England and France.

Manawatu Herald, 13 December 1898, Page 2

England and France.

»■ The Times says that France stubbornly resists the demands for the evacuation of the Bahr el-Ghazal, hence Sir Edmund Monson's warning in his speech before the Paiia Chamber of Commerce. It adds that the Proclamation to a British protectorate over Egypt is possible. News has been received that Major Marchand leaves Fa-»hoda next week for Obok, the French colony on ihe Gulf of Aden, and will make direct for the capital Jibu il. His march with the remnants of tb txp.-cU-tionary party will b; through pn.v: of \byssinia. The Hon. J. Chamberlain Secretary of Srafce for »ho Colonies, in the course of a rec rH address at Wakefiald said G-t'eat B.iinia desired ro have the cordial friendship of Franco, which had unfortunately been unreciprocated ooneessions. Agreement with Russia was also desirable, and he believed it to be Obtainable. Gieit Britain's relations with Germany and America were a guarantee that peace had drawn Dear. The future of the colonies was dependent on the treatment accorded them. The colonies were opening new markets, and a real federation of Empire would follow colonial federation.