The Portland daily press., 1896-03-16
ENGLAND Is DIVIDED.
The Egyptian Campaign Meets Fierce
Opposition. d

Opposition.
Denial BY Government that any Recon-
| quest is Intended-Troops Sent to Guard
the Line.
London, March 14.-The Anglo gyp-
tian expedition has the unstinted ap-
prevail of the Conservatives and Liberal
Unionists, the hesitating support of the
Liberals and the fierce opposition Of the
Radicals A statement relative to the
matter will be made in the House OF
Commons Monday by the Right Hon.
1eorge Ourzon, parliamentary secretary
Oh the foreign office, and this will lead
to the warmest debate of the session.
me line OF defence of the governmment
| Will be a denial that the expedition aims
at reconquest of any part of the Sou
dan and that the British troops will only
be employed to guard the line to Wady-
NARA ia, While the Egyptian troops advance
ters at Ri Ordeh (New Dongola1. It was
stated this afternoon that the Egyptian
troops would not go beyond Old Dongola
| DeIence, not conquest, will be the sub
sGanoe OF the governments exclamation.
ASSURANCES of this sort will deceive no.
BODY: According to Cairo adyioes, the
| ~, uVo Egyptian troops who will take part
Immediately. Part of them will march
along the Nile, while the others will pro-
ceed In light draugbt steamers up the
| river, Which is now SO low that in MANY
places camel transport must be largely
used. Field Marshal Lord Wolseley and
| Gen.. Kitchener do not seem to place
muoh trust IN the Egyptian troops. 1t
make stand at ri Ordeh, but
IN CASE OF FIGHTING.
the British troops will be ready to sup
port the Egyptians. With view to Civ
| ing this support, railway will be con-
structed for one hundred miles south
ward from Wadyhalfa and river steamers,
armed with guns, will be stationed be-
tween the point where the railway will
terminate and Ell Ordeh. The Nile, at
this part OF the course, is nayigable for
light draught steamers for the greater
part OF the year.
The British troops, if the real designs
| of the government are carried out. will
advance In force up the Nile in August.
| A contingent OF the Indian army
chiefly Slkhs and Ghoorkas, will. it is re-
ported, be likely to be landed at Suakin
to operate in conjunction with the Ang-
o-Egyptian forces and march to Berber
ar rne A9 20 aend papers papers have
respondents with the expedition. 1t is
| generally conceded that the campaign
will be a big undertaking and it is
| thought the government Is reluctant to
disclose the whole scheme.
| simultaneously with the Dongola expe-
dition, Belgian Congo Free State force,
| led by Baron Dhanis
WILL ATTACK THE DERyISRES
on the Upper Nile. Acting with the
consent of the British foreign office, Bar.
on Dhanis has recruited at Lagos CSC
Houssas who have been drilled By Bri-
tish officers. These natives, who are
splendid fighters, and who will go wher-
ever they are led without fear Of danger.
will join the Belgian and Congo Free
State force. The Congo State has Char.
tered thirty steamers which will CONVEX
the expedition as far as possible I'D the
Congo river.
President Kruger, of the South African
Republic, told his latest interviewer, the
editor OF South Africa, that he was 60
ing to London as soon as he arranged
matters with his government. The
| VolkSste1n of Pretoria, the accredited or.
gan OF the Boer governments, yehemently
opposes Presiden5 Krugcr's acceptance q
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's invita-
| ton to visit London to discuss the Trans
yaal affairs. The English, SAYS the Volks.
stein, have shrewdly accurate desire te
get President Kruger TO London in or
der to show Europe that the Trapsyaai is
q state of Great Britain. The journey. II
adds, will humiliate the President anG
will make him appear, not as ruler te
carry out the wishes of the Transvaal
but as the tool of Downing street. The
fact is that
PRESIDENT KRUGER
oontin ues to puzzle English offioialdom,
When seeming all frankness and friend
illness, reliable advices report him to be
secretly continuing his elaborate prepara.
itons to arm the Iransvaal. 1t is mat
ter Of the greatest uneasiness here that
small groups Of Germans, who are under
stood to be veterans, are systematically
imported into the Transvaal. The artil-
lery strength OF the Republic has been
greatly increased and there are now q
number of retired German officers at
tached to that branch of the service.
| The Venezuela Blue Book issued last
| week by the government gets scant re-
spect on any side.
Owing to the threatened detection of
many Cn1onlsts on the proposal to grant
an additional pension to the Duke of
| Cam bridge, late commander in chief of
Her Majesty's forces. the government pro-
poses TO withdraw it from the estimates
if the Duke asssnts. The Marquis of
Lansdowne, secretary Of state for war. is
primarily responsible for the scheme. He
made himself plant to the. influence in
asserting to the proposal and as a consy-
quence he may be obliged to resign. The
Duke of Cambridge still draws 220C
pounds yearly rs colonel of the Grenadier
| Guards and IL, 600 pounds annuity as a
prince, besides having free residence in
London and other pickings.
Commissioner Booth-Tucker, who has
been appointed to the command of the
Salvation Army In the United States,
will sail for New York in three weeks.
accom- panied by his wife.
Italy Still Persists,
Rome, March 1.-The government has
sent despatch to Gen. Baldissera, com
handing the Italian troops in Africa,
stating that no discussion Is possible on
Socialist deputies. Defelice, Barbarto
and Bosco, we're liberated today under
al 1tol 1.