The herald., 1898-10-16
FRANCE MUST BACK
IF WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN
Is NOT WANTED
SALISBURY WILL NOT RECEDE
And His Policy Receives the Unan-
imous Support Of the People Of
Old England
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON. Oct. 15.-(Copyright 1889 The
week opened with an ominous rafting OF
sabers over Fashoda, and ended with the
lrumblings OF a revolutionary volcano In
Paris. The situation arising out OF the
question between Great Britain and France
as to the right of occupation of Fashoda
Is extremely grave. Everything hinges on
1.-THE nature of the report of Major Mar
chand the French commander at Fashoda,
| which is on its way from Khartoum to
Paris.
The evacuation Of Fashoda by the
French must, however. take place II war
| between Great Britain and France Is to
| be averted, as the Marquis of Salisbury
has nailed his colors to the mast and can
| not recede from the position which he has
taken up and in which he received the
| unanimous support Of the country.
The emphatic declarations of the English
press and public men have already had a
certain influence across the channel. and
the inspired statements Of the French
press belittle the Importance Of Fashoda
and shift the ground to an underlined claim
upon the province of Bahr-El-Ghazal and
port on the Nile.
The mouthpiece Of the French foreign
office Is preparing France for the aban-
donment of Fashoda by asserting that Ma
| jor Marchand overshot his goal and that,
| have stopped at the confluence of the
Bahr- FL -Ghazal. Many British publicists,
however, scout at idea that France will be
permitted to- install herself on the
Paying reef of the Soudan. All the rest
of the reconQuered territory as far as Fa,
| shoda is comparatively valueless, being
mostly desert ground, which cannot be
made to pay for many years to come. But
the Bahr-El-Ghazal territory Is thickly
populated and has magnificent trade pros
poets. During the governorship of the late
Gen. Gordon Bahr- l-Ghazal had immense
| exports of ivory, grain. beeswax, skins, etc.,
while 1t contained forests Of arrowroot Be-
sides, the cotton grown there surpasses the
Egyptian product
The Chauvinist Paris papers are denounc-
ing Great Britain and doing their utmost
| to excite French feeling in the matter.
Other French papers are making bitter
plants Of Russia's inactivity.
The GauDois declares the time has ar
rived for Russia to repay the services
which France lent her in the far east, by
helping France against Great Britain;
while the Patrie, after declaring that
France had been betrayed by the Brisson
cabinet, demands the dispatch of an am
bassador. to King Menelik Of Abyssinia,
"for the purpose of seeking an alliance
with his 1000 valiant faithful warriors.
who will cooperate with US In the event
Of hostilities at Fashoda."
The MISUNDERSTANDING section OF the
French press Is earnestly urging peace
| full arrangement of tho affair. These pa
pers candidly admit that France Is no
match for Great Britain in the event of
war.
There has been a great deal Of talk about
the possibility of war with France, and
various preparations upon the part of Great
Britain are reported to have been made
| For instance, it is announced that a lead
| ing small-arms firm at Birmingham was
asked this week whether 1t was prepared to
turn out 1000 magazine rifles weekly. The
| significance of this will be appreciated
when it is pointed out that the British gov
ernment works alone are capable Of turn
| ing out 1900 magazine rifles weekly.
| It is also rumored that war assurances
have been effected at Lloyds during the
past few days, but they appear to have
been more in the character Of bets than
trading.
The Social Season
Many of the lights of society attended the
Newmarket race meeting, which was very
crowded and gay. The Duke and Duchess
| of Devonshire, who are now the acknowl-
edged leaders of society, had the most dis
tinguished house party.
The Sporting Life, commenting on
Sloan's wonderful display at Newmarket
yesterday, says
| "Nhen Caiman tired on the ascent
Sloan's sharpness and skill were asserted in,
| a fashion that can only be described as
astonishing to on-lookers and confounding
| to his rivals"
The Sportsman says:
1--WE are firmly convinced that with such
a wind, Sloan could have won every other
race with a mount having the slightest
pretension to having a chance. 1t was
lucky for the other jockeys that he had
| only three mounts"
Among the conspicuous figures at New
| market was Lady William Beresford, the
American lady who was formerly Lillian.
| Duchess of Marlborough She has nearly
recovered from her recent attack
Then there was the Countess of Essex
| formerly Miss Grant of New York. 1t is
announced here that in order to mark his
satisfaction with his daughter, Lady Cur
| zon, the first American vicereine Of India,
Mr. L. z. Letter Of Chicago Is to present
| her husband, Lord Curzon, the new viceroy
| of India, with another London residence
| In the heart of the diplomatic quarter.
A big gathering of aristocrats came to
London for the purpose of attending the
marriage Of Ledy Margaret Chil-Villiere,
eldest daughter Of the Earl OF Jersey, to
the Hon. Walter Fitz-Urian Rice son of
Baron Dynever, while civic London mus
tered In great force at the wedding Of Miss
Florence Davies daughter of the Lord
Mayor of London, to Mr.. Charles Barton,
| son of Mator-General Barton, which was
| followed by a big reception at the man
sion house.
The death of the Marquis of Anglesey on
Thursday is another blow to social gaiety
| this season as it sends half the peerange
| into mourning. The new Marquis of An
glesey, only son of the deceased Marquis,
was born in 1875, Is of boyish appearance,
unmarried and inherits $500 600 year.
The Prince of Wales Is now able to walk
with comparative ease. but he limps per-
| ceptibly. His Royal Highness will shortly
commence round Of the country houses.
| Sir Lepel Henre Griffin, formerly po-
litical officer of Great Britain to Afghan
istan and a well-known writer on Indian
subjects, addressed meeting this week
at Luton, on the subject of the suggested
nglo-American union, and said Colonel
Hay. the former United States Ambas-
sadpr at London, wrote to him on leaving
England saying:
81 sometimes think that the only advant-
age we Yankees possess over you is that
we have two native counts while you have
only one"
Colonel Hay appears also to have given
his opindon Of the suggested Washington
memorial in England, expressing approval
of the scheme. which he regarded as be-
ing in the highest degree unanimous. He
remarked that 1t would be the first time
any country had erected memorial to the
man who had beaten its people In arms,
adding that the subscriptions must come
exclusively from Englishmen, as, natural
ly citizens Of the United States could not