THE WAR IN SOUDAN.

Kumara Times, Issue 2373, 7 April 1884, Page 2

THE WAR IN SOUDAN.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. RETURN OF GENERAL GRAHAM TO CAIRO. GARRISONING SOUAKIM. CRITICAL POSITION OF KASSALA, APPEAL FOR BRITISH AID. GORDON PASHA AT KHARTOUM. EL MAHDI AND THE SULTANSHIP OF KORDOFAN. (Received April 6, 6 p.m.) Cairo, April 3. Latest despatches from Souakim announce that Major-General Graham has left that place for this city. A detachment of Evelyn Woods' force now stationed in Egypt has been ordered to proceed to Souakim, to iovm a garrison to be kept at that port. (Received April 7, noon.) Intelligence has been received from Kassala, a town in Soudan near the frontier of Abyssinia, that the Egpptian garrison there is in a critical position, and the Governor of the town has appealed to the British for aid. [special to press association.] London, April 1. El Mahdi has refused to accept the offered Sultanship of Kordofan. The arrival of a British force is daily expected at Khartoum. April 2. Gordon Pasha's letters from Khartoum show that the outlook of that city is very gloomy. He expresses himself as " hoping against hope." Arrangements have been made by the British Government for retaining possession of Souakim for some time. Although the British expedition is now leaving there, a small garrison will remain, to ensure the preservation of peace and order at the port.