Show rn EGYFP 1 > 4 M r I IOl Btli f Nt front the < t Laid ofi the Nile I L GEN EABLE KILLED IN B ATTIE S S Movements Toward Avenging the Death of Gordon and the Fall of Khartoam Khartoum LONDON February nThe cabinet met at 11 oclock this morning and is still in session General Lord Wolseley telegraphs government that scouts sent to Khartoum Khar-toum have returned They confirm the report of the killing of General Gordon and l the atrocities committed in Khartoum Khar-toum by the Mah liIJ menThe men-The war office refuses officially to confirm the dispatch which states that General Wolseley telegraphed government govern-ment that the scouts sent to Khartoum asccrtaul the fate of General Gordon have returned with proof of his death ROMS February Negotiations be tween the Bnttish and Italian governments govern-ments tfitha view toltalian occupation in the Soudan arstillproceeding Chevalier egraItalian Ambassador London has beep instructed to assure Lord Granville Gran-ville Bsittish Foreign Secretary of the confide that Italy hasin the power England to crushthe rebellion in the Soudan andTeoretanizing Egypt and to state tha Itaiy willing toO cupj with let troops trateg tic posts so aS to enable England to mass her forces against thoseor the Mahdih GIDB LT February 11 Troops1 have already Bailed from here to > reinforce Wolseleys force in the Saudanr and others will be dispatched immediately PARIS Feruary n1igarD says that die Mahdis minister oK varr is iLViret Hewas formerly a captain in the French army Hejoined tfie JTarrdi in 1832 and taught the Arabsthe way to break squares when formed by troops in battle S 5 5 CONSTANTINOPLE Februarilk Tuir lash newspapers have been officially prohibited from publishing < news from the S Jdan or c comments upon the situation there PaRDONs PEESENTIMKNT LONDON February 11 General Gordon Gor-don before his departure on his mla ion to the Soudan told a personal friend who now makes the story public I pub-lic that he entertained a presentiment I hat he would never return from Khar oum Gordon said the presentiment was distinct and intense and he could not push it off Throughout his entire We he said he had always been strongly and correctly ectly effected by presentiments During his military career in China he was guided by them but never even inmost in-most critical moments of that eventful period had he even expected death Xhe friend also asserts that in pursuance pursu-ance of his belief Ih the presentiment which covered him with its shadow before he started for Khartoum General Cordon actually bestowed on his chosen friends all his trinkets and mementoes It is announced that a narrow gauge ailway wilL be constructed between Suakim and Berber English firms offer to undertake the construction of the road within a fortnight the use of manufactured sectrons of rail lengths Governmentlias decided to accept the tempo rv services of a limited number of officer of the aaUitiaVand reserve forces PARIS February 11 DeLesseps in an interview considered the English expedition doomed to failure It may reach Khartoum but the Soudanese will not submit The English in going or returning will fall a prey to hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of fanatics who are ready to die LOSDOS February llThe cabinet today approved General AYolseleys plan for an early advance from Suakimi tQ Berber BerberTHE THE MASSACRE DOUBTED Thereis still slight ground for hoping th Gordon is still alive The accounts > of newspaper correspondents come from common native sources No witness wit-ness to the death of General SordorC is mentioned With General Gordon were Hauzal Austrian viceconsul and twenty Greeks andLevaniine e rchants A firm at Alexandria for whom the Greeks had been acting as agents do not believe the story of the massacre at Khartoum Tn reply t9 inqniriesG neral Wot seley telegraphs that he has no more lluthentic news thanthat brought to Xorti by ColonelWflsonf laEtEnAn EARID KrLMV LoKDOX Februars ll + General Etirle was killed on Tuesday during the stormingtof the l enemys position at Birti S 5 t S ADDITJON 01 K4BU4 DEATH LONDON February 11 Another account ac-count of the death of General Earle dated Korti says General Earle was killed in the action Tuesday The fight occurred near the Nile a few miles above Dulka Island The Arabs had fortified a pass and had built small fort on the left bank of the river When General Earles I forcbs reached the pass they were subjected sub-jected toaheavy fire from field guns I which the Arabs had placed in commanding positions General Earle had no artillery and commanded his troops to charge It was more of scramble than a charge but the Arabs were driven from the heights at the point of the bayonet and fell back slowly toward the river All that then remained to be captured was a little fort oa the river bank As the British Brit-ish column advanced lit was met by a steady and welldirected fire from behind the sand and wattlings which composed the Arab fort and many men of the attacking party were tilled S General Earla again ordered hW mento charge and put himself aether head ol < colamn He trap tilled during this marge Ibe I fort A1 ultimately c ° P turedTjnt at a terrible cost In addition to General Earle three officers and eight men were killed and thirtyfive men wounded FEELING JX luau I CohSTASTDfoptE February 11Th populace is exultaHt over the fall of Khartoum On the other hand government govern-ment express great anxiety over the disasters in the Soudan fearing the Mandis success will lead ton serious movement in ElHejazi Arabia here lIe has many followers NO emoiAb AUDIOES LONDON February 12up to mid night Wednesday government had no official advices confirming the repoifr of General Gordons death |