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♦ [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE BRITISH TROOPS FOR THE RELIEF OF TOKAR. GORDON PASHA AND HIS INFLUENCE. FREE TRADE IN SLAVES. FEARS OF A FANATICAL OUTIN ARABIA. (Received February 22, 1 a.m.) Cairo, February 20. Telegrams from Souakim state that the British troops forming the expedition for the relief of Tokar are assembling at Rahmahdi,but that an adequate garrison had been left at Souakim. Late intelligence from Khartoum is to hand in effect that Gordon Pasha has already acquired the widest influence over the Natives, and that his power is rapidly increasing. The statement that his proclamation promised free trade in slaves is now fully confirmed. Constantinople, February 20. Fears are entertained that a fanatical outbreak will occur in Arabh, and, in compliance with the wishes of the Sheriff of Mecca, the Porte has ordered the immediate despatch of 2000 troops to the province of Hedjaz,
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Kumara Times, Issue 2336, 22 February 1884, Page 2
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