THE SOUDAN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 8, 8 June 1885, Page 2

THE SOUDAN.

Truth- tells* tho following lP^" Tlii wife of an pflicer p» duty m Egypt was. m an exceed itigly \dc!iWto" ; state of health, having recently I ><j«n confined, and was, of course, rxir.-in«ly nervousf ' about her husbanH's 'safrty. fCowuf thef Btrdot one cahiea bi.t.-*-"..f leuther-lunged news-vendors, b,> .v \y,\ out-r'-.Anoihrr great battle'!' ( Sin. i«iii.-r of :tho(juardhr "Eavy British luosr-H I' 'Many officers killed !' &c. Torribly rfrijjlhtoned, Itlid A unfortunate Jady sent out for a ! paper, '"■? and at the flame moment a loud ring at the f rout door;anuounced the arrival^of a* telegram. The message waa from lier husband, assiiring: her of his safety ; but, beliving that a terril>le catastrophe had overtakeii the; giiarda' Brigao^ she —on seeing the telegram — At once concluded[.that it coiitauied thepewsofvliii 1 . d^atlU :She swpdiied awky^hds diedj»l few days later, literally from the shock. Needless to say that the slaughter of the Guards was a pure invention, improvised because the bawling newspaper criera know where the house was."

sMr Quick, Jan ex-lnvercargillite r who has been stationed at Suakim . for some time, writing under date Marchls to the South Und 'Times, says ;— " The majority of tho Indiau troops are tall,? well-built men. Thoy have hid s«yera!i men killed at night, but have retaliated with siibh vengeance that they tvill not allow evpu f rioiidly tribesmen m thml vicinity of; their camp. They nearly killeH' one of; them one inonmi fc . aftes a; midnight visit from the;; eneiiiyv: They/ say the friendly Natives aro oiilyrsp'ies, aud friuj wliut lias transpired recently, m the' British camp: it would appear ithat the suspicions of the liidiah rihen*' are not only well founded bntUmtthesafellowa ''..'' of ten take part m the nigh'tgattacks on the lines. A day or two- back one of these 80-called friendly iiieii r'inet a Sikh trooper outside of the camp and asked him why he fought against his religion? Hi's answer was prompt ; anil decisive. Drawing the ;lqn£ f; sharp ?knife these trqop.'ra wear m their belts -he lippad his questioner open. His judgement and execution were rapid ; his argument being that no friendly disposed Nntive woJHld have "asked sneh^a l ; 4»(rttiqri. There was another similar case, the . ' insult offered vbeing greater; ■Au^^ralS^ I spat m the face of au Indian troopor, ' whokilled, him instantly.. iTheludiin' • troops will not allow -the Natives-- 2 : friundly or otherwise— near : the camp and they are,.,ri_ght. These fellows prowl - fc about all day "without^miß, 'see'airtney can, and coins down at night , and kill those who hare befriended tliehr.'^- ' J ' -'*,■■'■