Lord Kitchener's Tour.
A telegram received at Cairo from Lord Kitchener announced his arrival at Berber after a camel ride of 800 miles through the Eastern Soudan. The Sirdar, in his despatch, said : — " Everywhere I found the people thankful for their release after their terrible suffering under the Dervish rule. The country is much ruined. The Shukrieh tribe, which used to pasture 80,000 camels, now has only 1000. The Hadendowahs suffered worse than the other tribes, immense numbers dying of famine in Osman Digna's camp, where the whole of the j tribe was collected by the Baggaras, and not allowed to leave. Except on the Abyssinian frontier, near the Gallabat and Baceh country public security is excellent everywhere and travelling is safe without guards." Lord Kitchener met the sheikhs of the different districts, who are all cheerfully doing their utmost to repair the damage done during Dervish rule and collecting all the scattered people as far as possible. If there are good [ rains this year they hope to make a fair start and rapidly improve. In some parts of the country which Lord Kitchener passed through the soil was very rich, but wells and roads^ were 1 greatly wanted to open up the district. The work has already been begun. 1 — yTrrr'
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Manawatu Herald, 20 June 1899, Page 2
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212Lord Kitchener's Tour. Manawatu Herald, 20 June 1899, Page 2
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