BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
Press Association—By Telegraph —Copyright. LONDON, October 29. The Paris correspondent of the ' Standard ' states that the condition of Major Marchand's mission is such as to make it unable to tarry longer at Fashpda. His men are dying of hunger and disease. The correspondent adds that Major Marchand inteuds to ask for permission to withdraw. A French official in Egypt has telegraphed to his Government that Major Marchand volunteered to bring his own completed despatches to Cairo, and has already reached Khartoum, leaving Lieutenant Germain in charge af Fasho Ja. October 30. The Paris correspondent of • The Times' anticipates that there is a prospect o France withdrawing Major Marchand from Fashoda, coupled with a refusal to enter into ulterior negotiations, intendibg to wait for a favorable opportunity to reopen the question. PARIS, October 30. M. Baratier has left Paris on his return to Egypt, carrying his Government's instructions to Major Marchand.
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Evening Star, Issue 10767, 31 October 1898, Page 2
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