THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN.
In connection with the news of the arrival of Lord Wolseley at Dongola, the Daily Telegraph contends that "■ if Gordon, as we doubt not, can hold out, the great prize will, most probably, be won, and all Africa will afterwards discuss how the arm nf the Queen of England was stretched to the Blue Nile to succour that faithful servant who, during ten months of solitude and peril, upheld, unaided, the name of Great Britain and the honour of the Egyptian Prince whose commission he bears. It is plain that many of the political questions which are being pressed upon Ministers in Parliament must depend for their answer upon the issue of this amazing and exciting undertaking. Were such an event possible as the defeat of Lord Wolseley and a disaster to our arms, it is not Lord Granville who would settle the future frontier of Egypt, hut Mahommed the Mahdi. If the British Com-mander-in-Chief safely reaches Khartoum, and joins hands with Gordon, living and well, questions of transport, provisioning, and retreat must arise which at present cannot ever be foreseen."
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Kumara Times, Issue 2596, 31 December 1884, Page 3
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