Show GALLANT GORDON fell a victim ti effin to alio lied tape tardiness of Glad Glaas stones tones for which the latter is likely I 1 I 1 to fall I 1 BV BY western asad freb io to i o the 1111 herald cral d 11 LONDON r feb reb eb 23 A number of die patches fram general gordon to the home flowe government in regard to the situation of affairs at Khanoum pre vigus to the surrender of that city were published today to day written on nove november 13 iber ath general gordon de dined to agree with the home iloine authorities that the expedition under lord wolseley Wol selcy elev was for tile purpose of rescuing hirn but was lie fays says designed to rescue the garrison at khartoum on oil Se september 18 he be wrote as fol lows Ilo how vl many times have I 1 written 1 ng for rein cements but my letters have never been answered the hearts of my gallant men are weary with ith this long waiting fur for asi assistance istance and the failure to receive any word of encouragement which would lead them thein to expect help shortly while you yoa eat drink and rest in good beds we always fight right am ellz it appears from a letter dated dec that gordon never said 1 I can I old out for years as b biad ad been pu published bat but on the contrary declared declare that food was scarce and relief relle should be sent him at once the egyptian blue book issued today to day contains a cettei sent by general gordon to general lord wolseley in december This saiS chave 1 have five rive atean aers and niue nine guns at me tenn nell await awaiting irig your orders I 1 can hold out forty days longer with eise case after that it will be dilli cult the loss of col stewart ia is terrible I 1 told him to live you all inform information atio i pos sible he ile had my journal from IS jan n 3rd ard to september loth elmund r is eight miles wiles from khartoum ia is all right tho the garrison there being aware that you are coming my illy journal from september to date is on board of one odthe of the steamers which 1 on ou will find at I 1 con continue dinue to have occasional fights with the arabs it is ig stated that all the europeans t iro willi with el include including in k a tin bey and kind muns mans have become Muss ulmen lupton ley has surrendered 1 have sent out scores of messages es in all directions during the last eight t months do not send vate letters to me the risk is too loo great do not write me in cipher I 1 havo have no key and 7 it is no use el mahdi L knows everything e take the road from froinA bullot to h you need not fear el bot both ii the greek consul and tile austrian consul are safe el has captured a loiter letter from tho the king of aby abyssinia S to me your expedition as I 1 understand is forthe for the relief the garrison of khartoum which I 1 failed to accomplish I 1 decline de ine to admit it is for the rescue of roe me personally A letter from gen gordon dated september 9 contains the fol following lawing statement we have sufficient money and provisions here at khartoum to last a four months at the expiration of that period we shall be much embarrassed althou although gewo wo wrote you it was as impossible to send col stewart to berber on account of many things w which occurred here wo afterwards paw lit to send hini together the french and arid english consuls in ili a small steamer to dongola to commus licate with the british commander command er there concerning the soudan wo detailed two large steamers to accompany them to berber to keep tile way clear for them to pass by berber towards dongola how many limes times have wo we written asking for reinforcements rein force and calling your serious attention to the boudan soudan and no answer came general gordon also instructed a messenger sent from khartoum dec to deliver the thi following message to lord wolseley dont scatter your troops bring plenty of troops th alo 0 enemy is numerous wo we still hold Om durman el murdis lines aro are beyond Mu munsha nisho mundi two months ago attacked Om durman and disabled one of our ste steamers awers we disabled one of their agnns 1 fighting ight ing was vas renewed on the south side three days lays later when the rebels were again repulsed come quickly dont leave berber in the rear keep the enemy in your front dont let the rumors of your approach spread feb 23 tho the marquia is of lome lorne publishes a letter in in I 1 ti the 10 mall gazette gazelle tills this afternoon in ill which he ho deprecates the british Britis li advance against khartoum now that gordon is dead tile british the Alar marquia quis contends should be satisfied to take up a position on the nile to block el mahdi from advancing into lower egypt LONDON feb 23 ata at a meeting of tho tile conservative peers held at tha residence of the Alar marquis quis of salisbury this evening it was unanimously res re solved to move in the bouise a vote of censure against the government for its I 1 egyptian gyp tian policy |