| Show KHALIFA AUDULLAH I The Mm AKln vinm lirluln Is 1Ie I Ine tneheltlee IVrfr I The Klntlfa 1 Abdullah I the Soudanese ntentMe against whom tho Egyptian army II I now marching and against whom Kngtflnd will send more troops II Ibo successor of the inahdl whose name WM upon everybody HIM n few years ago That the stray which the great religious soldier held at his death has gradually shrunk under the rule of line present khalifa there Is no doubt Tho present ruler assumed nil Ibo tower and authorUy attaching to the KMlllon of his predecessor but he never proclaimed l hlmxlf nmlidl or prophet The fanaticism which blinded tho Ball lanem to Ibo deeepllon practiced upon them has toil much of Its Influence Abdullahs rule has been ns tyranlcal and rapacious as that of tho mahdl but the Soudnnwfl have been by no mean nl atlent w Ith him as they were with his predecessor tilatln Pasha who will nccouipany the Kngllili expo dltlon up tho Nile says that tbo extent of tho territory now governed by Ab dullah II I llttlo altered In extent from what It was under Igyptlnn rule but Ibo condition of the country Is I very = 0 v 0dt dt J 4 i E i f I 1 i fiJ LI 1I1j y KHAUFA AtlDUIIII different Prosperous districts terming with population brave been reduced to barren hateful deserts and tho fertile plains over which Iho western Arabs roamed nee now occupied by wild nnl mall Homesteads of tho Nllo dwellers nro now tenanted by nomad tribes who have enslaved the rightful owners to till the soil for the now mailers or so says Blatln Many of tho tribes weary of Abdullahs cruel rule havo revolted and become Independent but the khalifa has iiifllclcnt friends left to make him a powerful enemy and to give the lnadlng expedition all It can do to reconquer tho territory In question ques-tion |
