New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-12
SLOW ADVANCE Up THE NILE.
THE EXPEDITION MAY ABSonB THE ENli"h
EGYPTIAN FUND.

London April I-As far as IT has gone. the Soudah
expedition Is disappointing 70 the War Once ana 10
tho Government Dispatches are sent daily from
c,tr, praslng the rapidty OF the movements al the
front ana the completeness OF the piep''aho"S
The truth as known at the War ONCE. when u s"S
tained by private advces - that the advance oeyonh
Assouan ia hampered by deficient river service and
,h. u,,t ~ forage The worst feature for the
Government IL the enormous and unexpected eN-
penditures that have been and are yet to "' maze
Lord Cromer the British Diplomatic Agent AT
Cairo advises that 1t will be necessary soon 10 ara"
upon the Egyptian Treasury for El'O.eO IN adh'-
ton 10 the c.O00D already drawn. and TINS i"ct
tenders Il probable that the entire reserve Of the
Erypi!an Deb, Commission will bc ultimately alb
sorbed In preparations before there - actual con
tact with the Dervishes. No authority ventures TO
speculate to what Will happen when the reserve
Ia exhausted.
Until September the only forward movement from
Akasheh that Is likely 10 Ice made Will be - Firkei
ten miles up the river This viii he merely due 20
the discovery that Akasheh is a bad strategic posi-
manding the camp. and for this reason It has al
ready been found advisable 10 form chaln o. ioris
TIE mercury reaches an average OF ly1 degrees IN
the shade, and this extreme heat mpedes The work
OF even the felaheen aborcrs. At Wndy Hafa !
large number OF The men belonging 10 the North
5eat That no operaons Of imporance are in.
tended during the summer !, evident from NE iact
been nominated for the chief command OF the ex-
pedtan. He will not leave England until Juiy.
The Nile viii be the sole line Of advance. Lord
Wolseley. the commander-in-Chief OF the British
forces, has decided against march across the long
stretch OF desert between Sunkim on the Red Sea,
ana brros the are pyng nr
for use on the rivers Of Madagascar. and have
1e , 6 Oh oti', as q, 'if ~
petition up the Nile
Since Mr Chamberlain stated in the He,.se OF
Commons yesterday that he had informed Sir Her
cues Robinson Governor OF Cape Colony and British
High Commissioner in South Africa that The Gov
eminent would sanction any prepo rations which he
might deem necessary for the prompt suppression OF
the Matabele rising, and ready reinforce the
garrisons In Cape Colony and Natal. kilograms
have been received from buluwayo declaring that AT
least 1.Vp troops Will be necessary suppress the
revolt. Mr.. Chamberlain places upon Governor
Robinson the responsibility for demanding reinforce.
ments. The latter hesitales ask for more troops
rearing 10 rouf" the suspicious Of the Beers. who
British plans in South Africa. thinking With rea
son. mat they may be coverty directed against
tho The 9s., Globe and The st. Jamess Gazette voice
are no, parti,ans In demanding that the Govern,
Of ao nna rc s%a
writes that German officers engaged In super
tended for the duence OF or ISI the na ap afs
the TransyaaL The haste with which material
TSsr Government L preparng for possible siege
organize ambulance corps SUFFICIENT for the needs
OF 600 men.
The Government proposes that the House OF
Commons shall hereafter sit In the morning. begin
ming on Tuesday next. with view TO expedite bus-
ness. 80 ms to enable Parliament to be prorogued
by the middle OF August. The proposal Is not ac-
ceptabe to the Liberals. who suspect that early
rising OF Parliament means giving the Government
ss hand to CARY s0S s Its ans to extend the
with the approval OF the Irish members. who rightly
anS s 'es ss' yns S the
land viii on Monday Introduce bin to put the
determined apart from other reasons. to enter mon
campaign q obstruction and not Withdraw from
autumn session.
/ Interest In the sporting world in Mr. Crokers
horses Montauk and Americus continues to grow
1.-The Sporting Tines says II Is clear that Americas
VII spin in the race 'G5 s the HempSn Park Great
lesson Of what Americans are capable. II recalls
he perior%anee Sf FoxhalI and ftoaSsis bu, add.
yss Ps ssass At W s Is agsn ySS @
PRESIDENT WALKER HONORED
/ Edinburgh April 1.-THE Edinburgh University
to-day conferred the degree OF LID. on Presi-
dent F. A. Walker OF the Massachusetts Institute
OF Technology.
! CECIL RHODES TO MARCH on BULUwAYo.
| London. April 1.-THE British South Africa Com
pany has received a dispatch from Fort Salisbury
saying that Cecil Rhodes. who has been III az
that place with fever. Is much better. and is about
! to proceed to Buluwayo with a column Of armed
men.
: coNsOLs AT THE HIGHEST on RECORD
London. April 1i.-Consols yesterday touched
Iios. the highest price on record and were hard
, to procure that price Indian per cents were
quoted at over Ill. which also q record price.