The evening times., 1896-08-22

and that the troops will go forward from
Kosheiiwitf1in a1ortnight. The whole force
is re ady for the adyance. The Nile on Thurs
day had RISEN to about point that would
enable the steamers that are waiting below
the Semneh Gate to ascend the river.
Once semneh Is passed. tile route will be
clear. AS a sign that action - imminent
general order was issued Wednesday for
! bidding the sending OF further commune
cations from the camps beyond kosheh.
Henceforth the press dispatches will be
controlled by the military authorities. but
it is not believed that the censorship Will
prevent the tr;iiis,nissioH OF news of i'm.
portance. -
BARON DHANIS' EXPEDITION.
simultaneously with the news OF tie i'm
minent advance of the Anglo Egyptian
forces advices from the Congo Flee state
that the expedition under Baron Dhanis
has reached the White Nile and occupied
Lado When Baron DLams started it
was Officially denied that an Anglo Bel
gan movement had been concerted against
The Mahdists, although the British gov
ernment allowed several hundred HouS-
sars to join Dhanis' forces.
The news now at hand confirms the
statement originally made by the United
Associated Presses that the object of tie
belgian expedition was to operate in CON
| junction with the Anglo Egyptian forces.
There is 10 doubt that the British, Egyp
| tian and Belgian governments are Jointly
Interested in the plan to inflict crushing
blow upon the Mahdists and reconqucr the
Socdan. Lado, the place where Baron
| DhaniS arrived, is north of the territory
| proper of the Congo Free State II is sit
uated on the White Nile, soue 325 miles
north of the Victoria Nyanza.
The Belgians. it is believed, viii go
| further north in the direction of khartouin.
while the Anglo-Egyptian expedition pro
| ceeds south from Senineh. Thus the Nah
disis will be caught bet wecu two fires. and
the result. it is hoped. VIII be the final ex
| friction OF Mahdisin. The pretense that the
advance soutiwasdis solely for the purpose
| strengthening the Egyptian frontier aud to
| prevent an incursisn OF the dervishes into
| iowerEgyptfs now about abandoned md tits
| now generally conceded hat the object is TO
! subhue the dcrvishes and again take pos
! session Of the country SO long held by them.
| To hold the terriforv in question. once
| It. is reconuuereh. will require British
| force. and with British soldiers entnlaEcd
| In this service the question of the British
evacuation of Egypt viii be indefinitely
postponed, And this. It is charged in some
/ lzflE
! Salisbury In eniharkinc & reat britain in
a scheme that IN th' end is bound To raise
q protest from the British tax IA yers
| CARS TOUR OF EUROPE.
All Europe Is agos over the coming tour
| oI tee cZar ana .eads. .na. So FAR as tii, ylslt
! 10 queen Nictona is concerned, no very
| great political significance Is attached 10
the Journey. Their imperial ma jes;ies VIII
| arrive at baimoral duIlas til uueen'saunual
h'itunn vlsit TO the Highlands, ana taere
VIII be large family gathering to gree,
them: They wiil probably arrive at souia
| northern port in tie iDperidi ytlt.Iu i'olar
| Star. and travel without ceremony to Bal
| morai- There is no likelihood that they
viii come 10 Loncon, unless privately. or
make any pubic appearance in Great Brit
! am. Far oterwlse, however, Will be their
| tour on tie continent.
France, is represented BY its press and
| Politicians, is in a flutter of eager ex-
| element The public, too, share the in
| terest, especially in Paris, whcrr-a valua-
Bile fillip to trade, which too often is dull
| IN the fall Of the year, is lcoSed for with
much hope. There can be no coIbt that
the great event viii bring back to Paris
earlier than usual the society folks who
have now left it for resorts of health and
fashion in the country AM by the sea. and
there is equal certainty that there Will be
great scattering of money in honor of
the republics august ally.
The Pdrisians have had not a single Off
| cial visit from any sovereign since 1873
| There is no doubt that the British Eryr
| coined among them, and it is intended IL
make the impending event memorable
| one.
LAVISH ENTERTAINMENTS.
The state will entertain lavishly and The
public will not be far behind. Although
their majesties will not arrive, according Il
1 present arrangements, before the first wecl
IN October, proposals for doing them homo
ana toI their entertainment are ALREADY
put forth.
Thus Paris newspaper some days az,
mooted journalistic subscription for pre-
sentiDg the czar with a sword of ho,ior and
the same paper has started fund to which
The women Of France are invited to con
tribute for purchasing a specially designed
| cradle for presentation to the empress. Dis
cIlsson, too, RACES around the question o
where their Inaiesties may be most worthil
lodged, but tire government for the presen
keeps its intentions dark, and leaves tn,
press and the public to vcntilate their s,ig
gestions.
The Speaker today says that the cza,
while in Great Britain, WEI accord an in,
terview to Lord Salisbury. at which a,
entente favorable to peace may be arrive,
at
Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese special am
bassador, embarked today at Soutbarnpto
on the American line steamer st. Louis and
sailed for New York During the mas
week he was touring in the provinces. hay
Ing finished his Official visit to London q,
Saturday last After his visit to Mr. Gla d
stone at Hawafden, which he seems t,
have enjoyed exceedingly, he inspected
the Forth DridReah the Elswick works q
Lord Armstrong & Co.
LIS KEN INTEREST.
Apart from u somewhat quaint, yet pleas
ing, arfability, the great viceroy has wo
many friends here by the keen interest h,
hasdisplayed in fnen and things, His appe
tite for Information on all sorts OF subject
seems unappeasabic, and the question
that he constantiysp0ts to his enterta iner
through his interpreter suggest the inuuis
tiveness OF young aspirant to politica pre
fcrment, rather than inquiries put 10
courtcsies' sake by an old man OF the world
He is critical, too. In many things, and {
great observer OF ladies' dress He is cor
scious OF his exalted rank and feels siichte,
II he. is not met on public OCCASIONS b
people dressed in their BEST
Some OF the ladies whom he me tat fete