LATEST FRO M SOUDAN.
(by electric telegraph -copyright.) (neuter's tble;gba»is.). ; i! ■ ' ' Catho, February IT. Gordon Pasha iinived yesterday at Khartoum and. was vtell received by 'tlU'popriiace. '!He ( has- issued 'a^proclamation iredognising: ihe ' Mahdi^ as the Sultan ,-of Korxl^f .and announcing remission of half Lhetaxes .n'bw levieil and that free traffic m slaves will be permitted. •• r ' ■■'■•"»' :n . i Tho^ British expedition : to Souakiin will be confined Kb the relief of Tokar, and will -not-operate fortheKa^aiust the rebels.' Spies ; have -arnved from Souakira, stating tliat thci Arabs are mustering, m * force near Tokar. T.he road^are carefttlly watched by them, and the .spifiSthemselvpB ''were ho.tly pursued;..."' • / "■'•; j ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume iv, Issue 68, 19 February 1884, Page 3
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105LATEST FROM SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume iv, Issue 68, 19 February 1884, Page 3
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