Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-08
WAR IS INEVITABLE.
That Is the Consensus of Opinion In
England.
MAY BE DELAYED AWHILE
CHEAT Britain Ii Well Prepared to
ViRht and Would Welcome q Con-
hict-Sn1isbury's Speech and
Present Attitude.


Present Attitude.
London, Oct. IA majority of the
people here have been convinced that
war between Great Britain and France
Is inevitable sooner or later, and many
expressions Of regret were heard at the
military and other clubs that the con-
nict apparently Is not to take place in
the near future, as 1t Is the general be-
let that the army and navy are In a
perfect state Of preparedness. The gen.
eral feeling In the country Is such as
would indorse any warlike action upon
the part Of the government. In any
case. work at the arsenals and dock
yards actively and silently continues,
and information on the subject has been
curtailed to an unprecedented point All
the officials have strict orders not to
talk. The British admiralty has sus-
pended daily announcements of the
movements Of British ships abroad, and
the naval men express the opinion that
such farreaching preparations mean
something far more than a naval dem
onstration. The whole reserve squad
ron has assembled at Davenport and Is
now completely fitted out and ready to
sail at few hours notice. Besides
this. eight reserve cruisers at Ports
mouth-three first class cruisers, the
Europa, st. George and Crescent, and
five second class cruisers, the Latona,
Naad. Sybilla, Mercury and Iris-have
been ordered to be commissioned for
service with the emergency squadron.
Discussing salisbury's Speech.
The Marquis of Salisbury's declara-
ton on the subject Of the withdrawal Of
the French mission from Fashoda made
at the Mansion House banquet in honor
Of General Lord Kitchener is not re-
garded here as being wholly satisfac-
tory. The entire absence of any refer
ence to the extraordinary naval prepa-
rations Is considerably commented up
on, and 1t Is remarked how careful the
British premier was to explain that the
evacuation Of Fashoda was only in the
nature of oil on troubled waters and
that British diplomacy had not yet
weathered the storm which the Mar
chand mission conjured up. 1t is rec
ognized that the French premier, M.
Dupuy, and his colleagues intend to
carry out what they have promised, but
a factor which must be reckoned with
Is the fact that there are influences at
work in Paris which render the exist
ence Of any ministry precarious and
which may at any moment in the event
Of certain contingencies provoke gen.
eral upheaval. In such an event the
Fashoda bus ness, which has been more
or less carefully kept in the background,
would be rushed to the front in order
to distract attention from other things
and would be used as a ralying cry for
all parties and classes of Frenchmen.
The English papers point out that Ike
evacuation of Fashoda is only an in
stallmeEt of the satisfaction expected
by Great Britain and that France has
yet to swallow the pill of withdraw ng
from the Bahr-el-Ghazel region.
Under these circumstances the de e
in the French chamber of deputies on
Fashoda is eagerly awaited, as the
French government is then expected to
explain It's intentions regarding thu re-
mainder of the French posts in the Nile
valley established by Major Marc and
Frances ConciliatOry Attitude.
In diplomatic circles reassuring i'm
preston has been made by M. Dupuy's
declaration that the French govern
ment's policy will be based on we'll I'M
derstood interests and that it's efforts
will be measured by the value of the
objects in view This is held to imp'y
that the present government will show
a conciliatory attitude on the remain
ing points in dispute.
It Is understood that General K'toh-
ener has prepared and placed before he
Marquis of Salisbury scheme d fl ing
the frontier of Bahr-el-Ghazel and the
positions he regards as vital to the
proper protection of the Sudan and
Egypt
An indication of the probable char
acter of the final arrangement of the
question Is found in a map drafted by
Major Marchand himself which has
reached Paris and in which he sketch" 5
his route from the river Oubangui as
far as Fort Dessaix. This map shows
the town Of Tambura which is c'ose to
the recognized frontier between the
French and Egyptian possessions and
in navigable communication with the
Nile. The French officer established
five other posts on the Egyptian side Of
Tambura. These, the British prem err
insists, France must abandon, but she
can retain Tambura and the country
westward Of that place. Thus France
will have an unobstructed water run
from the Kongo to lower Egypt without
incroaching upon the Bahr- ell Ghaze1
province.
Snllsbury's Purpose.
The attitude of the Marquis of Sails
bury toward the commercial side Of
the question is explained by the Lon
don times, which, after reiteratine
Great Rritains determination not to
allow the French a foothold in the
Bahr-el-Ghazel province, says, "A
French outlet to the r1ile for CONNER
cial purposes ia secured by our gem
eral commercial policy and may be
doubly assured by a treaty. prov ded
she grants Egypt reciprocal CONNER
cio, facilities in the French Koneo."
The attitude Of the sultan Of Turkey
and the khedive OF Egypt on the Egyp-
tan question Is being closely watched
and It is said the British foreign office
has received proofs of attempts upon
the part of France to influence both Of
them against Treat Britain. The in
trigues at Constsntinople, it is added.
were greatly chez ked by the present re-
lations between Great Britain and Ger
many. and the British diplomatic agent
in Egypt. Lord Cromer, has taken the
khedive in hand and Is understood to
have put before him a sort Of ultima
tum which may have involved his depo-
sition in favor OF his brother, where
upon the khedlve became submissive
and indicated as astoken OF his subm!s-