LATE ENGLISH NEWS.
: (Age Specials.) London, November 20. Earl Derby has decided to refuse tb« application of certain German owners of property in Fiji who had appealed for compensation for alleged loss, of their land. The terrible disaster which has befallen the Egyptian troops in the Soudan has caused great excitement throughout Europe. The followers of the False Prophet (Mahomed El Mahdi) lay ii: ambush for the Egyptian forces, and sud denly surrounded them. The Times, it. an article this morning upon the disaster, insists that England shall send troops to assist the Khedive in suppressing the rebellion. - • M. Jules Ferry, the French Premier, has decided to despatch M. Courmeaux on a special mission to the Australasian colonies and New Caledonia. . The report that 300 Chinese troops bad attacked the French position at flaip- : hong, and had been defeated after an engagement lasting for several hours, proves by later advices to have been unfounded. The statement that a secret treaty has been discovered between China and the Black Flags is also said to be without foundation. . , ■'
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4654, 4 December 1883, Page 3
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176LATE ENGLISH NEWS. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4654, 4 December 1883, Page 3
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