Show THE THID SOUDAN SO W 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 el mahdi is having considerable success for a false prophet his k 1 relentless relent lesa oj ass mss u i the soudan haa has overwhelmed egyptians 0 and E englishmen dimin alik 4 the I 1 faithful moslems are scattering the hated bated giaouris to the four winds the latest report ie the capture gen gordon this is likely to get the IVOW Jn BuU up inthe bri british tish nation and to compel mr glad delonee government I 1 to 6 adopt more vigor vigorous ous and f active Fc tive measures the fanatic t r rallied i 11 ed a aroun brouna d aloham ned ahmed are not afraid of brit ieh ish gunpowder for their koran promise s eve every ry faithful who falls in the holy war var unspeakable joy and 06 bits in heaven atin report addi of gen n gor done dons capture by the rebel forces is is not rather discredited credited die by a later fett london dispatch that no news was received n at t the war 0 office regi regarding regard arding ng r the rumored capture of gen gordon and the report first arst posted in the window windo T ofa r the daily hews office had 1 removed 11 the situation in t the he soudan is is still very critical even mere so than ever be before fo e realized or eien even anticipated A Aletter letter from gen gin gor don den just made public in london bays itis it is no secret that england has abandoned all intention of guaranteeing the ibe 0 of the egyptian supremacy over the soudan it has the task is too onerous and would be attended with no corresponding advantages it will therefore allow the people ale now in rebellion revert to their old I 1 1 I f e sultan ultan fi I 1 if as the telegram giving this important piece of news eral gordon accepts this dei de I 1 i i vision as wise wi send and jut just the ivar vu at will j soon ba over unless the doughty follow ay iy er of oaths the camel lofv ecca ar fa I 1 w persists persist in a advancing i northward rd and sweeping all foreign I 1 from from the I 1 land a n d of the pharaoh jf that should dao his policy and 1 plan the redcoats will vill need sir garnet Wol wolseley seloy again although his task wo we fear would be much more difficult than it was when he settled arabi pashas little facci account i ii t A at t any rate we ino look k for serious advel v i K the situation tion atthe in the soudan 1 0 ila AZ I 1 3 of many ninny waters in the odthe ohio river and its tributaries tributa ries is flooding not only the cities and town barins and fields of choso unfortunate region st but also deluging our news columns with ad lad L and sorrowful details the misery must indeed be great in ill the afflicted portions of the country and nd may hasten the doomsday of the long anticipated general panic and collapse I lr |