The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-14
ENGLAND'S FIGHT FOR EGYPT.
hHARTOUM THE ULTIMATE AIM OF
TEE BRITIsH ADVANCE.

&
Many Men and Much MOney-Rus-
siH sim Holding the other Powers
at Bay in the Cretan Affair.
London. June I3-The question asked
/ yesterday in the House of. Lords by ex-
I Prime Minister Rosebery who desired to
/ know if Lord Salisbury would explain the
/ extent and object of the Egyptian
/ campaign in the Soudan. brought forth the
4 first ministerial declaration that the COM
/ plete reconquest of the Soudan was con
/ templated by the British and Egyptian
/ governments. After explaining that the
] expedition had finally been decided upon
/ when it was known that the dervishes
/ We're threatening Kassala, and that Don
I COLA was the present objective point of
the expedition, Lord Salisbury said: I'VE
/ shall not have placed Egypt in a posi-
ton of safety until the Egyptian flag
floats over Khartoum." which place is the
| present seat Of the dervish power.
This declaration by the prime minister
| viii lend strength to the attack of the
/ liberals on the government for committing
the country to unknown, but vast eXpen-
| ditures. besides adding energy to the
! French and Russian hostility to Great
! Britain's action in Egypt.
| Conservative opinion as expressed in the
/ lobby of the House Of Commons last night
/ was that Lord Salisbury had been unus
| ually indiscreet, and that he should have
/ limited his explanation to the statement
| that for the present entry into the Soudan
| beyond DOngOla was not contemplated IL
| is, however, am open secret, which must be
| known in continental as well as In Brit
! ish official circles, that the military prep
/ arations pointed to a campaign beyond
| Khartoum, including kordotan, DarIur
and the whole Nile country to the Bahr-
! 1t is the belief Of the war office au-
4 thorities that the expedition Will be at
4 Kartoum by Christmas and that by the
/ end of next spring it VIII be at EgyPl
/ southern boundary on the White Nile.
/ The late victory Of the Egyptian troops
| over the derVishes at tlrket increased
! the enthusiasm OF the EngLsh HlAtdIy
| circle, the members of which think tnat
| the expedition will sweep the Soudan
| without risk or disaster
! Cooler calculatosA, even WITHIN Nhe
| ministry itself, are considering the pos
! s.bilites of the strain that Will be made
| on men ana money. Ihey 40 hoI aPPIoEe
| of an advance being made beyond Don
| COLA. The recent decision OF the mixed
| tribunal at Cairo against the expenditure
| of moneys for the purpose OF the eX-
| pedition bv the commission Of public debt
| has excited considerable uneasiness. Inc
| decision viii be appealed from, but the
| fact remains that the financial aspect
! of the campaign threatens to make tr0u-
! BILE in the British cabinet. sir Mlchaels
| Hicks-Beach, chancellor OF the eNcnequei's
| is opposed to the plans Of Lord SALISBURY
| and threatens to resign If the eXchequer
| is compeled to bear the expenses or
long and costly expedition;
| Lord Salisbury can doubtless rely upon
| a majority in the cabinet and in the
| House Of Commons in faVOr OF a war
| vote The adoption OF such a vote would
doubtless lead To- the resignation OF otner
ministers with the chancellor Of the eX-
| chequer, and to a dangerous agitation
! throughout the country.
! measure
| session NJ Gerald BalfOurs land bill,
! has now been discussed on second read
| ing and in committee Of the whole for
two days, receiving only quahhed ap-
| proval even from English conservatives,
/ denounced by Irish members in the land
| lord interest as attording the tenants
| undue advantages, and by the natiOnalists
| as cutting down the tenants just de-
! mand to a worthless minimum. Whilst
the debate was proceeding in the House,
| ministeralisJs, who are loathe TO see
| the bin one Of the sessions hascoes, have
been talking in the lobby of possible
| compromise between the landlord and
| tenant parties The developments in the
! lobby negotiations last night point to
| compromise, the natonalists surrenderinS
part of their demands, on the ground
that it will be better to have some than
I none al all.
According to some yachtsmen the new
! cutter Meteor is a better yacht in every
| way than the Valkyre III and is more
than a match for the Defender 1t is un
| derstOOd that the Meteor, after the Kiel
!
and viii probably be one of the contest
! ants in the CoWes regatta. Emperor Will
| Jams warm reception by the English ma
| val arcitects in Berlin and his telegram
! to them in which he said 'blood is thicker
than water" points to amity being re-
stored
! Squadron are now eager to have the Ne
i teor race in the presence of her owner
Though the smoke of burning villages
| can be seen from the European cruisers
!
| porte has sent official communications to
| the various embassies declaring that per-
/ feet order and peace prevail throughout
| the island. Russia has again become a
| dead weight on any action by the powers
! in connection with Crete. She opposes
/ anything beyond diplomatic protests
! which would, Of course, be as futile as
! they were in the case of Armenia. To the
/ representations of Greece against permit
/ ting Turks to crush the rising in the is
! land by sheer force of arms the powers
/ have made and viii make no response
/ while the porte is sending fresh battalOns
! of troops to Crete to be employed against
| the Christian insurgents. The forces in
/ the island under command Of Abdulla
/ Easha viii shortly number 10000 men.
! Russia is not even neutral in the matter
| She has brought pressure to bear upon
| the King of Greece to prevent any ac-
| tion being taken by Greek government
| and also to stop private supplies being
! sent to the Insurgents The sum Of the
! position is that the Turks are getting a
! free hand to deal with the Christians as
! they will
| Reliable adVlceS from COnStautiuODle
| are to the effect that the sultan is suffer-
ing with tumor of the spine. His physi-
| clans wanted to perform an operation on
him, but when he was told that 1t could
| only be performed at the risk Of his life
| he declined 10 permit the physicians to
] operate.
It appears that at the slamlik, on Fri
| day the MOslem Sabbath when the sultan
drives In state. from the palace TO the
/ mosque to perform his religious duties
his face was painted in order to conceal
from the spectators the ravages caused
| by his illness.
The British government displays no
| interest whatever in the Cretan question
Its hands are full with the Soudan cam
| paign.
Il is stated that negotiations between
| Russia and Japan are on the verge Of
conclusion. and that the agreement arrtv-
ed at is tantamount to joint protecto-
| rate over Korea.
Field Marshal Yamagata. who went to
! Russia as the representative of the mi
| kado at the coronation Of the car, has
/ exchanged contracting notes with the
/ Russian government, agreeing that Ja-
pan and Russia shall act together in the
( maintenance of order in Korea and that
. each mower shall keen a small force of