THE SOUDAN.
The Manchester : pourkr says :— We bavoi;'s^ent millions m the neighborhood of Su ikiir ,76 hav6 poured forth the blood of our soldiers lilce water, we have swallowed all our objections to blood eruiltiness; and now -that at our expense Suakuni has; becomes a desirable seaport; clear of encumbrances! and exposed to no serious military dangers, we are to harfa^t^ver to^aly, who ha* not lost a penny or a soldier mUs defences. Here is the inett. result of the diplomacy of Her: Majesty's advisers/) backed by a grant of eleven . million* of hard-earned, ill-sparedi British money. , : Russia : receives a wjnsiderable 5 eictension of territory m" Asia, Italy becomes possessed ot a useful port upon the Red 'Seaj and England^Englahd pays the bill with her bib'od ; and money, and is saddled with a burden of humiliation and contempt such as was never imposed upon her . m the worst ' days of the Second Janiea. * ; '. ",,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 44, 20 July 1885, Page 3
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153THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 44, 20 July 1885, Page 3
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