Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25
pelcnsse,s statement.s.

Paris, Nov. 25.--In the. chamber Of
deputies yesterday. during the discus
sion of the foreign estimates, Count
Montaigu, conservative, asked for en-
plantations as TO the incident of Brit
ish cruiser stopping and boarding
French steamer. the Cordoba, In Della
goa Bay.
NJ. Delcasse. the minister Of foreign
affairs. replied that it was not an isol-
sated case. Belligerents during a war,
he explained, had the right TO aseer-
tain the nationality of any vessel, and,
ne added. If the British cruisers only
did this they had acted within their
rights.
Turning TO the situation in China and
the recent events in kwang- Shau- w an
province, the minister reviewed the
concessions obtained by other nations
and said Frances share had been In
feiior TO Great Britain,s. He contin-
ued:
eve took what we thought to be the
most convenient spot. But we must
husband our resources, for efforts II
our vital interests may render II neces-
sary. Our immense empire and from
tier in China ought TO keep US from i'm
patient enterprises which might cost Us
4 dearly.
.tThe partition of China is not immi-
nent Russia has reached Pe-Ghi-Li
1 because She has pot met with great re-
! sistance. Our zone of influence lies be-
I yond Tonkin The point in dispute is
in a poor province. but what is Inn
nortant To US is that CHINA mas under
taken not to yield the neighboring
i provinces 10 the influence of any one
power. (Cheers.) We must seek tt
4 maintain the open door,
referring to the Transvaal the for
1 eien minister said he favored media
ton and arbitration, but did not deem
4 ii opportune to take the initiative, al
the powers had not yet signed The
Hague protocol.
n Touching upon the lingering newspa
per structures as TO the f'ashoda set
Element the minister remarked:
some papers make il a business
dwelling on national humiliation. TIL
! government took decision which !
was quite JUSTIFIED in dong, and sub
seauent treaty gave France vast ter
, ritory and consolidated our African
empire. The governments adyersarie
; wish France to be powerful IN Europe
and insist that she ought to interVen
everywhere. They increasingly deman
. territorial aggrandizement, as Al
e did not already have an immense COZ
. onial empire To develop.
4 I'VE shall consult the country's inter
: est and not seek doubtful popularity
n When the government considers wher
e our vital interests lie, and the fact tina
u the population of France Increases Dl
e little, ii comes to the conclusion tnat
g ought to devote its efforts to maintai
a what is acquired rather than seek as
s grandizement." (Cheers.)
s He recalled the fact that German,
e on the morrow of her Victories, wa
n obliged to seek an alliance, and said:
: THE Franco Russian alliance. OF
4. posed TO the dreibund, has been draw
e closer, and this alliance, which guaral
e tees peace at present, admits OF IA
IS reaching projects in the existing line
n policy
s. Abiding to the commercial agre
ment with the United States, M. DE
u case said:
"a 1--WE have concluded with the Unit
States commercial agreement, al
10 when the matter is discussed we shs
re- have little difficulty in showing that
~ have scrupulously safeguarded the
c. terests Of our agriculture. This agre
ment will give fresh impetus to =
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