The age-herald., 1898-10-22
ENGLAND WILL
 STAND FIRM Marchand's d'sEvacuatiOn OfFashOda
 Must Be Without Delay
 WAR MAY YET BE AVERTEO British Officials Reiterate Deter imitation to Adhere to Position. FRANCE RUSHING PREPARATIONS Regiments Complete Their War Equip ment and Supplied Ammunition. FRAFALGAR DAY CELEBRATED Dispute Over the Fashoda Question Call ed Forth a Fresh Outburst of Patriot
 ism on the Anniversary of Nell
 
Regiments Complete Their War Equip ment and Supplied Ammunition.
TRAFALGAR DAY CELEBRATED
Dispute Over the Fashoda Question Call- ed Forth Fresh Outburst of Patriot ism on the Anniversary of Nell
 sons Great Victory.

London, October 21.-Government circles here are apparently satisfied that the Fashoda question will not lead to war. At the same time the determination is reiter- ated not to budge from the position which has been taken up no matter what the out come may be- It is said on good authority that the government has also determined not to brook unreasonable delay, and that in the event of France declining to evacu- ate Fashoda, the Marchand party will be removed from that place, although it is not expected that it will be necessary to resort to such extremes.
 Marchands Report
 Paris, October 21.-Major Marchand's re- port, telegraphed from Cairo, was re- ceived during the night. It does not men, ton the arrival at Fashoda of General Kitchener, and only gives an account of the incidents of the expedition, with an elaborate description of the route followed, the points occupied, the manner of occupa- tion, the raising of the flag, the force left at each point and the treaties of submis- sion concluded with the tribes in addition Dervishes.
 The report only goes as far as the be- ginning of September, and says that on August 20 the supplies of the party were rrl.z any mention of the arrival of General Kitchener at Fashoda is said to be the fact that the report of Major Marchand was not ready when Captain Barateir left Fashoda.
 When the captain started from that place he did not think he would go beyond Khar- toum. Major Marchand, however, deemed it advisable to send the finished portion of the report intending to dispatch the re- mainder of 1t so soon as Captain Baratier returned. But the captain on arriving at Omdurman found there instructions telling him to go on to Cairo, from which place he will proceed to France.
 It is believed in certain quarters that Captain Baratier is the bearer of a re- port which the French authorities were not willing to trust upon the British telegraph lines.
 The Temps this evening publishes a dis patch from Nantez saying that the four battal'ons of infantry regiments. compris- ing the Twenty-first division have complet- ed their war equipment. Each man has received 12O rounds of ammunition and his camp outfit has been supplied with revol- yer cartridges. The division is now in readiness to march when ordered and it is said these troops are intended for coast de- fense. The defense of St. Nazarine is also being ordered.
 A remarkable change has come over French opinion on the Fashoda question during the last forty-eght hours The at tltude of the public is more infiamed and more defiant This is partly due to the tone of the British press, but more to the threatening speech of the British chancel- Tor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, which the Autorite calls "provoca- ton that is almost threat of war"
 The municipal council of Paris is abused on all sides of exhorting the government to avert war. In government circles the disposition seems to be to resist the British demands.
 It is reported that the policy of France as definitely stated to Great Britain in- cludes the retention of Fashoda. Rumors that the Russian foreign minister, Count Muraiveff, has assured M Decasse French foreign minister, of Russian in the contro- versy to stiffen the bonds of the higher officials, although these continue to main tain a conciliatory tone and declare that France Is prepared to carry amiability to