BRITISH AFFAIRS.
SPEECH BY SIR H. H. FOWLER.
THE FASHODA CRISIS
LONDON, February 3
Sir H.. H. Fowler, in a speech at the National Liberal Club, eulogised Sir William Harcourt, and justified the attitude of the Liberals in regard -to Fashoda, saying their action on that occasion convinced France that Britain was in earnest.
Asia, he said, was large enough for both Russia and Britain.
He did not blame the Irish for dissolving the alliance with, the Liberals in the belief that independence would serve them best, but the dissolution was mutual. There "were vital divergencies on the education question. They' must see how the minority were to be treated under local government before Home Rule was reconsidered. He reiterated Lord Rosebery's view with reference to the dominant power.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 5
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