THE EGYPTIAN SITUATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10722, 10 February 1897, Page 2

THE EGYPTIAN SITUATION.

THE FEELING ON THE

CONTINENT?

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. •■' '" " February S. "M. Hanotaux declares that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's speech does not help to a solution of the position, and he deprecates tha attempt to discredit the action of the Mixed Tribunal. " -----

February 9.

M. Hanotaux, in the course of a speech,'! saiff'fhefe'was "gi eat anxiety with- -regard- try-) the future of Egyptian finance. If the ques- ! tion were referred to arbitration, the attitude ! of Francs, was egrtaintobe upheld. France would-not consent to an infringement of her j rights, based on reiterated promises which. were contained in pattlic documents.

'."/ fiT< Pbtebsbobg, February.B. The Russian newspapers are irritated with Sir Michael Hicks-Beaoh's speech.. They regard the possibility of the- British evacna-tion-6f-Egypt as a vain bopa. ■---';"'

Vienna, February 8:

The -Aufctriauf newspaper* consider that the question of evaluation has been raised at an untimely moment, especially when the difficulty ;in :ragard-to Turkeyremaina.ucsettled.