LO” She CU bllige li,Lth gorHe Cee Coryplmenty 4b Geta THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUDAN FOR THE RESCUE OF GORDON.

BY GENERAL R. E. COLSTON, oF WASHINGTON, D. C.

FORMERLY OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY.

I propose to present in this paper an outline narrative of the war in the Soudan for the rescue of “Chinese Gordon.” ‘The limits of such an article forbid more than a brief allusion to the events which led to this war, and which are still fresh in the public mind. They may be summarized as follows : The brilliant and prodigal career of the ex-Khedive Ismail-Pasha ending in his financial ruin.

The installation of European commissioners of the public debt, followed by swarms of high-paid British officials taking entire control of Egyptian finances, revenues, railroads, and telegraphs.

The resistance of Ismail to their usurpation of his powers, and his compulsory abdication enforced by the British and French Consuls-General, June 26, 1879.

The merely nominal rule of his son Tewfik, and the sacrifice of every Egyptian interest to the payment of foreign bondholders; the dissatisfaction, of the people, and the opposition of the Egyptian army to being made the chief victims of this policy, culminating in the military | revolt of Arabi-Pasha; the bombardment of Alexandria,