THE MYSTERIOUS "WHITE PASHA."
A de-patch (August 17) from Suakim to the London "Times " pays : " Reports concerning the presence of a white man in Bain- el Uazcle district are confirmed. He is know n as Abu Digna, and has a furce of onoimoub stiength, including 1 a large number ct half-naked men, probably from the Niam country. This is a strong point in fa\our of the idea that the white man io Stanley. The Khalifa ot Khartoum had •sent a toroe of 5,200 men against him. The Negus of Abssinia had swoin lo capture Khartoum, and the Khalifa h greatly alarmed. A later despatch fc a^s that natives aiming at S'lakim repoiL that several white men accompany the '• bearded white Pasha," and if this be hue theie can be no doubt of the identity of the leader, a." Emm Bey has no white follow eis. Despatches from St. Paul de Loando, received at London, August 14th, state concorning Barttelot's expedition in seaich of Stamey that at the end of June news reached the camp at Yambunga that the first htages of Barttelot's march were well over, but no infoimation frcin Stanley had been recei\ed. It is olh'eialiy announced than the foxces ot the Congo State have re captured Stanley Falls Station. *
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 300, 19 September 1888, Page 6
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211THE MYSTERIOUS "WHITE PASHA." Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 300, 19 September 1888, Page 6
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