, 1898-11-02
WAS GOING It Blind
FRENCH GOVERNMENT WILL RE-
CALL UPPER NILE EXPE-
DITION.
Not Aware of English Al
vance to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Will Evacuate Stations With Aid
of Egyptians in the Matter of Pro-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Retreat.

visions-tnconditional Retreat.
London, Nov. William Hayes
Fisher, enc CT the junior lords of the
treasury, member of parliament for
Fulham and a ministerial whip, speak,
ing in London this evening. said he
had seen dispatches which enabled
him to assert that the French govern
ment had decided to recall the March
and mission from Fashoda.
In the course of an interview after
the delivery Of his speech, Mr.. Fisher,
on being reminded that he had said he
had seen dispatches justifying his as
sertion Of the intention of France to
Withdraw Marchand, replied tina he
did not say that he had read them,
remarking that he had been mis-
reported.
There is little doubt, however. that
either %purposely or carelessly, Mr..
Fisher allowed the news of the actual
IdctS 10 ledh Out.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
Mail says:
France will retire from Fashoda IN
conditionally and without asking COM
%pensation.
Baron De Courcel. whose term as
French ambassador in London expired
long ago but who has held on to con-
duct negotiations affecting Egypt. will
now be recalled and no haste will be
shown to appoint his successor, with a
view of making French resentment a
British action, for England has almost
taken the place Of Germany as the OBJ
ject OF French hatred
The Daily Graphic says this norm
ing: I'VE learn from an official source
in Paris that Captain Baratier bears in
structions to Major Marchand to re-
turn to FashCda and then to withdraw
his expedition in the direction of the
Upper Ubanghi river, north OF the Con-
CO., evacuattng Fashoda and the five
posts established by him east of the
frontier indscated in the Anglo-German
agreement.
The Egyptian government will be
invited to send troops to accompany
Major Marchand as he retires from the
Bahr-El-Ghazal territory and to re-oc-
cupy the posts as they are evacuated by
the French officers, thus solving the
difficulty concerning Major Marchand's
revictualment.
when Major Marchand's retirement
Is fully accomplished. negotiations bas-
ed on proposals submitted by Baron De
CouIcel to Great Britain will be open
ed. France is disposed to recognize
frankly that the ~re-conquest of On
durham completely changes the
situation as it existed when
Major Marchand was instructed to
proceed to the Nile. The French
government will even state that
had Major Marchand been aware of the
khedival advance he would not have
pushed his mission so far east.
These intentions have not yet been
officially impaired TO Great Britain, but
they probably will be before Major
Marchand's evacuation commences"
The Paris correspondent Of the
Times says:
Baron De Courcel gathered from a
conversation had after the last British
cabinet council that Lord Salisbury's
attitude had undergone a change, the
British premier insisting that it was
impossible to disregard public opin-
ion in England and hat nothing could
be done until Fashoda a evacuated.
so far as French public opinion is
concerned, there is not the slightest
idea OF going to war for Fashoda and
any government doing SO would be re-
garded as a government Of imbeciles."
All the special dispatches from Paris
to the morning papers indicate that the
solution predicted by the Daily Graphic
will be the n finally reached and that,
even should France sulk diplomatd-
cally. no further serious consequences
are anticipated.
The war Office has issued a semi-of-
hcial notification in which it says 1t
does not object OF the papers announc-
ing military and naval preparations In
general terms. but points out that 1t
would be "unpatriotic to publish spe-
cifc details that might be useful to a
possible toe"
There is no noticeable cessation in
EnSiand'e Preparations and the off,
Gals are confident of the country's
ability to meet all emergencies. There
were large shipments Of guns. shells
and war stores to Malta and Gibraltar
yesterday.
The dispatches from France an
nomce equal activity at Toulon, Brest,
Narcotics and elsewhere.