One of the Stormiest Cabinet Meetings Since Gladstone's Return to Power

Today's meeting of the cabinet was one of the stormiest that has been held since Mr. Gladstone's return to power. Subsequently an excited discussion took place at the War Office between Lord Hartington and the chiefs of the administrative department. The officers were in favor of urgent measures, but the secretary insisted upon the necessity for caution. The ministers are worried by Lord Wolseley's open expressions of discontent. He has complained frankly of the ambiguous character of the orders he has received from London, and some of his despatches are not couched in respectful terms. The government appears, however, to have decided upon a definite policy, and it is believed the present determination is based upon warnings received from Sir Evelyn Baring to the effect that a continuance of the Mahdi's triumphs will not only be subversive of English prestige in Egypt, but will be fatal to English men and women in all Mohammedan countries.