France and England.
THE MUSCAT INCIDENT. ■THE" SHUFFLING OF- FRENCH, i , , POLITICIANS. Pross Aosoolation —Bteutnc Telegraph—Copyright ' | ' It is Dotitied m Paris that the 'Brltaiii regarding the Ugpeij. £)ile haye { been settled ior the' liifiVfortinight; ' r , | LONDOiN, March 8. Ejngland declares the suggested internationalisatjop. of the Valley utterly inadmissable; ■ ■ " In the Pommom.Mr. St. John Broderick katod tfiat Deleasse's statement ou |>he Muspajjjnciuent imperfect''' It was •knowk ' that ; £h'e r Fre'nch ;%nt f . in,-, Muscat,-in 1898,-secretly obiamfed the cession tit a small harbor with, th^e.right to hoist the} Hag and fortify the spot,' though Deleasse...had. asserted in November and repeated recently, that he was, not aware of the acquisition. Under pressure from,, ; Lord, .Salisbury ( was, however, annulled. British' Agent's action was not 1 ' repudiated. .There jwas.no objection to France possessing a coal store, if. not accompanied by tiie cession of the territory. .."(The! Times,says Deleasse's shuffling over the Muscat incident was ail attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the French-people.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9295, 10 March 1899, Page 4
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160France and England. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9295, 10 March 1899, Page 4
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