Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-10-27
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
Not Believed In Paris that the Fashoaa
Dispute WIN Lead co an Open
Rupture.


Paris, Oct. PA semi-offciaI note
issued last evening says:
There is no foundation for the
alarmist ruInors regarding the rela-
tons between France and Great Brit
ain. 1t is equally incorrect to say that
extraordinary measures have been
taken at any of our naval ports"
The Fashoda yellow book is volu-
minous, but it does not include Maj.
Marchand's report, which will be pub
lished later. The dispatches were
largely anticipated by the English
Fashoda blue book.
a Curious Endeavor ON the French Side
The diplomatic conversations re-
corded show curious endeayori on
the French side to represent that Mar
Glands mission was quite as impor-
tant as Gen. Kitchener's, on the
ground that the struggle was against
the khalifa and barbarism.
Did Not Regard England's Claim as APP
plying to Fashoda.
On September IS NJ. Delcasse, the
foreign minister, informed the British
ambassador to France, Sir Edmond
Monson, in explicit language, that
France did not regard Lord Sails
bury's claim to the Soudan by virtue
OF conquest as applying to Fashoda.
on the ground that the Marchand ex-
petition went to the relief of the
French expedition under Capt Lico-
tard, which dated from a period long
before the declaration in the house OF
commons by Sir Edward Gray, under
secretary of state for foreign affairs
in Lord Rosebery's cabinet, as to the
policy of the British government to-
ward the Soudan and at a time when
the equatorial provinces were lost to
civilization. In fact, NJ. Delcasse ar
gued, unless Great Britain possessed
the sultan's mandate as well as the
khedive's to acquire all former Egyp-
tian provinces. France considered her
self equally entitled with England to
possession of any point occupied by
French officers.
Marchand Reached Fashoda First.
Judging from the yellow book dis
patches the foregoing represents the
French standpoint, and NJ. Delcasse
contends that as Marchand reached Fa-
shoda first, England has no right to
demand an evacuation of Fashoda pri.
or to negotiations.
Demand Equivalent to an UltImatum.
On September 80 NJ. Delcasse de-
clared to Sir Edmond Monson that
such demand should be equivalent to
an ultimatum, and while he could af-
ford to sacrifice Frances material in
terests so long as her honor was in
tact, for the sake of Anglo-French en-
tente, no one could doubt what would
be the reply of France to such a de-
mand.
The Capture OF khartoum Entities Egypt
to All the Mahdrs Dominion.
The subsequent dispatches appear
ing in the yellow book relate to con-
versations between Baron de CourceI,
French ambassador in London, and
Lord Salisbury, the latter contending
that the capture of Khartoum entitled
Egypt to possession of al1the maids
dcminions, and the French ambassa-
dor arguing that Maj. Marchand had
captured Faskoda before Gen. Kitch-
ener took Khartoum, and that France
had for long time held several posts
in the Bahr-E l-Gazal.
French Force Too Weak to Constitute an
Effective Occupation.
Lord Salisbury retorted that the
French forces in the regions referred
to were too weak to constitute effec-
tive occupation.
A final dispatch, dated October IL,
from Baron de Courcel to NJ. Delcasse
records conversation with Lord Sails
bury, in which the French ambassa-
dor claimed access to the Nile through
the Bahr-El-Gazal, and asked an equi-
table delimitation of the respective
spheres of interests of the two powers,
to which Lord Salisbury indicated that
it would be necessary for him to con-
suit his colleagues.