It is reported from the Soudan that a treaty of peace is about to be made between the Mahdi and Great Britain.
The terms of the treaty are said to be that the Mahdi will not oppose the British forces advancing as far as Khartoum, and that they may station troops to keep possession of the land they have gained, but that they must not attempt to go a step farther. The Mahdi is to remain King of Khartoum.
It is not yet known whether the terms of peace will be accepted by England.
An interesting find was made at Berber. When the British troops entered the town they found on one of the boats in the river a uniform-case marked Gordon Pasha.
The English officers to whom it was brought were much moved at the sight of an article that had once been the property of the unfortunate General Gordon, who was killed by the Mahdists at Khartoum on January 26, 1885.
There is news of Professor Andrée.
You remember that he started from Spitzbergen in a balloon, hoping to sail across the North Pole.
A report from Arctic Russia says that on the night of September 14th the inhabitants of a little village saw a balloon which was believed to be that of Andrée's.
A day or two after this a carrier-pigeon brought a despatch from the traveller.