CABLE NEWS.
('IiK'VTRIO Ti«L,EOIt\PH.-- .-COPYRIGHT.) (SPKOfAL TO I'NITKD PKKSS ASSOCIATION.) London, Sept. 29. Information has been received from Khartoum which discloses a deplorable state of things Starvation is staring the besieged garrison m the face, there being barely sufficient supplies to last until the end of September, and everything m the way of provisions are being sold at famine prices. When the food gives out it is expected that the fall of Khartoum is certain. All hope of being rescued by the British relief expedition has been abandoned by General Gordon, who lias resolved that he will never desert the women and children. The negro troops fight bravely, but the rest are the veriest cowards, a few Arab horsemen being sufficient to drive hundreds of them back. Ten thousand men m Khartoum are joining the rebels, who are again besieging the town. Gordon has promised freedom to the slaves of the rebels who remain m Khartoum. ■: The Times states that the French Senate are almost certain to improve the Recidiviste Bill m the autumn, unless incensed by the Australian outcry. The French have searched two British trading vessels at Formosa.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 261, 1 October 1884, Page 2
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190CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 261, 1 October 1884, Page 2
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