The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-14
UP THE NILE.



LONDON, March 1.-THE announcement
that the Egyptian troops would advances
up the Nile forthwith To occupy Dongols
Is officially confirmed by the foreign Office
The Times says, editorially, Of this ar
nounccment, with "A good deal of ostenta
tion: IL need hardly bc said that the nd
vance upon Dongola will greatly bcneal
the Italians, and the British government
must have had this desirable object n,
view In asserting to the British advance
Taken In connection with the evidenc,
that Count Goluchowski has sncceedcd H.
his visit 10 Berlin in strengthening the
ties OF the existing dreibund Great Brit.
aims diversion In Egypt in favor OF q
member of the drcibund Is regarded a
extremely significant.
It mast lie borne in mind however, that
Great Britain has looked with favorable
eye upon the Italian campaign In Afrc'
all along, though she has hitherto de
clined active assistance, rs an Italian sue
cess would tend TO add TO the prestige OF
European arms I'm Africa, and conse.
quently To the strengthening of British in.
terests in the Sondan.
There have been often renewed report
that Great Britain had ceded to Italy the
port of Zsyla, on the strait of Babel
Mandeb, which Italy much desired To oh
tain in order to facilitate her operations
In Abyssinia. But the report was as ofte'.
denied, and the failure of Italy ID obtaii.
the port was said to he due TO objections
advanced by France.
Baron De Courcel, the French ambassa
dor In Lon lei. A.
foreign office yesterday afternoon, g.
which Importance Is attached In the pub.
lie mind. The visit is supposed to be con
nected with the, proposed advance upoB
Dongola.
The Situation In Italy.
A dispatch from Rome states that the
cabinet council, with view to appeasing
the populace, have decided To grant
amnesty to the participants in the upris-
ings in Sicily and Massa Carrara in 1893
and 1894, except to such as were guilty Of
homicidcs. There are ls0 persons who
will benefit by such decree, including
several members of the chamber of depu-
ties, who have been elected since they
were imprisoned.
The revolt i'm Italy assumed serious pro.
portions in 1894, during the former pre-
miership OF Crispi. Troops were sent to
the island ana many desperate and fatal
encounters occurred Martial law was
proclaimed on the island early in the year.
There seemed to be two elements In the
uprising-onc of the peasantry discon-
tented aud suffering with heavy taxation,
and the other incited by socialist clubs
known as the Easel del Lavoratori. The
latter was shown to be supported literally
With arms and money. and was intended
tn spread as revolutionary movement to
Italy.
There was no further development OF
rhe plot IN Italy, however, than slight
outbreaks IN the province OF Massa Car
rara ana at Leghorn. Sig. Crispi, In n
pecch at the time, asserted that these
evolutionary associations had 2S9 900
members. This state of things, he main
,aincd, justified the extreme measures
that had been adopted. The deputy, Sig.
De Fciice GhfIriad, who was arrested be-
cause OF his connection with the out
breaks, was condcmled to the loss OF his
position rs deputy and TO Is years solitary
confinement, while others arrested with
him were sentenced similarity, though the
periods of Imprisonment were diminished.
The Italia Miiitairc asserts that 1t has
good authority for stating that Emperor
Menelik's proposals of peace are honor
able and advantageous TO Italy.
The Tribuna fears that the proposals
conceal II snare, and asserts that Mcnelik
Is simply seeking to gain time.
The Fanfula, the Clerical organ, learns
that :he negotiations for peace are on the
same basis rs those which were originally
started by ex-Premier Crispi
The Biforma vehemently opposes peace
Most of the ether papers, however, favor
the conclusion of peace.
The alleged Italian reverse at Sabdevat.
which was aggravated by n news agency
Into another disaster, seems TO have been
merely the defeat of local tribe friendly
to the Italians. One hundred Italian
troops. returning from El Dai, REINFORCED
the tribe. and afterward kept the route
open 10 Kassan.
The Pail Nall Gazette publishes dis.
patch from Mentoue saying that 1t is re-
ported there thar Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria and Emperor William of Ger
many will meet King Humbert OF Italy at
Genoa within few days, according To
present arrHn "Nmpnts.