New-York tribune., 1898-10-17
WHAT LONDON TALKS ABOUT.

London october "a
THE VAR CLOUD N EGYPT.-rhe week
opened with an omnous rafting Of sabres over
Fashoda and ended with the rumbiings OF reFo-
utonary volcano in Paris The situation arising
out OF the question between Great Britain ana
France as 20 the right Of occupying tashoda -
extremely grave Everything hinges the nature
Of the report Of Major Marchsnd. the FTench com
mander a. Fashoda which & now on its way 70
Paris from Khartoum. owing 20 the courtesy oi
the British Government IN permitting one OF Mar
chands officers 20 use the British Lines OF CON-
munica;on The evacuation OF Fashods by ne
French must. however. take place II war between
Grsa, britain and France Is 20 be ayerted. as the
Marquis OF Salisbury has nailed hi- coior7 10 ne &,ns
mast and cannot recede from the posltlon p. ma ma.
taken and in which he has received the unanimous
support 2t the country The osaL sLro9 nd Herbr
Henry Asquth coming AZ this ~ th
world that The Liberal party Is soHay "iJn a IN ~
Government In the stand the latter nas TAKEN III
the Soudan question
LIBERALS TAKE FIRM STAND The
| Speaker" the organ Of the Liberal party THIS
week refers plainly 20 the impossibility of rehn-
| gushing the British claims and points oui tnat' y
I, comes TO war II will not be merely FOR Fasnoda'
but ,or the maintenance OF Great Brltain' pace
| IN he world plus her undOubted rights. ne
Speake-' adds II abandoned our cam,
Engllshrnen would not only lose ne respec' ~ -
! English ststesmauship would be dragged IN m"
m'fe
INFLUENCE FELT ~ FRANCE.-The.e m
oha,,c declarations Of n. English press and pub
lie men have already had certain influence ero'-
the Channel and he Inspired s;a,enegi ot ,4e
| French press belittle the importance ~ fasho1a
| and snit. the ground 70 undehned claim upon
! the province 4 Bahr-e!-Ghszai and port on me
PREPARING TO BACK DOwN.-The mouth
piece OF the French Foreign of'ce ia preparing
/ r.
ser,ing hat Major Marchand overshot MS goal
and that Instead Of going 10 Fashoda he ought -
have stopped A. the confluence o. The Banr-@l-
Ghazai number OF British publlcists however
scout me dea that France Will be permitted % IN
stall herself on the Bahr-el-Ghazal. "hicH IS df-
nc RS, G =; nrrnaTa,iteiv valueless being mostly
desert ground. which cannot DE- made - pay ioF
| many wears 10 come But the Bahr-e!Gnazal ieF.
ritory IL thcky PSpga,ea, a., aa "a of the
late General Gordon Bahr-el-Ghazal had iTnnen.e
tHP9T5s Hf Yos xhoe ffa forests ot BESIDE
this the cotton grown there surpasses 'he hsyP''a"
| product
BITTER PRESS COMMENTS The cha1'inisi
| Paris papers are derouncing Great Britain. and
are doing their utmost 20 e1cits French feeling IN
| the matter Other French papers are making BIT
yer complaints OF Russla's inactivity
The "Gaulois' declares The time ha, arrived fof
Russia 70 pay back the aid which Franee gave 10
Great Britain. while the "Patrie afier deciarins
demands he dispatch Of an smbassador % King
Menelk Of Abyssnia FOR me puro-e o. seekins
an alliance with MS 5000 valiani; faithful var,
rlors y no VIII cooperate with us IN the eyeni o.
hostiliiies st Fashoda"
URGING A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT
moderate thinking section Of The French pres. Is
| earnestly urging a peaceful arrangement of me
| AFFAIR These paper. eand.dly somh ~, france
|