SOUDAN ITEMS.
General Graham's troops returned to Suakin on April sth, and, according to despatches of that date from London, it is believed the public is being prepared to witness the withdrawal of the whole of the British forces from the
Soudan to E«ypt, and the abandonment of the Ni'e-Khartoum expedition. General Graham lelegraphed from Suakin to the Government, on the 6th, as follows :—" Our March to Tamai, and our destruction of that place after Osman Digna's boast to drive ns into the sea, mnst greatly discourage the rebels."
General Stephenson's reports on April 11th : —"lt will !. e practically impossible to move British troips from Dongola during the summer, the Nile not being navigable from March to July."
The report is confirmed that the English Government is to invite Italy to occupy Cairo and the Soudan.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2695, 12 May 1885, Page 2
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