WAR IN THE SOUDAN
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London, Apavl 22In the House of Commons Mr Glad-
stone asked for a vote of credit for £11,000,000, of which £4,500,000 was intended for operation in the Soudan In proposing the vote the Premier announced that the general situation of foreign affairs rendered it incumbent on Great Britain to prepire her forces The Government were not prepared to abandon operations at present being conducted in Egypt, Imt reserved to themselves full liberty of action for the future, The Indian troops now in Egypt, Sir Gladstone added, would prove sufficient to hold Snifkim, the British forces Ijeing reserved fyr any emergency t|iat might apijfi. London, 4pril 22.
In the course of the debate on the vote of credit the Government ijn nounced that that .portion of tho vote to be expended in the Soudan was not intended to providp for further oper* ation, It was also stated [hat the railway now in course of construction fronj Suakiin would.only bo continued to a point necessary tor thp Security of Suakitq,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1972, 23 April 1885, Page 2
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174WAR IN THE SOUDAN Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1972, 23 April 1885, Page 2
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