GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2671, 12 June 1894, Page 1

GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

London, Jvuie 10. The French are trying to promote a conference to reconsider the Congo question. The French Government is asking Great Britain to delimit the Sierra Leone boundary and settle the Niger claims. Li the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey denied that Turkey had protested against the Anglo-Congo treaty. Germany he said, had asked for an assurance that the German position would not be altered, and that she be allowed to retain the commercial rights granted in 1884. The London press treat the French colonial outbreak with ridicule. Pakis, June 5. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Etienne in a bellicose speech complained that England was everywhere dogging France in the extension of her colonial empire, particularly in Africa, and making allies of the enemies of France. En r ' , laud’s attitude, he declared, was d- t0 ° a desire to increase her hold on t M Hauotena, Minister for oreig n Affair* also referred to Uo £ in Africa, and the opiuion^hat J the Auglo- . ODOr j agreement was a violation of the international law and evasion of the rights of Turkey and France. This being so the agreements must be null and void. The French Government had already despatched reinforcements to defend their rights in the Upper Oubangi, and prevent further aggression on the part of the British. Amidst a scene of great excitement the Chamber endorsed the action of the Ministry. It is currently reported in the city that Captain Monteil has been ordered to occupy all the points belonging to Franco on the 4th degree in Africa, and if necessary to reconquer possessions which they have lost. Juno 11. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a vote of credit of 1,800,000 francs for the purpose of reinforcing the French posts on the Oubangi river in the Congo district. In the discussion in the Chamber of Deputies, respecting British action with regard to the French colonies, M. DeLoncle said that Great Britain had many vulnerable points, and that it was impossible for her to defy other nations with impunity. Constant inovle, Juno 8. Turkey will protest against the AngloCougo convention.