Show THE SOUDAN STRUGGLE the causes that prompted the scenes that attended and rind iho the men that fought it graphically delineated bj by school superintendent E it IL anderson mr E H andersons Andera Anden ons sons lecture on the all absorbing subject of the soudan last friday evening to the teachers association though confined to 40 minutes was very interesting the lecturer co commenced with a def definition anition of the blunda bounda boundaries r jes and topography of egypt showing the same on the map time would not allow him to go farther back than 1517 the date of the conquest of egypt by the turks from which date until 1841 the country had been ruled through vi Vice roye and enormous revenues were collected draining the country of its wealth la 1 1841 1 the egyptians were allowed to have their own rulers but had still to pay tribute to turkey in 1863 ismail father of the present khedive took the reins of government ismail loved ars coun try and strove hard to td make inake it like other civilized countries he ile borrowed large sums of money made great improvements started new enterprises enterprise bought machi machinery established schools civil and military drilled the soldiers aud and created a respectable army by paying to turkey the annual sum of about 1 wout he lie secured to himself entire control of tho the country i but unfortunately he be was very extra vs agana and reckless the result being that the turkish tribute and the interest inter interest cst on loans exceeded d his revenues J and bankrupted the country being liard bard pressed for money to meet these demands ho be sold his stock in lit the suez canal to the british government Beacons beaconsfield field being premier which gave them interest in the canal and thereby also gave them the control of the short route to india by owning gibraltar and the suez canal ismaila system of borrowing millions of money from french english and other capital ista to sustain and discipline armies and nd hold up extravagance could the crisis came and ismail had to fleo flee from his own country his son mehemet tewfik succeeding him tewfik was not eo energetic mer getic braye or enter enterprising as its his father in the confusion that followed egypto bankruptcy england grabbed fiance F rance grabbed and turkey clamored the former for interest on loans or dividends on stock and the latter for tribute tewfik could not raise enough means to carry on the government clience the cause of tb the P pi dicent ms ut troubles trw bles the bold defiant and rebellious attitude assumed by arabi pasha commander insch ic f af pf f the army of tho the khedive caused england and france to agree on joint intervention to procure their mortgages and investment and to protect bondholder but at the last moment france withdrew from the conflict leaving england to fight it out single handed the lecturer then gave a short review of the bombardment of alexandria the great and find decisive battle of tel el kehir and other conflicts the superiority of british valor the overthrow of arabi his bis exile to the island of ceylon there to be kept in comparative comfort and the restoration of tewfik under british protection thui ending the trouble in tit lower egypt lord wolseley and the bulk of tho brits ih army returned to england or tu to their respective garrisons general charles george gordon commonly known as chinese gordon who was born boru at W woolwich jan jin 27 1833 next claimed awn attention his lis philanthropic und successful ces S 1111 career in in suppressing slaver slavery y was reviewed before gordon left ell egypt 11 the sc second aoud tinie time mohammed anniet or el the fale prophet Pio phet had commenced a rebellion of which goadon had bad not J leh or the present trouble iulo would in all nor have occurred the english arru ment ment was alio mao indifferent to events events in upper egypt or the soudun not having uny any inclination to subjugate ahe country her ber m moneybags n e bugs were ere eo aubri in loner lower egypt el mahdi was a cl c of the mohammedan religion while yet young and being ako shrewd made many disciples in iq the tile karsouth far south among the ignorant and superstitious c edans who believed him to be b ile great redeemer of f the last dayto spoken of by tho prophet should deliver his people from bondage lidd tho the latter el from front ting took to conquering town after town surrendering to him and tribe after tribe joining bis standard hil success being the greatest incentive ho kept jest marching conquering and rosely ting in the vicinity until he became tho the terror of odthe the egyptian government tho the mundi s tri ampha in 1882 at abdul kadir lintl I 1 an and his grand victory over hicks pasha at el were clearly stated tho the british government had bad refused to be accessory to the mill tary in the soudan consid ering cring that enough had bad been done by y them in vanquishing arabi rabi pas sha and lord granviwle Granvi Yle carefully explained that her Maje government werd not responsible for the appointment or actions of hicks pasha when W hen the news oft of the bedis disaster which had beba befallen llen the general reached england p her Maje tj tty s government becom recommended mend d then e n urged and a nd finally nally fi insisted of the khedive that his ministers should abandon the soudan military operations this caused the khedive to conse consent fit the ministry resigned A new one waa appointed who concurred ill in tho the wisdom of abandoning the soudan