The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1883. THE SOUDAN DISASTER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 304, 26 November 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1883. THE SOUDAN DISASTER.

t > ...;;'i_. -.:■_.- • iOg& cablegrams will have made our; readers acquainted ...Vjith _thjß_,te*r4ble| i: resdfi of i: 'tKe" ! ba&i<T "betwie^ Ihej Egyptian- troops 'utitlesr; Hichcs Pasha, j and cowrnaji led by oth^r , I .- t officers and ,^e 1, | or :<the:<Meßa]{*by Jmowiiau* *hq Falsej '«M' fng^efuiiSlaiipiet isj 'almost without a parallel during the! pvesentiCentttryj. r , T^be^JSgyptian forces were surrounded by an overwhelm ing I massif; -t^oj enejn^f fMj After holding their own' for three (Jays, were gradually Jiverpb'wbred : j and completely annihilj .a^edyilie nuin]bpr ; .of^B^pu^t^^ecesf >being~ estimated J 'at' 3 ten ; ; tbtdßand^ to * tehfe wei# opposed a M6e ' of IHfrti titnei tliafc' duritber. The Soudan is a district far up the Nile; and is peopled by hoivje,s/ ;of; Ai^b3,* -aß^, half-breedsl who are a nomadic race, grazing cattlj? ! ;^s : M *o Aefelsibie ¥ o^cOJJatioti;.: ♦ bdb ii ; reality ojeypti^ m ,u9 u . of T , tLe£r,iime t|> pvedaitoryfexeursion3,anii slave-dealing. The.Soudatri. ! Bas been-i-prowoustytteOir-l) pied^-jbiit^ Pnly. -!'tetti^pi a^ily — once by ( 'Sir Samfkl Baker and Subsequently by "^hin^se CrORDON.V:; but with thje I extent of country to be kept m check, I- aiidlimi' naturally' lawless ¥nd defiant o^tite t popnfationV'it has been 'tfolindiimpOissible, to^ei,tjber, completely subjugate tor maintain a continuous j liuthori^y over ity .' .(Jji'ejit. 1 Bilklfr haja called upon to inte^MtM JR^ro;jec(ion .of J^^i ml -- : iterests.and ,wKether further complic.4jfipns pill; ensue] wil^ tie eagerly watcliea for. Tlie*^ vicrory^ will establish El Meudi's prestige m the minds of bis followers, and cause thousands more to flock to his standard. !