THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.
Mataura Ensign , Issue 496, 15 October 1898, Page 2
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THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.
FRENCH CLAIMS TO FASHODA. ' SPEECH BY LOPvD ROSEBERY. Lonkox, October 13. The ' Standard ' states that M. Delcasse, as the originator of the idea of a French post on the Nile, will probably resign. Lord Rosebery, in the course of a speech at Epsom, ' stated that the situation at Fashoda 1 wns one of supreme gravity. No Government receding from the policy enunciated by Sir Edward Grey could survive a week. The situation was doubly grave because the act committed by France was with the knowledge that Great .Britain would regard it as an unfriendly act. He declared that Lord Salisbury would be backed up by the united nation, and that it was a disastrous mistake to suppose the ancient spirit of Great Britain was dead. Pams, October 12. A semi-official Note has been issued here with reference to Fashoda. It states that the British and French claims in the Upper Nile involve the old question which preceded the speech by Sir Edward Grey (formerly Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs) in 1895, when he declared that the occupation of Fashoda by France would be regarded by Britain as an unfriendly act. The Note adds that neither Britain's nor France's occupation of the disputed territoiy would be exclusive. M. Delcasse's telegram to Major Marchaud, forwarded through Lord Kitchener, has boon delivered. Major Marchand's reply is expected here about the 17th inst. October 13. Major Marchand is likely to, withdraw from Fashoda spontaneously, thus extricating the Government from a difficult position. The Freetrade press state that France will not resist the opening of the Cape to Cairo route.