this in sl stint and this consenting however did not go far in relieving the egyptian E gy tian garrisons garrison and sand population n numbering unit ering some in the soudan who were lock fast in their stations etwas it was necessary to relieve these for this purpose gordon was sent to khartoum though his sending was reluctant as gladstone was averse to engaging in iho the warfare gordon left england on his 11 mission brithe on the of january january 1884 to provide for the safety of the garri garrison sou and the loyal reM resident dents and to report on the mill military situation if It possible he was to evacuate the country and withdraw some persona under military service in egypt the speaker gave a touching account of gordons religious nature his belief in providence his laving co correct presentiments pre sentiments and ant his working in for the glory the freer free dorn dom and bap happiness of man while refusing all gifts of money and tind proffered honors his departure from E england his arrival in cairo and hia his hard journey to khartoum wa sunkie over the nubian desert to abou ahmed and berber his enthusiastic thusia reception fori by the overtaxed downtrodden down trodden bastinado ed and ot otherwise berwise cruelly oppressed natives who looked upon him in bis his beautiful uniform gorgeous with gol gold d and his f fair air countenance as the the divine figure of he come on that february morning to deliver them from grinding taxation whippings imprisonments and cruel barbarities all these facts and more were ere vividly portrayed it was no wonder then that the joy ful populace around him kissed his hands and hailed him film as father savior ea vior and sultan to convince them of his intentions ho lie made a pub public lie bonfire of the implements men ta of torture and the b books and records of taxation releasing and freeing hund hundreds feds of slaves many mariy of whom were rotting in prison bound with the chains of tyranny gen gordon organized an army garri IZ khartoum and prepared for emergencies very little had been heard from him for the last two months un antel tel it became apparent to the english government that ho he w waa as in great danger from the t threatening enin rebels ofel of el Alu lidi 1 in n october dispatches were werd received from gen gordon dordon pointing out at the same lime ex his unalterable decision in the sentence 1 I awill will not leave khartoum As well as cau be ba ascertained col Stew artand hia bis companions left the besieged city on sept 10 and with the forces lent them for the purpose by gen gordon they attacked the rebels at berber and drove them out of the town to col stewart docs does not seem t to 0 have felt sufficient confidence in his men to land them and tho the rebel els were in safely outside the range odthe of the gun on the steamers with this success col stewart rested content and 1 while he sent back the troops and steamers bt camers to khartoum he be and his bis european com companions P anions mr power and M I to attempt to ni make 1 ake their way down the ri rier cr in iti a small steamer the boat was most unfortunately wrecked near wady giuca and tho the whole party were ero treacherous ou ay td by a loc local al sheik to who whose te sense of hospitality and declarations lions of they at tachel 4 credence tho the mouth of november y lich wass was wa s introduced by rus mora s from a french source of tho the capture of and the death of hofgen gen gordon was marked by the receipt of intelligence more decidedly hopeful than any pic received gen gord oi letter of tho the ath of showed that he lie was firmly cah c ah fth dished at khartoum and well RUP up plied lied with provisions on nw nev inears years day a message was received from him to th alic 1 I effi effect cl chartouni khar h all till right dec dee 14 ad the bearer hearer I 1 reported that lie hosell all had cigarettes which arc aro as inseparable abre companions I 1 n s of gen gordon as the bible ab thomas a kempis Kc ropi and stan fords mapa of some of the dark places of the earth such is th the story of alo siege of khartoum for nino hino months he heni vestment investment vw complete and the siege nay ae said to date almost from the time hofgen gordons arrival ag ai lid put it liia his party numbered seven and he had tho the command of 2000 only with these resources he lie had to hold khartoum Khar which col Coet logan declared indefensible and to restore some degree of confidence to the royal party then oppressed with a sense of th in agni tude of of hicks pashas defeat and also to the power lord wolseley and a small and inadequate force were dispatched to relieve him the procrastination of tiia government in the first place and the tard tardy y movements of lord Wool seley in the next the previous time from september to january last having been wasted and the probable fall of khartoum were subjects of intense interest abo in m ference being that on january 6 or 27 khartoum had been captured cap by the ruthless rebels through treachery and that the most blood bloody y barbarous and revolting scenes bad been enacted as the readers of the HERALD were fully informed i the speaker had bad no doubt the teachers present would watch tho the subsequent newspaper account sand keep themselves informed OH on the future developments of the great re a t egyptian question which in 11 hia i mind as matters now appear could only 1 be satisfactorily settled by sub subduing u ing egypt and placing it under the entire control of england |