The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-10

LONDON. Oct e.-The foreign Office has
issued a Fashoda blue book. giving the cor
respondence between the French and Brit
ish governments.
1t begins with dispatch dated December
10. 1887, from Sir Edmond MonSon. British
ambassador at Paris. TO Lord Salisbury.
referring 10 rumorS OF the massacre of The
Marchand expedition and expressing the
ambassadors satisfaction that he is allowed
TO acQuaint NJ. Hanotaux, French foreign
minister OF that day, with Lord Saiisburys
view that If other questions are adjusted
Great Britain Will make no difficulty re-
garding the French claims on the northern
and eastern shores of Lake Tchad. The
dispatch shows. however. that the ambassa
dor made IL clear that this concession must
not be understood admitting the right
OF any European power except Great Brit
ain to occupy any part OF the Nile valley.
NJ. Hanotaux replied on December "A in
a long dispatch OF respectful protest against
Lord Salisbury's view.
On August OF this year. Lord Salisbury
wrote Lord Cramer, British diplomat.c
agent at Cairo, giving him instructions
that, after the capture Of khartounl, two
fiotillas should ascend to Fashoda and 20
up the Blue Nile as far as 1t should prove
navigabie for steamers. Under these iE-
structions, the srdar was personally 10
command the Fashoda hotilla and to take
few troops If he should consider IL de-
sirable, the object being to assert Great
Britain's sphere of influence in the Nile
valley.
on September :, Sir Edmond Monson re-
f,I 7 Safte,
which NJ. Delcasse, French foreign min
!ster. announced that Magchand had no
authority TO decide on questions OF right
and had been instructed TO abstain ercm
any action likely to lead to local conflict.
NJ. Delcasse further expressed a convection
that the matter was susceptible Of arrange
mentS by means of discussion.
To this Lord Salisbury replied, on Sep
telnber ., that Great Britain regarded tAe
operations OF the sirdar (Gen. Kitchener
as placing all the territories of the * hall
IA Abdullah by right of conquest in the
hands Of the British and Egyptian gov
ernments, anu insisted that this conton-
tion admitted of no discussion.
Then follows various dispatches record
ing the discussion before Sir Edmond
Monson and NJ. Delcasse. the latter ex-
planning that Marchand was now virtu-
ally lieutenant to the Liotard expeci-
ton, and that therefore the situation Al
Fashoda, even IL Marchand was there,
could not be as dangerous as Sir Edmond
Monson had reported.
On September . (still following the blue
book) the sirdar reported the results OF
his expedition to Fashoda. fully confirm
the Associated Press including the fact
that Gen. Kuchener's removal there pre-
vented a second deryish attack on March
and. The French officer Informed the
slrdar that he had concluded d treaty
, which he had sent TO France for rat.3ca-
ton, whereby the SAijlock chiefs had
placed the country under French protec-
,ion. Marchah3 replied IN the negative
10 Gen. kitchener's question whether he
was prepared to resist the hosting OF the
Egyptian flag. bat he maintained that ne
hal orders from the French government
10 occupy FasAoda.
on the departure u the British forces,
Cen. Kitchener notified MAJ MsTchand
in writing that AL transportation II VAR
material on tie Nile was absolutely pro-
hib.ted.
The slrdar's dispatch concludes as fol-
lows:
The chef shllocSs came 20 our camp
and positively denied hat hey had con-
clYae3 any treaty with Marchand. while
al ire Sh.Io-ks declared taeir allegiance
- The British rovernmer'. MoreoYe7
Marcnand wa IN such p-ecarloiss pos
ten taat rofhirg could have prevented
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