The Portland daily press., 1885-03-23

Aou' or euo Placo snould Ialll the ltallau
missions will ask King John of Abyssipia
tol occupy Kerem and the county Of the
Boeos, should the Arabs threaten to invade
ither.
Affairs in Egypt.
LONDON, March q The bravery displayed
| BY the Arabs in the recent skirmishes behind
| Suakim causes grave misgivings as to the sue
| cess of Gen. Granam's efforts to establish de-
| fensible summer camp. 1t is certain that
| there will be bloody campaign at the thres-
hold of the march to Berber, and the success
| OF the undertaking is very doubtful. The Lon
| don papers today print long accounts OF yetser-
| day fight, and relate many instances of hrav-
cry displayed by British officers and men. The
editorial comments are less inspiring The
most pessimistic of the leaders is that of the
Pall Mall Gazette, which says there was no
| victory yesterday, unless it was for the Arabs,
who retained the field at the end Of two days
unsuccessful assault by one of England's IS
aolest commanders and the pick of England's
| troops. Experience teaches Osman Digna the
art OF war. The Arabs skirmshed admirably.
Ihey kept well covered, taking skilfnl adysn-
| tage of every protection afforded by the
country in which the skirmishes occurred, and
with which they are probably more familiar
than the British. The Arabs threw the In
dian cavalry into confusion, forced the Guards
nack, recaptured their positions and haTrassed
the retiring British like a swarm of bees. The
effect OF such victory, the Pail Mall Gazette
concludes, is very discouraging.
The Evening News says the result Of the en-
gagement shows that Gen. Graham scarcely
held his own.
The Globe fears that tho construction Of a
railway from Suakim to Berber will be found
impossible in the face of the Arabs proweSs
Corrected returns OF the British losses in
Yesterdays engagement show that q men we're
killed, including II Of the Indian troops, and
that AZ were wounded, Of whom 16 belong to
the Indian contingent. The troops in the
zareba at Hasheen at daylight this morning
shelled and dispersed bodies OF the rebels
which had collected on the adjacent hills. The
whole force, except the Guards, will advance
at daybreak tomorrow for the purpose of con-
structing zarebas ct points seven or sight miles
from the camp. The Berkshire regiment and
the marines will be left to garrison the zareb-
as, the remainder OF the troops returning to
Suakim.
The COrean Revolt.
SAN Francisco, March 22.-Steamer CITY Of
Pekin, which arrived this afternoon, brings
advices from Hong Kong to February 81, and
from Yokohama to March q The Corean ad-
vices state that the father, mother, wives and
children of Kia Glou Ka Kia, j. Ssrhitza and
Kohan, leading members of the Independent
party in Corea, were hanged at the Pal ace
gates on February %, and eleven other Coreans
who sympathZed with that cause, were also
hanged with them, and the parents, wives and
children cf four of these latter were also hang
ed: Gen. Kia Giou Ka Kia, who sought
loAusO III OdPnAs Will bOou COLl0 W the OnlLeu
States.
Emperor williams birthday.
BERLIN, March 22.-The eighty-eghth ami
versary of the birth of Emperor William was
observed today with much enthusiasm and re-
Jolcing. The streets of this city were profuse-
lY decorated with banners. In the NOR ming
the Emperor received the members of the i'm
perial family snd foreign princes, also old SCR
wants, number of whom have been attached
to his household forty or fifty years. At the
signal of the morning gun the bands of the
regiments in the garrison played selections of
sacred music, and deputaJions Of soldiers from
all the regiments afterward attended divine
servine. During the forenoon the officers were
mustered before the imperial palace and de-
filed past the front window, where the Emper
or was stationed, while a salute of 100 guns
was held at the palace. Count Won Hokse-
feldt. Minister of Foreign Affairs, entertained
the Diplomatic Corps in honor of the occa-
sion.
Busts of the Emperor were placed at various
points on the streets. Prince Bismarck met
with an ovation while going to and returning
from the imperial palace.
Gable Notes.
Bismarck has suffered severely lately from
recurrence of his rheumatic troubles but his
general health is good.
Sir Henry Parkes, British minister at Pc
kin, is reported to have died suddenly yester-
day.
The total loss sustained by the French at
Ke Lung between the 4th and Sth, was 1893
killed and wounded.
King Humbert and Queen Marguerite, in
the presence of numerous princes and oiplo-
matte representatives, Sunday, laid the foun-
dstion OF monument to King Victor Emanuel
on the capitol at Rome