WEST AFRICA.
POSITION SEEIO US.
Paris, February 21. The principal French newspapers, in their comments on the position in West Africa, minimise the seriousness of the recont friction between the British and French troops. London, February 21. The Times states that the poople of Britain are unanimously of opinion that tbe limit of British concessions in West African territory has been reached. The gravity of tho situation in the Niger district caused a fall in all departments on the London Stock Exchange. Consols fell one-eighth per cent. West African news has also depressed the provincial exchanges. The British forces in the Lagos and Gold Coast Hinterlands number six thousand.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 251, 24 February 1898, Page 2
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