THE MUSCAT INCIDENT.
A FRENCH STATEMENT. |gH
PARIS, March 7. i In the Chamber of Deputies M. Delcasse stated that Britain had/ agreed that France was entitled to a coaling depot at Muscat, and added., that Lord Salisbury had expressed profound regret at the incorrect and spontaneous action of Major Fagan, the .British Resident at Muscat, in peremptorily demanding. ' that the Sultan of Oman should revoke the agreement with France.
LONDON, March 7.
M. Delcasse's statement with reference to the Muscat incident, has caus-.i ed profound surprise and much com--1 ment in England. — ~';f|
French newspapers are jubilant over the affair.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 56, 8 March 1899, Page 4
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