Show EL MEHDI REM the balne prophet of the tile Noti dais i and blips london news alie false pro prophet is Is evidently playing for a high stake this I is I clear from the tile name which ho he h has for himself ho ile claims to be the imam mehdi or the tile last prop prophet lilt allah will send to con quer the the enemies of islam and be supreme over the world worlds to such a person all edans would d kneel and serve were c he woul to ap pearin this character as a conqueror at cairo the eclipse of ofA well adof as of the be complete the sultan bil Self would cease to think of the caliphate in the presence of such a potentate and representative ofAl lahon oil earth the imam mehdi ia is to come according to the mohammedan belief accompanied will with great sign signi and wonders wonderland and he lie will appear short shortly before the judgment D day he 11 comes on a white burze angat and at the head of an army all mounted on oil white horses in this there is a manifest tracel of scripture ideas which the edans have followed lowed and mid where tile hebrew mes elanio notions may be traced it bearg bears at the timea time a strong resemblance seni blance to the kaiki KOM avatar of the Hin Ilin doos which ii u to make its appearance on a white horse borse and when the white horse stamps foul fiot the kali or black age is to the crita or golden ago age will ivill begin again it need scarcely be stated that there have been many pretenders to this the east and the indian bazaars during the mutiny often had bad wondrous of his aps ap bearance pe arance leading his army of white borses horses the imam medhi must be a visible ruler with power and victory on his side ans and if the present pretender at ICart karroum oum manages to spread the report that ho he is 13 killing his enemies by the thousand he may be accepted most willingly by the blos moslems lems even the defeat of arab arabi who claimed to be fighting for the cause of islam may nave ave the eft effect act of making the edans turn to his man as their comina coming prop prophet bet should this peculiar resu result it come to pasa pass it may give the british troops another campaign in egypt for the new imam is not likely to give any guarantees about such a trifle as the suez canal at present he lie is along way off oft khartoum of which he is said to be absolute master is abo about ut miles in a direct line from cairo and perhaps 1000 miles following the winding of the nile the town ia is the principal place in that region and is situated among palm trees on the western bank of the bahr cl ahrek or the blue nile this ia is cloe clo e to the junction of that branch with the bahr el abiad or white nile it ii is this position at the union of the two main branches of the egyptian river which gives khartoum its importance and made it long the headquarters of the elave slave trade trado in upper egypt for some years past the telegraph extended as far south as this and travelers who visit the place are entertained there by the ruling pasha in a style reminding remind reminding them of paris at least those w who have reached khartoum after traveling in the desert and barbarous countries around ey say that it seems like paris to dine with the governor of khartoum who produces knives and forks cut glass and silver and a menu of fish meat went and game and a conversation carried on in french A dance of rawati or girls of the locality when cigarettes are being smoked afterward may just ut remind them that they are not dining in in gi in na a cafe on the boulevards the I imam m mehdi instead of accepting these civilities and making believe he was in pris is reported to have killed abdelkader abd el ei kader the tho governor of they the place lace to have occupied it and is getting his nubian troops into a disciplined condition in order no doubt to carry anlis conquests and keep up tho the character he has assumed |