BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
Tbe French Government state that Major Marchand left Fasboda on bis ? own initiation. Sir Ma'thew White Ridley, while speaking at Blagdon, tagdfterset, said France would not be MtJAwed to assert sovereignty in any E§fflfcof Fgypt. Her claim to com. Tierce access to tbe Nile was reasonable, and a subject for negotiation. A strong-emergency squadron is being ©quipped at Plymouth, and 700 officers and men have been recalled. The i&imiralty have ordered 200,000 tons . ojE.Welsh coal.
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Western Star, Issue 2253, 4 November 1898, Page 9
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78BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Western Star, Issue 2253, 4 November 1898, Page 9
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