New-York tribune., 1898-10-24
YELLOW BOOK OF FASHODA.
FRENCH SIDE OF THJ NILE CONTRO-
vERsY PARTIALLY GIVEN.
,rv.Sps REPORT Noc INcLUDED-A srMI-
OFFICIAL DENIAL IN PARIS OF
ALARMIsT RUMoRs.

.,.prgANp's REPORT NOf lNCLCDED-A IF MI
OFFICIAL DENIAL IN PARIS OF
ALARMIsT RUMoRs.
paris. Oct pa sem-ofiicial note issued this
evening says
"There is no foundation for the alarming ru-
mars regarding the relations between France
and Great Britain. is equally incorrect 10
GOV that extraordinary measures have been
taken at any of our raval ports.
YELLOW BOOK ISSUED.
rSo reshoda Yel.w Book is voluminous, but
!. ,oes NOT include Major Marchands report,
80 VIII be pubished later The dispatches
20 largely anticipated by the English Fashoda
Blue Book
rAo d,r,ornatic conversations recorded show
.-,o,,s oraaavor on the French side 10 repre-
-. that Narchand's mission was quite as I'M
-, &C General Kitcheners. on the ground
-. ,ba struggle was against the Khalfa ana
barbarsm.
or senterher Is NJ Delcasse, the Foreign
,u,,ster Informed the British Ambassador 10
r,o,ce Sir Edmund Monson. in explicit IAN
.,,aga that France did not regard Lord SANS
,.,s claim 10 the .dan by virtue OF coi-
Get as applving to Fashoda, on the erou'N
~. .be Narchand expedition went to the re-
,., ~ the French expedition under Oap'a''
Y,.otard. which dated from perlod lone
.,-e the declaration in the House OF Coi'II'"'
80 CTR Edward Grey. Under Secretary OF o'a'e
-. Foroirn Affairs in Lord Sallsour! N"'
-. &C N the policy Of the British GoVerI'i'e'''
.a-d the Soudan and At ume WHe" ''O
equatorial provinces We're lost 10 clN''' 80.
:, ,ect NJ Delcasst argued. unless vi -
-, ,ossessod the Sultan's mandate az wen 90
r,,.dive.s 70 acquire all former Egyp''a"
NV -. Franco considered herself equalS
..,,+ea with England % possession Oh any
,o,r+ occupied by French officers.
tror, The yellow Book dispatches the
- ro,,resants The French point OF view
=, Do,coseA contends that. as Marchano
oa raehoda first. England has no rleh' -
- on evacuation Of Fashoda prior 10 'e
gotlations.
FRENCH HONOR AT STAKE
e...oron.r 20 NJ. Delcasse declared to Sir
r5n,und Monson that such a oe"ia't 1a,,,d
hu'nu"u -, ,lt,roatum. and while he could
- - sacrifice Frances material h'eteS'S
ano'u - 49, honor was int .ct. for the sake OF
:. ,rg,o-French entente, no ore coulo uoO''
-, ,yould be the reply of France 10 SUI" .
t I'D. -,,o IN the
-, ralata to conversations bet"ee"
- A. Courcel French Ambassador IN Lon
"a 1ord Salisbury. the latter coh'ehu'"e
~ 49, oanture Of Khartoum entitled hs!P.
NO ...ior ~ all the Mahdis dominions' anu
~ r1.o,ob Ambassador arguing the MaJo'
,r.-onord had captured Fashoda peIore w"
-, 1i,cbener took Khartoum ana 'ha' i"I.o
80 ,or q long time held several posts III '"e
Bahr-el- Ch haz5s. s------- rrarcb
Yora Salisbury retorted that the freh''
n0 - tba regions referred to were too weak
a. constitute effective occupation.
e., disnatch. dated October r. from
Wv de Courcel to NJ Delcasse, records a con-
.,or.a,,or with Lord Salisbury in which the
1,-o,oh Ambassador claimed access TO the Nile
.1ob Tho Rahr-el-G Ghazal, and asked an
.r,cabIe delimitation of the respective spheres
q. interest of the two Powers IN repiy u "'''0''
,o~a Salisbury indicated that it would be neces-
sary for him to consult his colleagues
,oRD sA1IsBURYs CONCH1ATORY TONE
poror de Courcel having represented that
=. u.o,,a no ,mpossible for Major Marchand TO
,e,,rs until II was settled where he should 30
and how the evacuation was 70 De e'te0'.' ~
causburv after rejecting very seriously sald
he was not sufficiently acquainted VIII" wv
geogranhv Of Africa to reply for the present
REGARDING delimitation, and moFeoNei' Una" "
could not enter into projects OF 'ha' ia'u'e
without consulting with his colleagues
Raron De Courcel concludes the dispatcn OF
October - by saying ,.,
"I Quilted him on these explanatloH'' "".O'
were pronounced in a conciliatory ana friehdIy
tone"