 perceiye satisfactory reason Wy
nreference should have been shown to the peo'g VI
New-South Wales whose OTTER Oh asTts''"'0
been accented bv the Home GoyeInneht' =, . ;,,+
Tho Prince and Princess OF Naes IaIul q I" @ ,,a.'
rsstnydav afternoon to the hospital-ship Oahges'
which is destined for Suakim