The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-12
THE S0UDAN WAR.
Wolseley Said to Have Declined
Englands Proposition.
lie Prefers That the Cabinet Take tho Re-
sponSibiiity OF Further Operations In
tho soudan-aenerai Earle's Troops
Disperae tho Rebels.
DECLINED, WITH THANKa.

| ply W the cton Oi tho cabinet IN giving
him carte blanche, 10 the following effect;
"My orders were 10 relieve the loyal com
| mhnder ana 20 garrison kharoum, Events
| have put that out OF the question, My In.
| strucllona are NJ an end, ana the responsible
| ity IN wholly yours am at your disposal,
Wolsely thinks that TO hold Gubat would
be dangerous, that TO hold Abu-Klea was q
thing impossible, and that II seems best 10
withdraw. Gakdul, which Is on q hill, and
which IL watered, can be made Impregnable,
and he asserts that he can keep an open line
between Gakdul and K0rtl, There IL q belief
that this will be done General Earle mean
time would continue going around 10
| the Vicinity OF Berber, arriving about In
time 20 cooperate with the new and strong
force sent across from Suakn In tho capt
ure OF Bcrher, Then would follow smul-
tane0us advances down the liyer and
across the desert 10 Metemneh and khar-
tonm The difficulty OF this plan 10
that In ALL probabilities the Mohdl by
now has invested Gubat As q withdrawal
would DO impossible, II looks ~ though the
| little force now there must hold out unre-
lleyed for nearly two months, cut OIL from
the rest, until General Earle gets around,
and the relnioroements get across from the
llttONl, General WOlseley meantime mass
lng his strength NJ Gadkul. But all depends
on General Earle, about whose safety there
are some doubts,
Matters In tho vicinity Of Mcemnch are
serious The natives report that III Mchdl
has 80, 900 men scattered between Bcrber,
Shondy and Metemnel, and tho force at
the last place IL daily receiving reinforce.
mentS. II Is evident that the Mehdl has
decided TO attack Gakdul and the other
posts established by General Stow
art during the march across the desert Ills
plan Is said TO be TO attack these positions
In detail, 10 slaughter the troops which have
been loft as guards and to hold the officers
Os hostages for ransOlns A strong force Of
TO be making Us way toward Gubat, and the
necessity for reinforcing that point Is hour
ly becoming more apparent
IL IN rumorcd that an order was tele-
graphCd 10 Wolseley TO ascertain II posi-
bic, before taking decisive action, whether
General Gordon II alive or dead. II ho dis.
covers he stll lives ho Ia instructed 10 try
TO terminate the campaign without fuls
thcr lighting, This instruction Ia
thought 70 Imply q desire on the part Of
the Government 10 secure the release
OF Gordon and companions by means OF
ransom, AT the latest report Wolseley was
still without definite news OF GordOn's fate,
lie has sent further spies 10 KhOrtoum,
with the promise that they should bo llber
ally rewarded II they could definitely asccr-
tain whether Gordon Is dead or alive,
After Saturdays session OF the Cabinet
arrangements were perfected whereby reln-
forcoments OF 5000 men would be sent VI
once 10 Egypt This force would be
forwarded from England, and will form
the first lnstallmont Of nm army for
the Soudnn, whose numbers will dc.
pend on necessities developed by un-
foroseon events. Tho Observer says Gen.
orOl Wolselcy asked for specific orders as
10 what he should do In event General Cor.
don was found 10 b0 dead. After u very
animated aud prolonged discussion the Cab
lnot replied that the campaign would bo
prosecuted until tho rebellion was sup
pressed.
SheIk Gom-c-lGddln, u woll-known Mo.
hammcdon agent, now In Paris, has b1en
interviewed on tho Soudaneso re-
belllon. Ilo links that General
Gordon IL still alive, but II dead, that
ho fell lighting, El Mohdl, ho SAYS,
would respect General Gordon rs prisoner
andimlght bo willing 10 open negotiations for
the exchange Of General Gordon for Arab
Pashn, whom III Mchdi hon0rs as u truo
servant In the cause Of Mah0mod. vi Mehdl
might make u partial peace with the English,
but never u permanent peace. lle would ro-
fuse 10 accept tho title OF VlcCroy or any
other title from tho khcdlye or from tho
Sultan, but would remain III Mchdl, He
aimed NJ the conquest OF the S0udan, aud
hoped that strong rising would tak0 place
In Arabia against the Turks.
LONDON Feb 0.--'rhreo battall0ns OF
guards and four bnttullons Of infantry, In
Guiding two from Malta aud two from Glib,
raltar have been ordered 10 Egypt Two
bOttalons Of infantry aud u regiment Of
cavalry have been ordered 10 proceed from
India 10 Egypt The nine batlallIons OF
troops ordered from England, Malta, Glib.
mltNr and india are sent NJ the request OF
General Wolscley The Guards leave Eng
land ut the end Of tho present week. Tho
two batlallons Of English infantry nj pres.
ont In Lower Egytt Will proceed lmmcd-
atcly 10 SoudNn,
Great activity prevails at Chatham, Wool.
wlch and Aldcrsh0t, Preparations for
sending rClnlOlCemontS TO Egypt are being
rapidly pushed, The Twentieth llussnrs
the Third Battalion of the Rifle Brigade,
now nt Aldprhot, tho battalion OF tho
Scots FusIlcors, tho battalion Of Cold
Stream Guards and the squadron OF tho
Fifth LnnCCrs have been ordered 10 proceed
At once 10 SuhkIm.
LONDON, Feb, 0.-Lod Wolsoloy tcle-
graphs 10 the War ONCE to-day from kortl
~ follows! "Tho advance guard Of General
Enrle's column, consisting of u squadron Of
cavalry under command Of Colonel But.
Ter, surprised large body of the Mon
assir tribe, under WOdgan, the MUIR
derer of Colonel Stewart, encNmped nt
Shnkoob Wells. The cavalry charged tho
oncNmpmont, and the enemy iod In every
direction, leaving behind thirty men killed.
and n large number OF camols, cattle and
many Remington rifles. Butler captured
ak prisoners.
LONDON, Feb o.-ln nm interview bo'
tween Earl Granville and Fohml POshO tho
Turkish envoy, the former told the latter
that the English Government intended, for
political and financial reasons TO eyOcunt0
Egypt, but that II was Impossible 10 specify
on oXuct period for such withdrawal |
The British Government, ho said, being !
o Constitutional Government, aud do,
pendent on public opinion, which compelled |
the Cabinet TO send un expedition 10 |
the Soudan, would not permit The evacua-
tlon OF Egypt without some reward for En. |
glands sacrifices; that the proposed Turkish |
expedition TO SuNklm was nopportune that |
the Sultan's sovereignty over Egypt would |
be respected. Earl Granville colinsolod tho |
Porte not TO raise question with Italy In |
connection with the annexation of llelul, |
He held that lia'y's commercial interests nj |
Assab compelled her 10 extend her author.
lily over the adjacent district
CEyLoN, Fob, a--Arab Pasha, inter.
Viewed on the fall Of Khartoum, estimated
El Mahdps forces before tho taking of the
city AZ 100000 soldiers, aimed with spears,
he explained. He believed the capture OF
Khartoum would draw all tho Arab chiefs
undcr the standard Of tho Mahdi. Around