108 KHARTOUM CAMPAIGN.

(* CABLEGRAM) Daily Telegraph, LONDON.

‘* Matter-Notoriety, Zimes has two correspondents here although one, Howard, ostensibly represents ew York Herald, but all his messages are addressed Zimes, London, where read. I suggest your getting World or other American newspaper, which would give advantage additional correspondent. Recollect all telegrams are despatched in sections of 200 words. Times therefore gets 400 words messages. Correspondents have lodged formal complaint.

‘* BURLEIGH.

* E] Hejir.”

The following is a copy of the letter handed in :— ‘* 28th August, 1898, “EL HEJIR Camp. ‘“*Sir,—It has been a matter of notoriety for some days that the London Times has two correspondents with the Sirdar’s army, Colonel F. Rhodes and the Hon. Hubert Howard. No doubt it may be said that the latter represents the ew York Herald to which he is nominally accredited. We are, however, well aware that his dispatches are forwarded directly to the Ztmes Office where it is not over-straining the question to say that they are there read and used. Under the rules, all telegraphic messages must be delivered in sections of 200 words, each correspondent being only permitted to send in rotation that number of words and no more.

“The fact that the Zi#mes has practically two representatives to other newspapers’ one gives them a manifestly unfair advantage.

“We need scarcely state, that in a campaign of this importance the British public are most keenly interested. Our Editors would have sent out, had not the military regulations precluded their doing so, more than one representative from each newspaper or agency to accompany the army. We respectfully submit that it is our duty to claim equal facilities with the Z#mes, and we ask you to take such action as may be necessary, that our employers shall not be placed at any disadvantage.— Yours respectfully, ‘To Colonel Wingate, “Chief Intelligence Department.”