The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-30
The Fashoda Affair Il Nearing a
Settlement.
THE BONE OF CONTENTION
The Main Subject Remains for the Dip
Io~mats-Francs Has Little Faith
In Russia-Uneasiness In
the Far East.
Copyright 1895 by Associated Press.

| 1Or Marcnand AT hnaTtouTn, On nS "as
to Cairo, with the portion Of his re-
port which was not finished when Cap
tain Baralier left Fashoda. is regarded
as a rift in the clouds overhanging
Anglo-French relations. for. In spite OF
the s~emi-oficiai denial issued In Paris
that orders were sent TO the major to
20 to Cairo. II Is fully believed here
that the French ofhcer would not be on
his way to Cairo unless he had received
a hint to that effect from the French
government. who consider that his
leaving Fashoda will take the sting out
Of the situation and at the same tim
prepare France for h eventual with
drawal OF the whole expedition. which
now consists Of seven officers and 40
men. The British view OF this latest
move is hat the Marquis of Salisbury
and his ministers are delighted to af-
ford Major Marchand the facilities for
reaching Cairo. But they would hardly
care to send him back except In the
capacity of a guest or a scienti1c ex-
plorer. That is to say. France will first
have to her principal claims
based on his mission.
In the meanwhile. in the voluntary
return of Major Marchand, the French
minister, NJ. Del Case. and the gov
eminent OF France have got over a
great difficulty from a diplomatic
amour propre point of view. NJ. Del
Case had declared that the French
government could not do the impossi-
Bile. that Is to say. recall Major Mar
chand. Therefore. the latters return
has enabled the French government TO
save It's face" as the saying goes. 1t
chat nynn ~ tho
tri-color of France Is hauled down at
Fashoda, :he main subject of dispute
remains and may cause anxious mo-
ments I'm both countries before the
Bahr- El-Ghazal question Is settled. al
though there has been a confident feel-
ing for the last few days that war Will
be ayerted. The French ministerial
crisis al first increased the feeling OF
anxiety, which prevailed as to the
prospects of a peaceful solution; but
in the list OF probable ministers the
British newspaper see a body OF expe-
rlenced men who are able to lead
French opinion. The retention OF Nj.
Del Case at the head OF the ministry
OF foreign affairs, however. Is not re-
garded favorably, as he is the father OF
the Marchand adventure.
An Instructive account OF the origin
of the whole enterprise appears In an
important Paris paper, lie Journal
which says the Marquis de Mores, the
Anglophobe French explorer. who was
assassinated in the hinterland OF Al
geria, really conceived grandiose plans
which he submitted to NJ. Del Case,
who fell in with his views and dis
patched Major Marchand to the upper
Nile, while De Mores started for the
Sahara with the avowed hope TO con-
quer, with the cooperation OF Mar
chand, the province of Bahr- El-Ghazal.
IVA - - ,-, fnnlndnd the or
ganization OF all the armed peoples OPP
posed to Great Britain, and included
even the cooperation of the khalifa.
whose forces. led by Frenchmen, would
attack the British. and the khalifa,
backed by the French explorers, would
thus interpose a buffer between Egypt
and Central Africa, thereby thwarting
British aims. De Mores and his party
were massacred at the outset OF their
Quincy. but Marchand succeeded in
carrying out his part of the plan, and
there is reason to believe that the
French government now wishes he had
not Tor so.
AS the Eclair says to-day: major
Marchand returning. why then did we
go to Fashoda? In order to play the
game we played against the English
we ought 30 have had a navy capable
Of making a brave show against the
English, instead OF which the fossils OF
our navy department have left us In
capable of fighting with honor
French seem 10 have lit.
tie faith in Russia helping her ally in
the present crisis. while Russian dis
patches TO the British papers affirm
positively that the car Is decidedly op-
posed to war and has counselled the
French to bando their untenable at
titude. 1t Is even said that the car
has characterized the French attitude
as reckless.
In the meantime military and nava
preparations continue on both sides OF
the channel. There was talk at Devon
port to-day of a flying squadron being
commenced. But n reassurtng feature
Is the departure OF Sir William Henry
White. director of naval construction
of the British navy, on a two months
visit to Egypt. No extreme measures
therefore. are expected by the admiral
ty officials at the present moment. a
all events.
George wyndham, conservative mem
Der OF parliament for Dover, speakins
TO his constituents. has made an inter
esting comparison between British anC
!, American aims. He says: In Egyp
we are actuated by the very sentiment
which actusted America in the recen
: war. In the case of the Philippines
America could not tolerate the situa
ton there, and having undertaken
, task. she objected to being hampered b,
q Germany. and so made II plain tina
since she Is engaged i'm a laudable en-
2 terprise IN a sphere In which anothe
E power felt called upon to NEEDLE. sh'
. must have a free hand TO bring IL 10
. successful issue. This Is precisely tn
I British view of the basin of the uppe
7 Nile"
7 The m from Paris of the inten
ton of the British government to de
clare Egypt under the p~rotectorate o
2 Great Britain has attracted little atten
ton. as the general feeling Ii that tn
I moment IL clearly inopportune for sue
e a step. II would be only playing int
the hands Of France. There II talh
: however. OF Great Britain adopting ex
4 treme measures towards the khedive o
a Egypt unless he modihes his attitude
< IL is well known that he returns fror
J. each OF his visits to European our