THE TANTAH ATTACK.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1796, 29 June 1906, Page 2

THE TANTAH ATTACK.

THE PUNISHMENT OF ASSAIL ANTS. SEVEBE SENTENCES.

By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright

Cuiro, June 27

Four of Captain Bull’s assailants have boon sentenced to bo barged, four sent to servitude for life, three to fifteen years, nine to shorter tortus, five to fitly lashes, and thirty-one wero acquitted. Beceived 12.22 0.m., June 29. Dondon, June 28

Evidence in regard to the Tantah affair leads to tho probability that iho fite io the floor was a proooncerted affair, became the distance from the spot showed that it was impossible fot it to havo orig nated from the shooting. The accidental discharge of a rifle after it was anatohed from an ofiioer wounded four natives. _ Major Ptno Coffin and other offioers, seeing the natives' oxoitement,surrendered their lilies and withdrew. AH wore pursued, assaulted, and robbed. Offioera and native witnesses identified the riDg'oadorß. Capta'n Bull was assaulted four miles distant from the plaoo of the original interference.

Received 12.62 am., June 29,

London, June 28. Mr Dillon inquired whether Sir Edward Groy would obtain a respite for the Egyptians until tho evidenco was examined.

Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, in Sir Edward Gioy’a absence, replied that Sir Edward Grey’s and Lord Cromer’s discretion and humanity might be fully trusted.

Sir Elward Grey, in reply to a. Liberal deputation, promised an inquiry into tho circumstances. Ho remarked that the casß was probably bsd because the effioers wore assaulted after they had surrendered their weapons. The ooDoensus of newspayers is that the affairs is a recrudescence of fanaticism, duo to Tuikiah wire-pulling and tbe frontier notion. Their emissa'ies in Egypt, pan Islamic agitators, tendered d sperate, bad been tbiO'n on their own resources ever since tbe Aoglo French Company and the oonsent of the Powers had entrusted Britain with the safety of Europeans. The Times says that the severity of the sentences is imperatively demanded under the oiroumstences that as loog as we are responsible for the Government of Egypt we must make that authority respected aud euppress outbreaks with unsparing vigor.

Beceived 1.8 a.m., -June 28. London, June 28. The executions arc fixed for this afternoon. The Times correspondent says that the evidence proved the attack to be pretnedi’ tated for months The Daily Mail states the Court declared that tho attack was premeditated.