The Portland daily press., 1898-11-05

presenoe of Major Marohand may o'
within the power of diplomacy to aoJust
I an glad to say that up 10 ce1 's'il
point he has proved true propnso.
"This afternoon I received iroEi ohe
French am mbassador the Information unat
the French government has com1 " e1e
conclusion that the occupatlon ol rh 1sn
Is of no sort of value (Proiongeo iausn.
ter and cheers) and that they thought. u
the circumstances that to persist In an oc'
oupation which would only oose onein
money and do harm, merely because soIe
bad advisers thought it might pc ois-
agreeable to any unwelcome neienpoL
would not show the wisdom Win whion,
as think, the French republic mas peeii
uniformly guided.
f"They have done what I believe every
government would have done ia the same
position--res0lved that the occupatlon
must cease. (Cheers) I must not be uh-
derstood as saying that AL causes OF con-
troversy are removed. That Is NOT SO.
Doubtless there will be many discussions
between US; but somewhat aou9s anu
somewhat dangerous cause OF dlIncui-
ties have been removed -
Gen. Kichener's reply, which was moa,
crate and not important, gave unstlnted
praise to the British, Egyptian ana
Soudanese troops. The Sidar said ne
would indeed have been an tncapaDie
leader if he had failed of victory Win
such soldiers. He gave some details as 10
the expenses of the expedition, dwelling
with pride upon its cheapness, and, In
summing up the ''assets that eremaln'
referred to 600 miles Of railway gun boats,
flotilla of sailing craft and (after
pause), the Soudan. daughter and ap-
plause.
A striking feature offthe scene was the
presence o.. a number of young officers OF
the guards, life guards and 2lst I.ancers,
who had served with the Sirdar. Sav-
with crutches or with their arms In
slings.
ENGLAND STILL UNEASY.
London, November 5.-Despite the
jubilation of the oounry over the favora'
pIe announcement by Lord Salisbury re-
ga riding Fashoda. at the Kitchener BAN
quet, there is serious uneasiness as to tne
real obj ect of the continued war prepara-
tic ms which can hardly be justified even
by Lord SaIisbury's warming that there
are still matters in dispute wlthFrance.s
LONDON.PAPERS JUBILANT.
London, November 5.-The editorials
in the morning papers express natural
iubilation over the settlement OF the
acute stage in the Fashoda dispute. Ihey
insist that it is hopeless for France to ex.
pect that her evacuation of Fashoda Will
give her any better pretense to discuss or
to attempt negotiations of any portion
of the Nile valley.
The Times, after pointing out the in
teresting fact that the United States
charge d'affaires, Mr.. Henry White. was
the only foreign diplomat present at the
banquet to Lord Kitchener, says'
''In this associating our American
kinsfolk with our national reJoioings, we
desire to show our warm appreciation
of the sympathy with which Gen. Kitoh-
ener's victory has been commented upon
beyond the Atlantic
The Daily News in the course OF an in
teresting paragraph on Gen Kitchener
and Cecil Rhodes and dwelling upon the
Community Of their ideas and methods, :
says:
7sAs one followed Lord Kitchener un-
folding his balance sheet of the Soudan
campaign, at the Mansion house last eve-
ming, one might for All the yosld yal have ~
been listening 70 -, Mr: od,ers Lsulr = s Cannon
street hotel"