Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-08
In DISTANT LANDS
TENSION BETWEEN GREAT RRI-
TAIN AND FRANCE INCREASING.
ENGLAND'S SEAL ON EGYPT.
Her African Domination Cecil
RbOdcs's Great Railway Scheme
Liberals without Politics, Leaders,
or Cash.
Copyrighted, 1898 by the Associated
press)
or Cash.

Copyrighted, 1893, by the Associated
Press)
LONDON. January All events seem
to work together i'm European politics TO
increase the tension between Great Bril-
tain and France The past week has
brought Madagascar and Egypt forward
as irritants, just when the mutual irrita-
biity was subsiding. Even the most con-
seryatiye observers begin to take pessi-
mistic view of the relations between the
two powers. This includes those who up
to the present have considered the belli-
gerency to be mere talk due TO super-sen-
sitiveness on the part of France, and to
unnecessary gruhncss upon the part OF
Great Britain I'm insisting upon what she
considers to be her rights On one side
France seems to foster the growing be-
lief that Great Britain is determined Un-
der some pretext or other 10 force
her into war, and is willing to
make a pretext, if no plausible excuse
arises. on the other side n large party
Of the British public profess that their
patience has been strained beyond endu-
rance by what they deem to be the I'M
vanished dishonesty Of French diplo-
macy
\ FIERY DENUNCIATION.
The past twenty-four hours brought the
publication of the Madagascar Blue Book,
which was followed by a leading edito-
rial in the Times denouncing France in
language so fiery for that conservative
"a
the two together, and are constituting
them as parts of q deliberate policy in
| spired by one mind. That mind, in theory
| of the man i'm the street. is Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, the Secretary of state for
| the Colonies. Other papers may storm
and scOld and are not noticed, but when
| the Times becomes abusive foreigners in
| terpret il as being the voice of the gov
eminent. In the present instance some
Enplishmen will place the same construc-
/ ton upon its utterances, recalling how
| the Times led the mo surrender cry
over the Fashoda incident. under evident
inspiration one fact is certain-pu0lic
| opinion I'm Great Britain will not sanction
the government 20 swerve an inch TO
avoid war with France, thinking that il
il must como this is the best time to
| have it out.
BRITAIN > SEAL IN ET1Pl.
Many people give Importance TO the
| issue of the Madagascar Blue Book almost
! simultaneously with the quiet but unmis-
| taxable pronouncement az Khartoum, by
which the British agent there, Niscount
| CrOmer i'm his remarks 10 the Sheiks, an
nounced that Great Britain has set heI
! seal upon Egypt. II there ever was a
doubt i'm the minds Of her European rival.
I Ia
the mortgage upon which she has eXpend
ed So much labor and blood 10 secure, il
must have been set at csst by the utter
ances of Lord CrOmer, in which the wore
/ "prOtectorate" was written in large let
tiers, though the governments mOuthpiec'
carefully abstained from using that In
cendiary term. a more definite motto,
that Great Britain's tenure of Egypt il
permanent could not be asked. This for
NAL assumption Of sovereignty over III,
Soudan is more distasteiul to France thar
TO any other nation, and renewed protests
may be expected.
DOMINATION IN AFRICA.
In the mean time another enterprise o
the utmost moment In the furtheranc
| Of Great Britain's domination in Afric
is about TO be cOnsummated. Mr. Ceci
| Rhodes. the former Premier Of cap
ICOlOny, alleged iuSuBdtOf OF me jameson
raid and so-called Napoleon Of SOut
J Africa" is going 10 England 10 arrang
{ for pushing forward the cape 20 Cair
railroad" so long the dearest dream O
! the imperialists. a definite prOpOsluO
will be presented by Mr.. Rhodes 10 Lon
don capitalists for an extension of IN
railroad from Bulawayo 10 Lake Tan
ganyika. He does not pretend IL will b
a paving investment from the start. II
importance for some years will be poll
teal instead Of commercial. and he hope
TO persuade the British Government I
smooth the way by guaranteeing IL pei
| cent. interest on the bonds 10 cover IN
cost of construction. But one barrie
| stands in the way, in the form Of IN
Il Congo Convention guaranteeing the neu
tralitv OF the part OF the Continent abOu
Lake Tanganyika, which even the Auto
crat OF Rhodesia will find hard 10 force
Here Germany has the veto on Great Br
tain's advance. which she cannot be eS
nected TO waive without heavy indemr
| ity.
WITHOUT POLITICS. LEADERS. Oh
CASH
The Liberals present the melahcho'
, spectacle OF party without leader
without politics. and, worst OF ALL wlthou