New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18
PARIS.
AN rr,R OF ANGLO-FRENCH COMPL1CA-
TIoNS OVER FASH0DA.
-,,r FALL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TRIB-
rrE TO AMERICAN GUNNERY-
SOCIAL NOTES.
my CABLE TO Trr TnIBuNE.l

my CABLE TO TIfr TRIBUNE.l
,r,s Sept 1.-THE efforts OF d few profess
,-,al Are-eaters TO get up W ar FEVER aOou'
,-oahoda have signally collapsed. The cohV-c-
,rsvafs in Government circles that salts
wv. w., arrangement with England on the Upper
I'll presents far less difficulty than was the
- ~, the Niger. where more formidable OBJ
lies were disposed Of last spring to 'he NUT
-, odvantage Of France and England AssuIh-
=. .ho+ Major Narchand is at Fashooa' II pS
roeans follows that France intends to annex
-. s,rateeic vantage-point and seize the sur
.o,,,dipp country. The theory put forth with
- q eorrlsh Of trumpets by beligerent Ma
.,.nolists Ike NJ Lucien Millevoye that all south
:, 1,hortoir, is a sort Of No Mans Land, to be
MI end held bv the first conner, IL now
eno,doned even by Chauvinist newspapers. AT
=, 1,ro,ob FOREIGN Once there is a perfectly
-, r-,,,,rrness TO admit that none Of the dis
..,a.. .,o+ can be proved TO have formed part
', r-on, az the time Of the Arabs rebellion IN
,oso can be taken possession Of by France or
England or by any other Power
=. is unon this basis that NJ Delcasse THINKS
.,,,soc,ory settlement cannot fail TO be reached.
,,voo,,v what regions formed part Of the Esyp-
49,. rorotorial provinces in 1882 can be deter
80 ~. the records in possession Of the Egyp-
A., Government. which include reports OF eX-
.s,,,o,s and surveys made by American OH
-. IN the Khedive's service. who. under the
.-a.rs ~ General Gordon and Of the late General
CHARLES p stone conquered and formally IN
ravsd 70 Egvpt the provinces Of Darfur, kordo-
fan and Equatoria. The work thus accom-
n,,shed hv Colonels Purdy. Chaille- Long, Mason,
prout. Colston. Fechet and Mitchell, all Of whom
~ tOrafhor with the re
rorts Of Fmin. Gessi and Giegler Pachas the
rrost nrac.lcal and infallihle test 10 determine
tbe limits of national sovereignty in the regions
which the presence of Marchand at Fashoda
NOW brings so prominently before the public. AT
all events. France * willing to apply this test
and regards It as affording a satisfactory so
luton.
Moreover. Fashoda is much too far from the
boulevards 10 arouse popular passions espe-
c,sIIv as French interest, even in Egypt proper
has almost vanished; and as for Fashoda' not
one Frenchman in a thousand knows or cares
where II Is.
The autumn nranpuvres were brought TO
rinse Yesterday by review in the presence or
President Faure and the Duke Of Connaught, OF
the Eighth Army Corps. which was almost con-
cealed by clouds Of dust Foreign attaches ue-
clare themselves greatly impressed by the eff
cheney OF the French field artillery which car
ries off the honors at this years man9uVres'
The Duke Of COnnaught. who arrived In Paris
last night to attend the religious service to-day
IN memory of the Empress Of Austria, spoke
most highly Of the admirable long-oistance
marching accomplished by the French infantry,
and is warm in his praise OF the new french
knapsack which he had strapped on his own
shoulders The Duke tasted the soldiers ra-
tons OF mutton stew with vegetables, which u
the French warriors favorite food, and pro-
nounced IL better cooked and more to his taste
than could be had al an average London restau-
rant The portable cooking equipments and
utensils Of the French infantry" said the Duke.
"are the best have ever seen.
During the march past NJ. Breton, Socialist
Deputy. refused 20 raise his hat as is custom
airy. to the colors; and consequently. TO escape
being roughly handled, he had to run away
amid boots and yells Of "Off with his hat"
"Jump on him. Down with the Jew Dreyfus-
ard" "yive Ia France" and "Vive l'armee!
Among the foreign officers decorated by Presi-
dent Faure at the close Of the manGuvres was
Colonel Bates Of the United States Army, who
received an officers Cross OF the Legion OF
Honor.
NJ Iockroy continues his naval reforms with
ceaseless activity. He was so impressed with
the effects OF the American gunnery In the &C
tons at Manila and Santiago that he has caused
the complete eunnery instructions and manual
used In the United states Navy 10 be translated
into French and distributed to the commanders
OF ships. with p view TO being adopted in the
French Navy. NJ Lockroy has also provided
additional sums for regular gun practice at con-
demned hulks with live projectiles, and interest
ing experiments are now being made at Toulon
with the idea Of making the French bluejacket
by continual practice. the best artillery marks
man aloat. Such at least, is NJ. Lockroy's am
bition. for he is convinced that rapid and accu-
rate gunnery. and not the ram or torpedo VIII
decide future naval engagements.
The launch at Tavre Of the new Spanish
cruiser Rio de Ia Plata which was given as a
present TO Spain by patriotic Spanish residents
OF Argentina, was witnessed by the members or
The Spanish colony to-day The new cruiser -
little more than a gunboat, being % metres in
length. Her estimated speed is 90 knots with
forced draught: her armament consists OF two
l4lmillimetre guns. four 1OO-millimetre. -FOUR
o'-miimetre. four revolving Canet guns and
TWO torpedo
Although the weather is still disagreeably hot
win parching southeast winds. a number OF
"eHknown Americans may be seen making
"a'uinn purchases IN the Rue de la Paix. dining
a. me oper-air restaurants in the Bots de Bou'
'oshe' or now and then trying the electric
n'o'or cabs. which have this week for the first
''ine been put on for public use in the streets
VI rafis Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rutherford ana
'if' ana Mrs William G. Tiffany have continued
."eH experiments with petroleum-motor VICE
.O'las OF various descriptions and power. MI
i'nahy' who is known In America and Europe
8 an amateur whip and authority on coaching
matters gives the result Of his Investigations
in these words:
~, nave gone with a motor Victoria through
Nh, freshly ploughed fields Of Normandy anu