French Aggression.
ENGLAND AND THE CONGO. London, June 10. In the House of Commons, Sir E. Grey denied that Turkey had protested against the Anglo Congo Treaty. Germany, he said, had asked for an assurance that the German frontier would not be altered, and that she be allowed to retain the commercial rights granted in 1884. The French Government is asking Great Britain to delimit the Sierra Leone boundary and settle the. Niger claim. The London press treat the French outbreak in the Chamber of Deputies with ridicule. Paris, June 10. In the discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on the British action with regard to French colonies, M. Delonole said that Great Britain had many vulnerable points, and that it was impossible for her to defy other nations with impunity. The French are trying to promote a conference to reconsider the Congo question. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a vote of credit of 1,800,000 francs for the pnrpose of reinforcing the French posts on Oubangi river, in the Congo district.
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Manawatu Herald, 12 June 1894, Page 3
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172French Aggression. Manawatu Herald, 12 June 1894, Page 3
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