PUBLIC FEELING IN ENGLAND.
DECLINE IN CONSOLS. ; EEPOBTED MASSACEE IN KHABTOUM. I London, F«b..6r i ThefeeUnjf of public- indignafion and all cloaseß of the people n^Scarf «vge m the Soudan and m consequence Con--^ote^h^&dech^iedtper.centr - Profound sympathy is expressed on the Continent at the failure of Lord Wolselesß expedition rescue General Gordon ,£ t fTi i i ? ;f^s. : It is reported that 2000 of General Gordon's followers were massacred, and' the palace at Khartoum was completely I* JJii J 1 ;• JJ }-;/ ; . F 4. 7.; No details have come to hand regarjdina ifaf eapture^f Khartpum. Eress tele|he/Soud|Lri^have b^een stopped. The Cabinet have given Lord: Wolseley complete discretion, promising' him every assistanco he may demand, AndtStating they will strive to save GorWolseley'Mfegiiaphsitq. the Horse Guards that he is sending 7 mess^el£& i^&amitheg fate of Gordon. He also states that the Shukriyeh tribes have joined^ the Mahdi, therefore, both banks of the Nile are now hostfle. He furtiier announces that the British 1 conVoyiiAve kached Gubat on. the road to Metemneh. • .'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 57, 9 February 1885, Page 3
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166PUBLIC FEELING IN ENGLAND. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 57, 9 February 1885, Page 3
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