The Soudan War.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 112, 22 April 1884, Page 2

The Soudan War.

[Reuter’s Telegrams.] INDEPENDENT ACTION OF GENERAL GORDON. London, April 21. It has transpired that General Gordon has telegraphed from Khartoum to the British Government, announcing that henceforth he intends to act according to his own discretion as regards affairs in the Soudan. MASSACRE OF REFUGEES. Cairo, April 18. Intelligence has been received here showing that the hostil’ty of the Arab tribes in the neighborhood of Berber is in no way diminished. An attempt was recently made by 300 refugees from Shendy to reach Berber by sailing down the Nile, but the boats were attacked and all the refugees were massacred. BERBER SURROUNDED. Despatches from the Governor of Berber have been received announcing that that town is in a most critical position, being entirely surrounded by the rebels. The Governor is in despair, being unable to retreat and not having received the aid which he looked for. LETTER FROM GEN. GORDON. It has transpired that Sir Samuel Baker recently received a letter from Gen. Gordon, describing the state of affairs in the Soudan and the position of the garrison at Khartoum. In the course of the letter, Gordon Pasha proposes, in view of the inaction which is being displayed by the British Government in the matter, that an appeal should be at once made to wealthy Englishmen and Americans to contribute towards funds for defraying the expenses of a body of Turkish troops, whose services should be engaged to cover the retreat of the Egyptian garrisons at Khartoum and other fortified towns in the Soudan.