New-York tribune., 1885-02-08
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
GENERAL CONDEMNATION OF THE GLAD'
STONE MINISTRY.
wAGNITUDE OF THE KHARrouM pi'AS ,vovn
ERAL GORDON TO BE RESCUED o
-aovrRNMENr REPORTS CHALLENGED

wAaSrrupE OF THE KHARrouM pisAsrhnmu 1s.vnvn
,..r aoxpoS TO BE RESCUED OR AVEN1HD
-eoyERNMRNr REPORTS ohALLEN"~O
tBr CABLE TO THs TRIBUNE
r..,>oy Feb 7.-The news OF the fall OF hhar-
.,,,,r, was admittedly known at the war ohic0 IL
tondon by o'clock on Thursday morning anu
crobably earier-rumor says a day OF Two earioi'
The officials refused to give the lnformat'oh " 'no
Journals. which might have printed the news III
their regular issues. Nothing was aiio"eu " oo
come nublic till near noon Thursday, and then
III, meaore extracts were furnished from Lord
Wolseley's Dispatch the substance OF when is s'i
withheld.
THE COUNTRY INDIGNANT.
Tbere ia but one feeling. Not within living
,,omorv has n disaster of equal magnitude oeiaieh
Eno,and. Never was the country 90 unanimous ~
hlom;ng Ministry. You hear the words " guilty.
.ra resnons,blityn freely used. Nothing can give
vou an adequate idea of the deep meigha'iop
AGAINST the Ministry Their own organ does not
vsnture to utter word of excuse for the long deay
IN the attempt to relieve General GORDON ou' uopi
Gates discussion. Nobody lays much Dlaihe oh Luz"
Wolseley except for insisting on the Nie route ih
stead of the Suakim- Berber route EVeryoou
.+sfrIlv applauds the skill of the commanders ana
- ','.sa;sr of the soldiers but the Ministry will
;-, no called To stern account for refusing to
.,o,oa;ye that General Gordon was III danger iase
L.
snrno for oyerruling every proposal nc naue' ioi
5snv;ny him what he declared to be necessary, ior
uitbboldng all succor and practically leaving min
co his fate TIL public opinion compelled them re-
luetantly to dspatch-the expedition.
JUSTICE TO GENERAL GORDON
c.r,n,ste iustice is done to General Gordon by
ruhic opinion in England, and on the coh1nen.,
Not voice is heard in favor OF WITHDRAWAL I'LL,
everything has been done to ascertain hs ia'o anu
to rescue him IL alive Many people seem a"aAe
Co.. Tho first time to know ledge of the splendor OF
General Gordon's purely military services. no ""s
wnen Ministerial journals could sneer at tne'h anu
,,, ;sover The coolest heads believe that General
Gordon is alive.
OFFICIAL BULLETINS DIscREDITED
The fnI dimensions of the disaster are stlii un-
known. Nearly every statement puoiisheu ny '"o
War Office IS challenged except the iact 'ha' hh"i
.our hos fallen. The date cause and circumstances
go olI uncertain. If Colonel Wilson, whose delay
At Cubat is sharply criticised, was unaoie 10
ta,n the fate of General Gordon everything else Is
presumed to be conjectural. The Mahdis message
that General Gordon has turned Mussulnan Is uis
believed. Lord Wolseley telegraphs privately Una.
.,ara ;s M cause for anxiety about the forces at
Cubat or elsewhere.
WHAT YExTf
III. question q What next ~ is fully discussed by
,h naners Most critics that 1t is Impossible 10
form nnrelymtary opinions at home without nearing
lord Wolseey's views but all agree that retreae'
or ANYTHING resembling retreat, wouio nave us
as,rous effect far beyond Egypt. Islam IS III TO
voItlr cries one journal prematureiy. bu' 'he
danger of a Mohammedan rising In lndia IS reeog-
nized even by Ministers who have Deeh hiener'o III
favor of scuttling from Egypt.
The Times at once declared that retreinen' wac
,hvsca,lv and morally impossible and that beroer
must be taken the Suakin- berper rou'eoponeo'' 'NN
Osman Digna destroyed.
The Sfaadard insists that the power OF the MANU-
-, no broken and Khartoum taken, no matter
what the cost A. I,a,o,
TLe Doilv Ne,cs like most Others recalls the Indian
f. ond nronounces that this is q National
calamity and must be met by a Nationai reso'e'
Yesterday it omitted to say what the resoi'o
sbould be- To-day it decides that beroer mus. oo
taken and declares that single CRACK oat'anoi
would be sufficient to clear the road from oukh "
psrher No more destructive criticism on she re-
fusai of the Ministry to allow column "
last spring to Berber has been puoished
THE CABINETS DECISION.
nh. Cabinet Yesterday resolved. say the friends
f ,h Ministry to leave the entire responsibility for
n decision as to future operations WIN Lo,u
Wolseley. This is probably mistake. VIVA. vi"
Calumet resolved was that retreat was impossioio'
hut that Lord woseey was to have full discretoh
TO have the campaign carried on.
Om,nous hints come from Paris. NJ. ferry th'nkS
this is good time to make 1resh dehnahus' io
woud better not. England is much moro likely W
refuse to ratify the present agreemeh. 'ha "
ate further concessions.
,t,ter;al organs rejoice over the prospect of re-
,,;avng the Cabinet of responsibility. They cry,
syes give Lord Wolseiey blank cheek ana
military dictatorship in Egypt" Less terrified
iournas saw that the Cabinet must still decide INC
noev and Lord Wolssey choose the methods OF en-
forcing tnat pulicy Decisions about reinforcements
are expected 10 be taken at to-days council
Mr.. GosCHEN ASD Mr. CHAMBERLAIS.
Political interest has turned most on the threat
.ned d,ssensions of the Liberal party. Mr..
Goschen's speech at Edinburgh is remarkaDc ioi an
elahorate dissection OF Mr. Chamberlan's recent
soc;a,ist,c proposals. These Mr. Goschen defined as
.r,da nanaceas. and exposed and reprobated them
with inst severity The Radicals perceive with sur
rrse that majority of the leading Liberal Journals
support Mr.. Goscbens views
Mr. chamberlain irritated By The 1imes's COM
mepts lost his temper wrote avolent letter TO me
Iauv Ae,cs, saying that he would not write TO Ihc
Times because it misrepresented him, and altogether
gave himself away.
Sir Charles Dixie has spoken, but has avoided
committing himself. Mr.. Forster briefly but strongly
condemns the wild talk abont property and advises
Liberals 10 Say loss aoout thc hE"e' Va ""'""'
and more about their duties. Other Liberals ex-
press similar opinions.
THE KossA EPISODE.
The Rosa incident Attracted some attention early
In the week. but has since been almost forgotten.
Most people regret about equally the attack on
Rosa and its failure The police make little pro-
gress in dynamite discoveries. Mr.. Parneu con-
tinues silent.
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PLYMOUTH, Feb. 7.-West, one OF the mem