THE SOUDAN.
Cairo, April 29. Emboldened by the disaffection of the garrison at Berber, and the countenance which he is now receiving from the Nubian rebel tribes, Osman Digna, representative of the Mahdi in Eastern Soudan, is rapidly collecting supplies and men, and threatens that he will advance upon Assouan, a border town in Egypt proper.
In view of the recent refusal of the British Government to despatch an expedition into the Soudan, the threats of Arab chiefs is causing great uneasiness here.
[Spectais to the Pbess Association]
London, April 29. Sir Henry Parkeg, in a letter 1 to the Nineteenth Century, explains his plan for the federation of the colonies, and the appointment of a London-Australian Council.
The Empress of Germany is improving in health.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4777, 1 May 1884, Page 2
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126THE SOUDAN. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4777, 1 May 1884, Page 2
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