AFRICAN TROUBLES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1826, 8 December 1888, Page 1

AFRICAN TROUBLES.

Berlin. December 4.

Prince Bismarck is favorable to Herr Wiseman's proposed expedition for the relief of Emin Bey. Suakim, December 4. The Arabs are now retreating from their position. December 6. British reinforcements have arrived here, Zanzibar, December 5. An English missionary at Bagotmyo had a narrow escape from death. The natives mistook him for a German missionary, but he was recognised in time and liberated. He stated that the natives assert that they have no enmity against anyone but Germans. London, December 4. In ;the House of Commons Lord Randolph Churchill moved the adjournment of the House to protest against the despatch of British troops (o Suakim. lie declared that the contingent was wholly inadequate, and that the authnrities were risking their defeat in the impending battle. Lord Randolph urged that negotiations should be commenced for the . cessation of hostilities. The Hon. Mr Stanhope, in replying, said that the Mahdi bad forbidden parleying, and that the Soudanese troops were quite reliable, Mr Stanhope added that it was intended to reinforce the garrison at Suakim with several battalions of black troops, and that Government were prepared to take all responsibility in the matter. The motion was defeated by a majority of forty-two. December 5, Lord Wolseley is opposed to the j; Suakim campaign. In moving the adjournment of the House to protest against the Suakim campaign Lord Randolph Churchill said that it would be a repetition of the Boer and Zulu wars and asserted that the English military adyisers disapproved of the proposed campaign, They hated the Soudan, and the whole Eastern question was not worth the life of a single soldier. Mr Stanhope said it was not intended to extend the campaign. Suakim is short of water, which presents a difficulty in the way of its occupation by any large bodies of British troops. December 6. Reports have reached W ady Haifa that the White Pasha has left Bahr-el-Ghazal for the north. It is believed at Cairo that the White Pasha is Stanley.