BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
SPEECE BY A MINISTER, ' .-' . • DANGER OF A : CONFLICT- REMOTE. United Press Association— "By Electric Telegraph — Copyright. LONDON; Xov. 24.' Speaking at Edinburgh, Sir "m!"* Hicks Beach said that the danger of conflict, with ■ France was more remote than for years past! Referring to Egyptj he said that it \ras.on the highway to India, and the British! taxpayers would have' a direct gain' by employ- . ing capital there. European opinion was that i:heKßritish occupation of Egypt \ras for the general good. The Alexandria to the Cape \ . xoute iTvas no longer a dream... The naval preparations recently only cost great Britain st few thousand pounds, everything having ■ toeeti previously ready.- . •\ T '• Mi' Asquith, referring to the Hinterland, trusted that the tension had been relieved by * the fact that Great Britain claimed no rights „ which clashed with the legitimate interests of France.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6344, 25 November 1898, Page 1
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