The age-herald., 1898-11-02
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 PUTS ID SEA Flagship of British Squadron Un-
 der Sealed Orders, ACTIVITY IN NAVAL YARDS English Government Asks Papers Not to Print Specific Details. THE WAR PREPARATIONS CONTINUE Shipment of Arms and Ammunition 10
 Malta and Gibraltar. THE FRENCH EQUALLY ALERT Russia Has Declined to Support the Continental Republic in the Fashoda
 Affair on Account of Her
 Task in China.
Shipment of Arms and Ammunition 10
 Malta and Gibraltar.
THE FRENCH EQUALLY ALERT

Victoria. B. C., November 1.-The Im- nerieuse the flagshp of the British North Pacific squadron, is expected to sail tomor- row, following the Amphion southward. A rush order for forty tons of provisions was placed today The Imperieuse will sail un- der sealed orders not to be opened untii the vessel is out of sight of land.
 The Amphion took on board one Of the fast torpedo boats of the station, and Le- ander, now in dry dock, has also taken one on board This is the first time this has been done in three years. When the Le- ander comes out of dry dock 1t is believed she will also go south. The torpedo boat destroyer, Sparrowhawk, now long time out of commission, will be re-commissioned at once The torpedo destroyer Virado is provsfoned and coaled and 1t is thought will accompany the flagship The sloop-of- war Icarus is waiting for new crew ex- pected to arrive in day or two.
 No Specific Details.
 London November 2.-The war olice has issued a -semi-oficiai notification in which it says 1t does not object to the papers an- nouncing military and naval preparations in general terms, but points out that it would be 'unpatriotic to publish specific details that might be useful to possible enemy"
 There is no noticeable cessation in Eng fish preparations and the officials are con- fident of the countrys ability to meet all emergencies. There were large shipments of guns, shells and war stores to Malta and Gibraltar yesterday.
 The dispatch from France announces equal activity at Toulon, Brest, Marseilles and elsewhere.
 The Rome correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
 France is making great preparations at Bzarta. about forty miles northwest of Tunis. Guns and ammunition arrive daily and men are strengthening the forts, working day and night. The object is said to be to cut communication between Malta and Egypt in the event of hostilities with Great Britain"
 Marchand VIII Withdraw
 The Daily Graphic says this morning:
 ''We learn from an official sourse in Paris that Captain Baratier bears in- structlons to Major Marchand to return to Fashoda and then to withdraw his ex- petition in the direction of the upper Un- banghi river, north of the Congo, evacuat- ing Feshoda and the five posts established by him east of the frontier indicated in the Anglo-German agreement.
 '"The Egyptian government will be in- vited to send troops to accompany Major Marchand as he retires from the Bahr-El- Ghazal territory and to reoccupy the posts as they are evacuated by the French off, fcers, thus solving the difficulty concern ing Major Marchands revictualment.
 ''When Major Marchand's retirement is fully accomplished negotiations based on proposals submitted by Baron De Courcel to Great Britain will be opened. France is disposed to recognize frankly that the re- conquest of Omdurman 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 of- ficially imparted to Great Britain, but they probably will be before Major March, and's evacuation commences"
 All Specials Agree
 Without going as far as the Daily Graph ic, all the specials from Paris to the morn ing papers indicate the solution predicted by the Daily Graphic will be the one final ly reached, and that even should France sulk Automatically, no further serious consequences are anticipated. It is not be- lieved, however, that France will pursue the useless course of leaving her embassy in London vacant
 The acquiesence of the French people in the revision of the Dreyfus case justifies the French cabinet in conciiatory policy
 The Berlin correspondent of the Standard says: Russia has declined to support France in the Fashoda affair, fearing that c re-opening of the Egyptian question would interfere with her tremendous task in China.
 The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mall says: France will retire from Fa-