The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-03
French Expeditions Are Believed TO
Be Approaching khartoum.
King MeneIfk Has Summoned the
King Mepelfk Has Summoued the
Abyssfnians to Arms to support
the French Troous. Under Advice
From Count Leontin. the Russian
torial Provfnces-ft Is Also BE-
hesed That the French Govern
ment Has Formed Some Kind of
an Alliance With the khaiifa.

CAIRO. Jan. "A battalion Of the Cam
exon Highlanders has been ordered 10 be
In readiness to ascend the Nile fortnight
hence
LONDON. Jan. A dispatch from
Malta says: A battalion of the Seaforth
Highlanders has been ordered 10 Egypt.
The Cairo correspondent of the Daily
Mail says, as part explanation for The
British advance up the Nile. that il is be-
iisyed French expeditions have arrived
quite close TO khartoum. According TO
tle same authority the British force Will
be commanded by Maj. Gen Sir Francis
Grenfel.
The Rome correspondent; OF the Daily
Mail says:
Il learn from private sources that the
Italian foreign office has received infor-
nation that Emperor Menetik has sum
moned the Ahyssinians TO arms in support
or the French enterprises In equatorial
Africa, and especially the plans of the
Russian Count Leontiff, governor Of tha
equatorial provinces Of Abyssinia.
"Menelik himself is getting out at the
head Of an army, and IL is believed the
movement marks an expedition against
the 4Anglophile Ras Nangasciere whose
province, Tiger. the Negus wishes to an
mex. 1 also hear that Menelik, calculating
upon the remissness Of the Italian govern
ment. purposes an advance toward the
coast"
The Daily Mail. commenting editorially
on the foregoing dispatch from Cairo.
suggests that the Marchan expedition has
gone beyond Fashoda and reached khar-
toum.
1T is possible says the Daily Mail.
'for the expedition to have fought it's way
there and il can only have arrived in AL
lance with the khalifa, thus creating
very serious situation. A dispatch from
Cairo. VIA Paris. on Friday announced
that 4 French expedition has occupied
Fashoda on the Nile, about 400 miles south
of khartoum ana that IL was reported
among the natives that the French were
descending the river"
LONDON. Jan. Sin response ito the
request OF Sir Herbert kitchuer, IL has been
arranged to send four battalions TO Cairo
to replace those destined TO take part in the
British advance 70 Khartoum. one 10 Malta
aud Gibraltar. and two others to be stop
ped while en- route for home from India.
The morning papers eAtortally comment
upon the gravity OF the situation that COM
pels an advance before the railway has
been completed.
The Times suggests that II wonld be
safer TO send larger force. The Morning
Post calls the force insufficient and points
to the conspicuous attitude OF the Mar
chand expedition. which Il is reported has
occupied Fasaoda. II says:
If the expedition has advanced in def
auce OF the authority Of the French gov
ernment its members are hNbusters and
must pay the penalty. II, however. they
have any sort OF sanction IL Is time for
Great Britain 10 make her views clearly
understood.
A dispatca from Cairo says:
while Z is hoped the Dervishes VIII
make their projected attack. IL is consid-
cred likely that on learning our preQara-
ti0ns 10 NEE; them they VIII prefer 20 re-
main in their stronghold at MeIemmen."