The Arabs.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4660, 11 December 1883, Page 2

The Arabs.

Further intelligence to hand from Souakim shows that the recent destruction of the Egyptian troops by Arabs is a more serious disaster than was at first anticipated. It now appears that seven hundred Egyptian troops were killed, and that these comprise the elite of the force sent to occupy Souakim and to operate against the Soudan rebels. Great dismay prevails here at the continuous success with which the partizans of El Mahdi meet in the conflict with the troops despatched against them. Madbid, December 9. The principal object of the German i | Crown Prince in returning to Berlin via | Rome, is to pay a. visit to King Humbert, j and not, as previously stated, to the Pope. Prince Frederick William will, however, visit the Pontiff before leaving Some for the North. Rome, December 9. Italian Ironclads for China. The Italian Government have decided to co-operate with the other Powers in adopting measures for the protection of Europeans in China, and to that end have despatched two ironclads to Hongkong. [Specials to the Press Association-]

London, December 9,

Puofessor Joseph N. Lockyer, F.R.S., the well known astronomer, attributes the present remarkable sunsets to tho presence in the atmosphere of volcanic dust from the Java eruptions

The Government of Japan has declined to enter into an alliance with China, but will not allow French warships to coal in Japan ports. El Mahdi has demanded the submission of the Donagata tribes. Baker Pasha starts for Suakur on Saturday.