The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-22
FRANCE IS sUsplcIo Ks
And She Sees Grave Dan nslst Us
Her Interests
lTALTs SUPPORT IS uNcsBrAln
Expenditure of the Guarantep Es,..N
Can Now be Made as MaioritS
of the Powers Have
Consented.

London, March France, it n nen.
orally believed here, is buruine her
fingers with the Egyptian question.
The French government, IL is assofted.
expected the cooperation az Germany.
but found she had been anfilirafcef
by Great Britain, as the Mnluflis I'D
Salisbury asserted hiInself TINT hh hatl
the support of Emperor Williagn in fhc
matter, and the latter rs said ~ hANa
informed the British umansicr. HliAt
Great Britain counted up0n nhe Nans
port Of Germany and Austria. f aisn
aided Italy.
The Marquis Of Salisbury X apptarS
also consulted with the Gorge Free
State authorities before anno0bcIn4
the governments decision F4huSe.
consequently, found herself coaft altnd
with a plan fully pre-arranQed ai8l So
is stated she now shows disp0tfion
TO 'climb down" from the aitiluae eho
assumed when the governmehf issicN
ITS note D. Wednesday last sfyin&
that the proposed advance up the Mild
was "a great surprise 10 the govern Inene
of France and would serve "a lnAitter
the aut-English feeling h that tainA
Try at time when q hettef NMtcr*
standing was promised and as nsf that
Great Britaius explanation That tliN
advance is necessarily IN the ilieresL
of Egypt is viewed with sceptieiHGn in
France The wording of tbp nste ~
now saddied on the Premier. NJ Bur-
goise, who, it is asserted, Issued K with.
out consulting the rest Of tie ipiltis-
try.
The opposition in France to use Of
IL
the expenses of the expedited Is Done
gola does not avail; Cor, as the lsritlsh
Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, Mr.. Curzon, explained IA he
House Of Commons Yesterday there
are two funds controlled by the Egyp
tian debt commission One of these,
the larger fund, is derivcdsfrom 4 ean-
version Of the Egyptian debt ana aKe
qutres the unanimous CONSENT Ol he
powers to authorize the eXpenc strt af
the whole or any part of it thx
second, and smalle( resersa
mounting to about Sf2E
used with the c0laae
the commission, al.a 1ra
a majority OF the 3mw
side, even if France a
their consent; for 'ic Obi
many, Austria alH t,ain
the reserve fund as a
tanned.
Then again, ErenCh newspapers ar
que that Egypt has 40 right i0 relel
the Deryishes and have taken Sle
ground that if she does So they wsll be
driven South and may diSturls the
French, Belgian amt Gelnan ptssEs~
sions in Central Africa. such all nr-
gument clearly does not carry in.uch
weight here and the British newspa~
pers retort that everybody SaQst nio
tect himself.
I'm spite of the bo,i 'front.' pu apon
matters here, there is no den8 arg shat
there is feeling in Great Britain that
the Nile expedition is likely 10 nfn0nt
to be something in the nature st dis-
turbing hornets nest and the snlport
OF italy in ease matters assunls erir
Gus aspect is problematieal
A Russian traveller, Eliseielfe, who
is thoroughly familiar with The sltuas
ton, estimates that the forces az thn
disposal of the Mahdi number about
100000 men. of which 10000 are Bad
gars, all trained and disciplined YAin
Mahdi is believed to have 100000 rifles
but it is said they are, as rule, ~ nn
obsolete character; that only $1,000
Remingtons which form part "a this
store of arms are serviceable.