THE SOUDAN.
Khartoum Threatened.
Caibo, March 19.
Grave anxiety is felt here fo: 1 the safety of General Gordon, from whom no further news hes yet been i-ee;ycd,
Reliable intelligence of increasing hostility among the tribes is to haad, stating that the adherents of El Malidi are closing round Khartoum from all sides. The situation is considered critical.
London, March 18. Osman Digna hf.s intimated that he will renew hostilities in ten days.
[Received March 21,11 a.m ] Caieo, March 20. Osrcan Digaa fails to rally his followers. The latest news to hand from Suakim states that Osman Digna's attempts to rally his followers have failed, and he has now left the hills near Tamaneb, an'sj. retired into the interior. Information has also reached Suakim that great numbers of rebels who were wounded during the recent battle, but who succeeded in reaching the hills, are now lying there in a dying state.
[Specials to the Pbess Association]
London, March 19. Sir H. Parkes, speaking at Edinburgh, said the federation of the Australian colonies was impossible without the establish* ment of a Parliament similar to the Dominion Parliament of Canada, the ex isting colonial legislatures continuing to legislate in local affairs. The French intend to occupy the Islands of Obusla and Jerish, situated in the Eed Sea. March 18. It is rumored that Prince Napoleon has issuedamanifesto,andfied to Switzerland.
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Thames Star, Volume xv, Issue 4744, 21 March 1884, Page 2
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