SOUDAN AFFAIRS.
TROOPS AT SUaKIN MERELY ACTING ON DEFENSIVE.
RANDOLPH CHURCHILL PROTESTING. ANOTHER WAR IMPENDING. London. Dec. 1. In the House of Commons Sir James Fergusson, Political Secretary for the Foreign Office, stated that the troops at Suakin were acting simply on the defensive. From his seat in the House of Commons to-day Lord Randolph Churchill protested against the despatch of British troops to Suakin, and also to Great Britain meddling in Soudan affairs. Mr J. Morley’s motion condemning the action of the Government, in connection with Suakin, was on a division negatived by a majority of 35. Cairo, Dec. 1. The British troops have been ordered from here to Suakin, and it is generally believed another Soudan campaign is pending.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 230, 4 December 1888, Page 2
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121SOUDAN AFFAIRS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 230, 4 December 1888, Page 2
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