Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-06
MUTTERNGS IN EGYPT
The Effects OF the SOudan Disasters Sean
Near the Niles Moutb

The Effects Of the SOudan Disasters Seen
| Near the Niles Mouth
CAIRO, March 5.-The Egyptians con-
tinue to manifest insubordination against
British authority. FlOgging of natives
| for assaults upon English soldiers are al
most of daily occurrence.
| UNEAsINESS IN ALEXANDRIA.
ALEXANDRIA, March 5.-The signs O
| discomfort among the native population
against British rule are increasing
Threats against the life of Gen. Stephen.
son, the English commander, are now fire.
| quently heard even on the streets.
THE ARAB ONsLAUGHTs.
SUAKIN, March 5.-Maj j.-Gen. Greves,
next in command to Gen. Graham in the
Suakin expedition, has arrived here.
| Steps are being taken tn more thoroughly
protect the garrison from the attacks OF
| The hostile Arabs, who nearly every night
succeed in wrecking the advance re-
doubts erected during the day by the gar
rlsOn troops.
Gen. Hudson, commanding the Indian
| contingent of the .Suakin expedition,
landed at Suakin to-day with his staff.
COST OF THE CAMPAIGN.
LONDON, March 5-The govern ment is
about to ask the assent OF Parliament to
an increase of 10000 men in the army.
The supplementary official estimate pro-
vides for an increase of 5000 men In the
military service and shows that the eX-
penses OF the Soudan campaign to the end
of March will be So, 800, 900.
The civil service estimate shows an in
crease Of $260,000 in the police and secret
service account.
At the Empire Club banquet this even
ing the resident colonial agent of New
South Wales announced that the govern
ment had accepted colonial offers of
troops for service in SOudan in the
autumn.
The Marquis of Harrington said to-day
that the government thought that any ad-
vance by Gen. Graham from Suakin for
the relief of the garrison at Kassala was
impossible. He said that the government
were unprepared to state the number of
additional men they intended to enroll in
the army.
GEN. GORDON's DIARIES.
In the House of Commons to-day the
Marquis of Harrington said that if Gen.
GordOn's diaries when received should be
found to be in the form of a sort of substi-
tute for his dispatches to the government
the government would treat them as such
If found to be of private character his
relatives would be consulted about them.
1t is reported that after the division oa
the vote on censure the Queen advised
Premier Gladstone to resign, and to re-
construct a ministry which should be
based upon thorough and consistent for
elgn policy. Premier Gladstone declined
to resign, maintaining that he held power
under commission from the people.
MORE TROOPS FOR EGYPT.
LONDON, March 6, 3 A. M.-Another
battalion numbering 1000 men has been
ordered from Gibraltar to Egypt. Two
battaliOns viii be sent from England to
Gibraltar TO replace the battalion sent 10
Egypt.
BIsMARCK's EGYPTIAN SPEECH.
BERLIN, March 5.-The North German
Gdzette characterizes as willful perver-
siOns of the truth the attempt of English
newspapers to cOnstrue the speech of
Prince Bismarck in the Reichstag on last
Monday as Indicating a desire on his part
to contribute to Premier Gladstone's de-
feat. Prince Bismarck's object, the Ga
zette AYERS, was to state the real facts as
to Germany's attitude in regard to Egypt
so as to retain the confidence of foreign
countries. Turkeys, Frances, Russia's,
and even AustrIa's belief IN Germany's
honesty, would have been seriously
shaken if Bismarck had advised England
to take Egypt.
PAINS PRESENCE EXPLAINED.
PARIS, March 5.-M. Rochefort, editor
of La intGrRSigednt, announces that he
has been informed that Oliver Pain is
taking no part in the SOudan campaign.
NJ, ROchefort adds that Ell Mahdi entrusts
no command in his armies to any Euro
pean. M. PAINS presence in Egypt, as
explained by NJ. ROchefOrt, is for the pur-
pose of ransoming French prisoners in
the possession of the prophet, and to as
sist him in this undertaking it is said
that the French residents in Cairo have
subscribed 100000.