EGYPTIAN QUESTION.
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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPYEIOHT). London, November 24. SrEAXING at Edinburgh, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the danger of a conflict with France was more remote than for years past. Eeferring to Egypt, he said it was the highway to India, and the British taxpayer would have a direct gain in employing capital there. European opinion was that the British occupation of Egypt was for the general good. The Alexandria to Cape railway route was no longer a dream. The recent naval demonstrations would only cost Great Britain a few thousand pounds. Everything had been previously ready. Mr Asquith, referring te the hinterland question, said he trusted the tension would be relieved by the fact that Britain claimed no rights which clashed with the legitimate interests of France.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 372, 26 November 1898, Page 3
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