Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-29
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
Dispute win Lead to an Open
Rupture.

| issued last evening says:
There is no foundation for the
alarmist rumors regarding the rela-
tlons between France and Great Brit
ain. 1t is equally incorrect to say that
extraordinary measures have been
taken at any of our naval ports"
The Fashoda yellow bod; is volu-
minous but it does not include Mai.
Marehand's report, which will be pub
llshed later. The dispatches were
largely anticipated by the English
Fashoda blue book.
A Curious Endeavor on the French sido.
The diplomatic conversations re-
corded show curious endeavor on
the French side to represent that Mar
Glands mission was quite as impor-
tant as Gen. Kitchener's, on the
ground that the struggle was against
the khaIifa and barbarism.
Did Not Regard Eigland's Claim as Ap-
plying to Fa.hoda.
On September Is NJ. Delcasse, the
ambassador to France, Sir Edmond
Monson, in explicit language, that
france did not regard Lord Sails
bury's claim to the Soudan by virtue
OF conquest as applying to Fashoda,
on the ground that the Marchand ex-
pedition went to the relief of the
French expedition under Capt. Lco-
tard, which dated from a period long
before the declaration in the house of
commons by Sir Edward Gray, under
secretary of state for foreign affairs
in Lord Rosebery's cabinet, as to the
policy of the British government to-
| ward the Soudan and at Il time when
the equatorial provinces were lost to
| civilization. In fact, NJ. Delcasse ar
gucd, unless Great Britain possessed
the sultan's mandate as well as the
khedive's to acquire all former Egvp-
| tian provinces. France considered her.
self equally entitled with England to
possession of any point occupied by
| French officers.
| Mtrchand Re,ched F,shoda First.
Judging from the yellow book dis.
| patches the foregoing represents the
French standpoint, and NJ. Delcasse
colrends that as Marchand reached Fa.
shoda first, England has no right tc
| demand an evacuation of Fashoda pri.
or to negotiations.
| Demand Equivalent to an Ultimatum,
On September 80 NJ. Delcasse de-.
clared to Sir Edmond Monson that
such demand should be equivalent tc
an ustimatum, and while he could af,
| ford TO sacrifice Frances material in.
terests so long as her honor was in.
tact, for the sake Of Anglo-t'rench en-.
tente, no one could doubt what would
be the reply of France to such de.
| mand.
The Capture OF Khart0um FntiUes Egypt
| to All the Mahdgs Dominion.
The subsequent dispatches appear
ing ggin iEs,- ysi,iiov ~sooakz lufase 20 can
yersatiors between Baron de Courcel
French ambassador in London, and
Lord Salisbury, the latter contending
that the capture of Khartoum entitled
Egypt to possession OF althc madi's
| dcminions, and the French ambassa.
dor arguing that Maj. Marchand had
captured FashoGa before Gen. Kitch.
ener took Khartoum. and that France
had for long time held several posts
in the Bahr-E -El-Gazal.
French Force Too Weak to Constitute an
| Effective Occupation.
Lord Salisbury retorted that the
French forces in the regions referred
to were too weak to constitute eiiec.
tive occupation.
\ final dispatch. dated October r.
flom Raron de Courcel to NJ. Delcasse
| records conversation with Lord Sails.
bury, in which the French ambassa-
| dor claimed access TO the Nile through
the Bahr-El-Ga2al, and asked an equi.
table delimitation of the respective
| spheres of interests Of the two powers
to which Lord Salisbury indicated that
it would he necessary for him to con.
| suit his colleagues.