WEST AFRICA.
London, DecernhjPß. St. James' Gazette states that Great Britain and Franco have agreed on the basis of a satisfactory arrangement by which the boundary of British territory to the east of the Niger will be drawn from Say to Barruwa, near Lake Chad. The difficulty with the Gold Coast Hinterland is also stated to have been practically settled. Great Britain firmly insisted upon her claims to the Borgu country, situated north of Dahomey, and M. Hanotaux, the French Foreign Minister, was willing to recognise the priority of British rights to the territory. It is probable the French boundary will be drawn slightly to the south of Say. A force under Major S. C. Jenkinson, of the Derbyshire Regiment, has occupied Bova, on the Gold Coast, having met with no opposition. The Times states that the reported settlement of the Niger dispute is premature, but the conference on Friday last between Baron de Courcel, the French Ambassador in Loudon, and Mr Chamberlain cleared the ground for a compromise. The French press aceuses England of inducing Samory, a native slaver, to interpose between the Frenah Soudan and the Ivory Coast in order to facilitate British aggression in the Hinterland. The newspapers insist that the destruction of Samory is imperative.
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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 223, 16 December 1897, Page 2
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209WEST AFRICA. Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 223, 16 December 1897, Page 2
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