The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-19
Il FRENCH KICK
Great Britain Accused of Breach
of Faith With the Rest
of Europe.
Developments, However, Tend
to Show Salisbury Knows
Where He Is At,
And That the Balance of the
Powers, Except Russia, Back
Him Up.

PARIS, March 10. The government
and people of France are beginn ng to
realize that the recent conferences at
Berlin between the Austrian minister
for foreign affairs, Cou t GoluchowSki,
the Italian minister at at Berlin, Count
Pazzl di Busca, and the German impe-
rial chance lor, Pr nee Hohen ohe,
under the auspices of Emperor Viii lam
of Germany, and w tn Great Britain q
| party to the understandings arrived at.
had more significance than was & ner-
ally admitted by the press o. public at
tho time, The Encouragement of the
| DIRE bund, with Great Britain "a an
active instead of a silent partner in the
arrangement. was ev IDENTITY only the
first step in the direction of attempting
to make
Alterations In the Map of Afr ca,
with the conservat. We support of the
dreibund, this be ng looked upon as be-
ing the price agreed upon With Great
Britain for the latter's support of Italy
and incidentally of the dreibund. But,
behind the scenery so carefully ar
ranged at Berl n. there is. it is believed
by the government and press here. a
great deal going on regarding which
ex plantations must be promptly fur
nished by Great Britain. or serious
trouble may follow. In fact, if the
Toulon correspondent of The Figaro is
to be believed, matters have Already
reached such a dangerous stage that
orders are expected there at any N =
ment for the French Levant squadron
to proceed to Egyptian waters.
Newspapers Approve the Warning.
The newspapers here, generally
speaking, approve of the attitude Of M.
Berthelot, the minister for foreign
affairs, in personally communicating
to the British ambassador, the Marquis
of Dufferin, as announced at the cab
met council, the dangers which might
arise from the advance of British
Egyptian troops up the Nile.
The newspapers advise NJ. Berthelot
to persist in the stand he has taken, if
he did not follow presidents in trans
hitting his objections through the
French embassy in London.
The Figaro says: Great Britain's
attitude is an outrage upon Europe, is
virtually a breach Of faith The Mar.
quis of Salisbury is more deeply COM
mitted than he wished, through the
action Of Baron Cromer. the British
diplomatic agent in Egypt, who, by
sending a small force up the Nile, in
stead of sending a large force. hopes for
q reverse, which will result IN sending
achievements of British troops to the
front, and the continued occupation Of
Egypt by British troops"
The Gaulois remarks: "a majority
of the Caisse Egyptian debit will pos
sibly not be in favor of the British ad-
vance. Russia is IN accord with France
and Germany will also be on their side
as soon as the Italian interests are re-
moved from the question and the affair
becomes purely English"
The Matin asserts that the British ex-
petition up the Nile is ''proof that
Great Britain is finding difficulty in
defending the policy she would like to
maintain in spite of the opposition of
Europe"
Continuing. The Matin says: ''In
refusing to allow the Egyption funds to
be expended on the expedition by VIII. CHI
England would benefit, France has
placed the latter country in an awk-
ward position. and one one from which
she cannot escape
,ermany Acting With England.
On top of the last mentioned question,
however. came a dispatch from Berlin
that the North German Gazette
announces that Great Britain has asked !
the powers sharing the control Of the
Egyptian debt administration to allow
her to use a portion of the reserve fund
to defray the cost Of the expedition of
Dongola. which. at present is estimated
to amount to only about 81, 900, 900, and
that Germany, having ascertained that
her acceptance of the proposal would
accord with the views of the govern.
ments forming the dreibund. partlcu-
larry the Italian cabinet, has instructed
the German commissioner of the public
debt at Cairo accordingly.
Upset Calculations OF French Ststs,msn.
This, of course, places Great Britain
before the world as being again sup
ported by Germany, and must Tend to
upSCb tuO S0ACuA0NAOAS Va tAC ototCSLucu
here, who have, in spite Of the recent
conferences at Berlin, been hugging
themselves with the belief that the
estrangement between the kaiser and
Great Britain, growing out Of the
T~ransvaal incident, was 70 deeply root
cd that there was a probability of an
alliance between Germany. France and
Russia against Great Britain. particu.
larry in regard to the latter's colonial
policy in Africa.
Ordered Noa Comb.ttaass to Leave.
A dispatch from Nassowah says that !
General Baldissera, the Italian COM
mander- in. chief has ordered all non
combatants to leave Kassala by the
next caravan. - the Italian military
commander there has expressed the |
opinion that their withdrawal would
enable the garrison TO hold out until
the Atbara river rises in July.
Special Cairo dispatches say that
serious disturbances IN made daily at
Beyrouth. II 10 admitted IL. 600 armed
Christians have paraded the streets,
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