The Soudan War.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 142, 28 May 1884, Page 2

The Soudan War.

THE FBOJECTED CONFEBENOE. REPORTED TRANQUILITY. [Reuter’s Telegrams.) Cairo, May 26. It is now known that Clifford Lloyd, the Under-Secretary for Home Affairs in the Egyptian Ministry, who had gone to England on leave of absence owing to illness, will not return to this country. It is stated that Naibar Pasha, President of the Council, insists that all Europeans should be dismissed from the positions they now fill in the Ministry of the Interior. Letters have been received here from Statin Bey, Governor-General of Darfur (an extensive territory belonging to Egypt, to the westward of Kordofan), announcing that supplies having become exhausted, he has yielded to the rebels in order to avoid bloodshed, and the capital, Fashr, is now in the hands of the Mahdites. London, May 27. In connection with the projected European Conference, it is now asserted that England has accepted the principle of European control of Egyptian finances, and is now discussing with France the question of the duration of British occupation. Telegramshave been received from Souakim stating that messengers had arrived there from Berber, who report that the country northward of Khartoum is now in a state of comparative tranquility, and that the rebellion is nowhere serious, except in the immediate neighborhood of Shendy. Later.—ln the House of Lords to-day Earl Granville, replying to a question, stated that parleying between England and France in connection with the projected European Conference is still proceeding, and the Government would, inform Pa.riia.ment of the result of the exchange of news before the meeting of the convention.