Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-26
TELEGRAPHIC.
TURKEYS BLUNDER.
Tho Appeal 10 Russia aud PratC, BAY
krluso England,
AND pROLOSG rmr AFRICAN WAR
Intervention Likely 10 Unite All Parlit,
for the Glory n Great
Britain.

CoNsTASTINoPLE, March 25.-Thefo
no d,uol that considerable annoy.
ance ID felt by the Porte At the TACT
that Turkey was not consulted Ia re-
gard to the advisabllity VI dispaiching
a Briush.Egyptian expedition up the
Nile, anu the feeling Of irritation has
teen increased by the Khediyo also
Ignoring the Porte entirely. Re.
proaches have,in consequence, been ad.
dressed 10 the Ottoman commissioners
10 Egypt for not ticking stops to pre-
vent tho organization VI the eKpedl.
ton, ~ IL feared that the elect Of
the advance w the Nile will be- felt
elsewhere than on tho frontier Of
Egypt, anG that the Arabs Of NUmou
Che principal division Of Arabia, aila.
cent to the strait Of Babel Mandebl
may be encouraged to ftosh hostility
TO the Turkish authorities.
There are people who believe that
the appeal OF the Porte 10 France,
Russia and Germany 10 Intervene Will
have an effect In Great Britain con.
ttary 10 the one buped for. While IL is
known that no goat enthusiasm exists
iu England over the pfoap cts u an.
other bloody and expensive campaign
Ia the SJudan, the appeal VI Turkey 10
the recognized enemies OF Great Bflt.
ain for Intervention may arouse tho
war spirit OF this BTitish Isles anu 30
play into the hands VI British states,
men while aiming TO do thu reverse.
The more this view Of the casB IL con-
sidufyd the more plausible, II II ASSERT
ID, II becomes; Tor EHglithmon Of both
parties have declared themselves
against the propoiod 5OuiAn campaigH,
and the expedition might have been
allowed to flicker out alter tho Occu.
patton OF Akasheh. Now, however, the
Brtish may DO spuffod 10 push onward
20 kuhrtUum, ~ there L. u great diiiut-
eacr, II Ia pointed out, between a grace
ful thckuOwn In the face VI popular
opinion IN Great Britain aud = numili.
aIiug retreat IA the face OF the adverse
representations VI France and Russia.
IL 10 true, Il ia argued, that there are
only about 5000 purely Btilish troops
ia Egypt, but this number could be
promptly increased by draft from In.
dia aud Great Britain, nud the tack VI
"dtivisg" tho British out o. Egypt, Ne
suggested by the more fery " the
French newspapers, might DO more
difficult than calculated upon by them.
IL the Oslensibio object OF the Anglo.
Egyptian Nile expedition Il 20 be &C
mplished, namely, creating a diver.
sion whicu will relieve kassala, n
nust DO done speedily. Tue distance
from WAiyhalia. the southern boun'
Diary Of Egypt to DOngOla II about 800
miles. But the route IL 10 most aTJu.
Gus one, even for the black troops Of
Egypt, SUD especially 40 NJ this period
uu account OF tbs low water VI the
Nile, necessitating the employment Of
imLItnse uumher VI cnmulu Tor trans
pofIatiun aud the possible building OF
y u, h Iai rotd. Then, admitting thai
DlugOla BE- feHChtd without serious r.,
vstits, Rhish IL by no means certain
that place n not likely " cApitulats
upon simple summon. A long sitgs
may be- necessary, aud the 2U,UUt
10 10000 men Of tho Mahdi may
mus,rT the.U, possibly, under OsmAn
Digna, may prove more than = match
fyT toe Brusu.E ypIigu troops which
will reach DJngOlA alter most wvsfi.
HIme march from Wadyhalla. Then,
even with DJugOlA tallun, hAssalN
IN not necessarily relieved, Eud Ia,
capture VI the latter place by Va,
DefvIsues would threaten suakim ant
Toksr.
Tho possession Of Dongola, It Ia oI
plainsi, ia necessary IN order 10 dvioul
Egypt against DtTyish raids. IL con
Bi,ts Of n fortified town Ia district 0
the same name. Locally tho place Il
known as III OTdrh, aud II was IN,
headquarters NJ Sir Herbert Stewart
troops In 1854. An advance iron
there In the direction 0i Berber c0ul,
hardly be made until August or sHp
TENDER.
Therefore, the Boudan campaign, /
IL held, would In all probability hay
uied OUT had IL been allowed 10 take Il
own course, but Intervention Will b
likely ~ msku what was originally
patty measure "a national question