The record-union., 1896-06-07

to the continent The notion in court
circles is that the change will be brlef.
Sympathetic as Princess Christian may
be, the Queen has been so long accus-
toned to the companionship of her
youngest daughter as to feel her alb
sence keenly. Beatrice, who is now at
kissingen, will probably be called TO
her royal mother before the court leaves
Balmoral
The War Office has ordered the heads
of the staff to prepare for the dispatch
of 800 troops at the end of August
Part of these will go to Egypt, While
the remainder will be used to replace
the drafts from Gibraltar and Malta,
from which places troops now there
will be sent to join the Soudan eXpe-
dition. The orders indicate that S,oOO
British troops will take part in the
expedition in September. The Indian
contingent will then number nearly
1000, making the combined strength or
the Anglo Egyptian forces about H.
COO men.
This confirms the suspicious that the
Government has deceived the country
regarding the scope of the operations
contemplated in the Soudan. An ad-
vance on Dongola would not require
such an army. The objective point IS
now believed to be Omdurman and kas-
sala, and the wiping out of the Mahd-
lists. If the plans are successful, the
Indian troops will move from Suaklm
in July and occupy Erkowit, thirty
miles southwest Of that place, on the
road to Kassala Here they will go
into cantonment, which will be made
the base of an advance on kassala ana
Berber Erkowit lies on high ground,
and is free from the heats of the Red
Sea littoral There is plenty of water
there.
The report that France and Russia
had protested against the influx OF In
dian troops into the Soudan is unknown
at the Foreign Office, though the st.
Petersburg News" which is now the
organ of the Russian Foreign once,
says Russia has a good right to oppose
it, as the measure implies the estap-
lishment of direct military communlca-
ton between India and the Mediterran-
can, increasing the power OF Great 6rl-
tain to interfere in Turkey.
The strength of silver is attributed to
the initial impetus of American buying
followed by the spectators here. Ac-
cording to the "Statist," the silverites
are now working both London and New
York and are confident of victory in the
approaching American Presidential
election Their operations influence the
enormous demand for India council
bills, which last Wednesday were almost
double the normal demand. From the
same cause rupee paper has risen, and
the rates of India and China bills have
advanced.
The "Statist" says the prospects of a
silverite majority in the United States
has already caused a slackening in the
business of American banking, and that
trade generally is entering into period
of grave apprehension The shipments
of gold from New York will soon become
large, and the boarding of that metal
will assume formidable dimensions.
The Duke of Orleans has summoned a
council of his leading adherents at
Ramsgate in August to discuss the issu-
ing of a manifesto submitting his claims
to the throne Of France to plebiscite of
the French people. with a view to sup
port the Bonapartist pretender. The
Duke of Orleans is said to have con-
suited the Duke Of Aumale and ex-Em-
press Engenie on a project of his mar
riage to Princess Letitia Bonaparte,
widow of the Duke of Aosta-
The Duke of Orleans will meet Prince
Victor Napoleon at Brussels, and will
try to get his support Ex-Empress
Eugene favors the Duke of Orleans,
and has subscribed large sum of
money to assist him. The Duke of Au-
male is credited with having done the
same. 1t is understood that the moneys
thus subscribed will be used to propa-
gate agitation in the French army and
among the bureaucrats. The old Bou-
langial element is active in it's support
of the Duke of Orleans.
Marie Forrest, an American meZZo-
soprano. has made notably successful
debut at Queens Hall.