Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-11
French Newspapers Deny British
Claims in the Upper Basin.
FASHODA INCIDENT UP AGAIN
Paris Press, as a Rule, Inclined
to Discuss it Calmly.
LITTLE PROSPECT OF WAR

PARIS, October 1.-THE Paris news
papers this morning discuss the Fashoda
question calmly. While pointing uot the
strength of Frances position and the facts
on which her claims are based, they ex-
press confidence that the question will be
amicabiy settled in a way satisfactory to
everybody, ana urge that this will be
facilitated if the newspapers of the two
countries do all they can to cain the emo
tons of public opinion.
The Figaro says: I'VE have been literally
subjected t. an ultimatum threatening war
on the Marchand question. The ultmatum
was in the pocket of the British ambassa-
dor or on his lips. Fortunately, the docu-
ment was not produced and the word was
not spoken. We should be grateful for the
skill of M. De!casse Uhe minister of foreign
affairs in preventing the delivery of the
ultimatum and to the honesty and upright
ness of the British ambassador in a critical
juncture'
Another article in the Figaro intimates
that the tone of the British press toward
France is intended to divert public atten-
ton from the serious check which British
policy has suffered at Pekin.
Newspaper Views Differ.
The Gaulos today, referring to the pub
lcdllOn OF the fasnOda Dlue DOCK Dy tne
British foreign office, expresses confidence
In satisfactory settlement ot'the matter.
On the other hand, the Jour says the sit
uauon appears most serious II aods:
The language of the Marquis of Sails
bury Lord Cromer and the sirdar remove
the last illusions of the most optimistic
The Journal de Paris affirms that the
documents made public in the blue book do
not establish the right of Great Britain to
the region which France occupies.
The Justice expresses the OPINION that
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The tSrjair rnn1orks. We have ALWAYS
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the whole basin of the Nile was Included
in Fs-vntian or British influence and we
I,arsist In n,,r +heorv which is confirmed
bv the treaty of Berlin that effective oc-
ci,pa fion alone confers the right of posses
sion. Great Britain now seeks to change
the international rules but the right is on
our side and we hone our diplomatists will
compel respect for it."
No Fear of War.
LONDON, october 1.-the morning pa
pers all renew their comments upon the
Fashoda situation but on neither side of
the channel is any idea given expression
that the affair is likely to lead to war.
The worst that can happen is the resig-
nation of NJ. DeIcasse, the French foreign
minister, or perhaps the whole ministry,
but were 1t not for the delicate internal
situation in France arising out of the
Dreyfus affair and the strike the Fashoda
incident vould inyolva No d.nsar wh.teyer
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