The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-03
FASHODA AFFAIR UNCHANGED.
NATTER IN SAME POSITION AS
WHEN BOOKS WE'RE PUBLISHED.

France Not Likely 60 Take Further
Action Until Marchand Reaches
Cairo and Explains why He Left
FashOda-WRshinGtO Views the
Affair as CriticaI-NavaI Activities
Continued Large Russian Fleet
Assembling at Port Arthur.
London, Nov. S.-The situation regard
ing Fashoda is practically unchanged.
Baron de Courcel, the French ambassa-
dor who on Tuesday saw Sir Thomas San
derson PERMANENT under secretary of
state for foreign affairs, was absent from
Lord Salisbury's reception yesterday.
The special dispatches from Paris this
morning repeat the semi-official statement
that the evacuation of Fashoda is ac-
cepted, in principle, but that other stations
in the Bahr-el-Gazel region will be main
tained.
Various rumors are afoat as to Abys-
sinian expeditions nearing the Nile to as
sist the French, but nothing authentic
is known at this point.
NJ. Delcasse, French minister of foreign
affairs, is expected to announce his pol-
icy in the Chamber of Deputies to-m1r-
row (Friday) 1t is admitted on all sldes
that Fashoda itself offers no difficulty
provided a way can be found to save
French amour propre.
London, Nov. "A sem-official note is
sued this evening relative to the reports
of settlement of the Fashoda question
says:
The matter is substantially in the same
position as it was when the blue book
and yellow book were published 1t is
not anticipated that France will take fur
ther action until Maj. Marchand's arrival
at Cairo on Thursday. when explanations
will be forthcoming as to his reason for
leaving Fashoda."
A Frenchman has been arrested at Dover
for attempting to enter the big gun tur-
ret on the admiralty pier there
Rt. Hon. James Bryce, former under
secretary of state for foreign affairs, sub
sequently president of the Board of Trade.
and now member of Parliament in the
Liberal interest for Aberdeen, speaking
there this evening, indorsed Lord Sails
bury's stand in the Fashoda controversy.
declaring that 'the military control Of all
the navigable waters in the Bahr-el-Gha,
zal basin, as we'll as the Nile. must be Sc
cured to Egypt"
Referring to the increasing cordiality be-
tween the United States and Great Bri-
tain, Mr.. Bryce said: when last In the
| United States l was struck with the
change in public sentiment. The spontan-
eous outburst of feeling in Great Britain
when the European powers wished to in
tervene against the United States during
the recent war with Spain, made the
Americans understand how close we felt
the tie between them and ourselves. They
have shown that they appreciate and re-
| ciprocate our sentimept.
"I would never advocate a formal alli-
| ance At all events the obstacles at pres
ent are serious, but all the conditions
point for solid and durable friendship
between America and Great Britain. They
have no adverse interests anywhere in the
world and they have common aims in
sundry regions. Everywhere each can
| render a great service to the other and
| they can understand one another better
than either can understand any foreign
| country.
Mature and history meant them to be
| friends and the closer and deeper that
| friendship is the better 1t will be for the
| greatness and welfare of both"