The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-20

CcopyriFht, 1905. by the Associated Press.l
LONDON, April 19.-The announce
ment made in the house of commons
Friday by Joseph chamberlain, secre-
tary Of state for the colonies, that the
government intended to Immediately
increase the strength OF the garrisons
In South Africa has caused great sat-
Isfaction here. The MkddIesex regi-
ment, the first one ordered to sail, has
been especially chosen, as It fought at
the cape In 1879.
There was great elation at Aldershot
camp when the orders to prepare to em-
Larlt for South Africa reached the Mid.
dlesex regiment. The soldiers gathered
and cheeFed repeatedly for the queen
and country, everybody and every
thing, and not many days Will elapse
before the men are ready Tor snip
II Is more than limited that the pres
emit increase Is only the first install-
ments OF troops which are to be sent TO
the cape. The Conservative newspa-
pers are suddenly alive to the fact that
the Cape Of Good Hope is OF vital ime
portance to Great Britain as being q
sort Of halfway house to India, most
healthy station, etc, and they loudly
demand that 1t be converted Into q mill
ltary base on large scale. But what
IL really meant is that Great Britain
should prepare for war With the Trans
Yaal without loss Of time.
The defeats of the dervishes outside
OF Suakim and around Tokar have
drawn attention to the fact that troops
from India win shortly have to be mnd-
ed there II the campaign against the
KhalIfa is to be properly conducted ana
the Soudan reconquered.
The friendly tribes in the vicinity OF
Sunkim and Tokar are constantly har-
Iassing the derVishes, and keeping the
latter continually on the move, while
avoiding any serious engagement. The
scouts report that Osmnn Digna has re-
treated to Adarama, and the friendly
chief, Omnntitat1, has reoccupied the
AgOba district.
II rs expected that the news Of the de-
feats OF the dervishes will soon reach
the Nile and have IN effect IN the Dom
COLA district. There is much gradfea-
ton In England at the splendid showing
made by the Egyptian troops under the
British officers, and they are said to be
becoming reliable enough to be pitted
against the dervishes with every
chance of victory. Indeed, according to
many. of the war correspondents, the
Fellaheen now appears to be edual to
the Soudanese as a soldier.
The recent defeat OF the deryishss has
also had the important result OF COM
pellinE Osman Digna to evacuate posi-
lions around Tokar whence he had
made fornys upon the friendly tribes,
and 1t has apparently caused diver
sion in the Dongola district, where the
dervIshes have already missed the first
opportunity Of harrassing the Anglo
Egyptian advance guard.
A small party OF dervlshes fired into
the camp at Akasheh yesterday even
ing and vanished in the night immedi-
ately afterward.
some OF Great Britaln's latest gums
will be employed for the first time dur
ing the autumn campaign in the Sou-
dan. They carry a highly explosive
shell ten miles, and each shell is eapa-
bic OF disabling 200 Of the enemy,
These guns have such u rnpid-hre ca
pacity that before the first shell bursts
| three others are on their way In the
same direction. The government shell
| foundry has been overwhelmed with
orders for the manufacture OF projec-
| tiles, and private contracts for l,OOO,OOO
shells have been given out.