Another African Complication.
The London correspondent of the Australian Star telegraphs : . The treaty entered into providing that Great Britain shall lease from King Leopold of Belgium, during his life, ono half of the immense territory in Equatorial Africa, formerly occupied by the late Abbas Pasha, has caused a great deal of adverse comment in Europe. Notwithstanding the statement in the House of Commons by Sir Edward Grey, Political Socretary of the Foreign Office, that the agreement was not a European question, subsequent developemcnts show that the treaty may lead to serious international complications. The Governments of France and Germany have declined to accept tho treaty, and have formally protested to King Leopold against the agreement. The agreement is one of the greatest importance to the British, inasmuch as it secures to Great Britaia the control of the whole of the Upper Nile, besides providing an unbroken line of communication throughout the length of Africa. In addition to these advantages, the opening up of the country under British influence will give Great Britain an opportunity of keeping a check upon the French in Cougo. ,
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 343, 19 June 1894, Page 2
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183Another African Complication. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 343, 19 June 1894, Page 2
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