Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-07
The English In Fear Of an Attack on
Gubat Gen, WOlseley Hast.
ening 20 tho Rescue.
An Awful Tale, as Yet UnooDRrmed,
That Two Thoucand Troops We're
MaSaored at Khartoum,
Eight Thousand Reinforeements Or
dered in Readiness to March
Against FL MAhdi.
Gen. Wolseley Invested With Unlimited
Authority to Prosecute the
Campaign in Egypt,
rIIE nEnEi.a nnrlAnT.

LONDON, Feb. 6.-Gen. Wolseley
telcgraphs from Korti 20 the war Office
thie afternoon that a courier has Ar.
rived from tho Brltieh camp near Me-
temneh, who reports that the rebels at
haye become defiant since
hearing OF the fall OF Khartoum Tho
courier aleo Gays that an attack on
GubAt may be looked for ~ any mo-
ment. The rebels expect reinforce.
ments from Khartoum, Lord Wolse.
ley states that he wil remain quiet,
pending further orders from tho gov.
eminent.
Tttn CABINET MEETING
The cabinet met NJ II o'clock this
10 consider what UOurse
was TO DO taken In re-
gard to the preaont Egyptian
emergency. IL was decided 10 send
telegraphic orders % India fir the dis
patch ~ Indian troops 10 Huakim, and
meanwhile 10 reinforce the garrison nj
Suakim by drafts Ut troops from En-
GLAND and the Mediterranean. The
consensus of Opini n In the ministry
" In favor Of strong,
ACTIVE AND VIGOROUS PoLIUY.
The ministry viii sanction any de-
mand Of Lord Wolaelty which will aid
In the defeat OF l1l MHhdl and will no.
cure the release Of Gen Gordon N
alive, or wreak vengeance upon the
Arabs II slain, The telegraph line be-
TIVE n London and l<orti Is entirely
occupied with dispatches between the
cabinet and Lord W0lseley
THE MlNlspRY ATTACKED.
The Timeh editorial In diacussing
the last news from Egypt, says:
"NU words Of ours are adequate to
express the mingled feeiings of dis
may, condemnation and indignant dia-
gust, which have been universally
evoked by this news The present
situation Is the lAmenthble result OF
long course OF disregard Of the elemen-
tnry mRxims OF atatesmanahlp.
The country Ia Obliged To
confese that everything has
been done that could be done 10 add
10 the riskA ofdefeat, Advice has been
apurned, tlmo wasted and opportunI-
ties lost The splendid vRlUr OF our
soldiers which AFT I'd the last chance
for relieving the mistakes OF the pol.
Icy Of the ministry WAS handicapped
10y the choice OF line north which
was at the same time long and dlfi-
cult aud without means Of Communi-
cation
WITHOUT a BASE or SUPPLIES.
BY the losH OF KhaTtoum which was
hla objective point, Lord Wolseley's
whole expedition II la the
air The concentration OF bis
forces 10 the frat necessity
which confronta Gen. Wolseley, but
where shall he coneentrRle9 The
only effective base IL SuAkim, and 10
make this available Osman DigmR
must bo vRnquiBhed and the road To
he saved or avenged. The honor Of
the country must be- indicated at any
COST
THE COUNCIL or WAR
The council az the war Office last
evening decided TO advlre the immedl-
ate dispatch OF 5000 troops tn 5uakim.
Gen, Stephenson telegrRphs that 5000
men Will be needed 10 cla ar the road 10
Berber, ms the fall Of KhArtoum will
Induce the central tribes TO 10 n Oaman
Dlgmu. Gen. Stephenson also advises
that the present strength Of the troops
In Upper and Lower Egypt be funln-
tanned, and that tho reinforcement be
drawn from England aud India Gen.
Wulseley has renewed his demand for
an expedition to Buskim Of 5000 men
under Gen Graves. Gen Wolseley
COMMENCED MS ADVANCE
from KOrti tp dby for the relief Of the
troops near Metemneh, aud he sent
orders TO Gen Earle to hasten hlH ad-
vance against HeibeT IN order 10 as
list IN tbefalief Of Mettmneh. The OBJ
jectiye point ~ all Glen. Wolse.
lsy'a movements Is now Metem-
neh. Press messages from the
Suudan are greatly retarded. Several
newspapers have made application 10
the war office for permits 20 Immuni-
cato instructions 10 correspondents, but
Woleeley has the sole authority la the
natter The Liberals and COnaerya-
lives generally express the opinion that
THE SOLE REsPoNBlBILITY
for the fall Of khHrlOum rertB with
the ministry, who refused TO allow the
relief expedition 10 start in time. The
Conservatives intend to raise the ques-
ton OF confidence In the ministry an
soon ns parliament reassf mules
REM oRCEA1 ENTs ORDERED,
OTdrrs have been dispatched to
Woolwlch immediately 10 prepare 10
send nj inth'a ratl0nB aud 5000 men
for the Kbarioum expedition
sYMPATHY FOR GEN. GORDON.
The war office was thronged through
out the day with foreign mlnl6ters,
members VI the house Of commons and
other public officials. Ofdera have
been sent 10 Portsmouth to hold the va
flpna Transports now there In readlneHs
for immediate service. At various POI
lltichl aud other meetings
throughout the kingdom yesle rdey
sptAker4 expressed sympathy with
Gen Gordon and hope that the
government would adopt vigorous and
decisive measures. the Newspaper Of
fees are every Where beaieRed with
.r.1fas,. t,.,s1rara kVttf,ad Rienf