Show I RF IN THE CLOUDS Adjustment of Fsh da Qiietio Probable FRANCE HAS A LOOPHOLE RETURN OF ACRD OBVIATES ATS BtS RECALL Le Journal Gives Origin of Fahod ExpedtonWel Conceived But Poorly ExecutedRuor of Brt ih Protectorate Over Egypt Given Little Attention I CoPrlJt ISSSby the Asoclated Press i London Oct 29The arrIval of Ma I I jor Mnnchand at Khartoum bn his way I to Cairo with the portion of his report which waS not finished when Captain Bamter left Fahoda is regarded asa rIft in the clouds ng a overianging Anglo French relations for In spite of the semiofca denial issued In Paris that I order were sent to the major to bO to I Cairo it Is fulr beleved here that the French officer would not be on his way t Cairo unless be had received a hint to that effect from the French government govern-ment who consider that his leaving Fa sh cIa will tale the sting out or the situation and at the same time prepare France for the Ccntual withdrawal of the whole expedition which now con ssts of seven oU1ers and lIP men The British vIew ot this latest move Is that the Marquis ot Salisbury and his minIster are delighted to afford Major Jachanl the facilities fOr reaching Cairo But they would hardly I care to send hini back except In the apact of a guest ur scientific ex ploreI That Js to cay France wi frt have to renounces her principal caim as based on his mission In the meanwhile In the voluntary return of Major lachand the French minister of foreign affairs M del Case and the goverqment of France have got over a great difficulty from a diplomatic dip-lomatic amour prpr point of view M del Cass had declared that the French government could not do the fmpossl blp that Is to say recall Major Mar chand Therefore the laters return has enabled the French government to lave its face as the saying goes I is recognized however sayng even If the tricolor of France Is hauled down I at Fashoa the main subject of dispute dis-pute remains and may cause anxious mments in both countries before the ahrEIGhazal question Is i settled although al-though there has been a confident fqei lIng l-Ing for the last few days that war will be averted The French ministerial crisis cri-sis at frt Increased the feeling of anxiety felng ax iety which prevailed as to the prospects pros-pects of a peaceful solution but In the list of probable minister the British I I newspapers see a boy of experienced I and capable men who are able to lea French opinion The retention of l I del Cass at the head of the ministry of foreign affairs however Is not regarded re-garded favorably a he Is the father of the Iachad adventure ORIGiN OF THE SCHEME An Instructive account of the origin orgn of the whole enterprise appears In an important Pas paper Le Journal which says the Marquis de Mores the Anglphobe French explorer who was assassinated In the Hinterland of Algeria Al-geria real conceived gandlos plans which he submitted to M del Casse who fell in with his views and dispatched dis-patched Major Iarchand to the upper Nile whIle De Mores stated for the Sahara with the vowed hope to eon quest with the cooperation of Mar chand the provInce of BarEIGhazal The plan or eapWg Included theor ganlaton of nil the are peoples op posed to Great BrItain and Included even the cooperton of the Khalfa hose forces led by Frenchmen would attack the British and the Khalfa I backed by the French explorer would I I thus introse a buffer between Egypt I I and central Afrc thereby thwarting I British alms DqIores tnd his part I were massacred dt th outset of their massacr 1 Sourney but tifchasl cceeaedn carrying out Iachr I the pldn and I there is reason t9 believe that the French government now wishes he had I not done so As the Eclair says today lajor Iarhad returning Why II I I then did we go t Faloda In order I I to play the game we played against the English we ought to hlve hal a I nay capable of taldn a brave show against the English Instead ot which the fossils of our ny department honor have left us Incapable ot fighting with French newspaper seem to have lit tIe faith In RussIn helping her ally In the present crisis while Uusslan die natches to the British naners affirm positively that the czar isdcidedly opposed op-posed to war and has cunseled the Frencl to abandon their untenable at ttua I Is even said that the czar has characterIzed the French attitude as reckless WAR PREPARATIONS CONTINUE In the meanwhile military and naval preparations continue on both sides ot the channel There was talk at Devon port today of a flying squadron being commenced but a reassuring feature Is the departure of Sir William Henry White director of naval construction constrcton of the British navy on a two months I visit to Egypt No extreme measures therefore are expected by the admir II alt officials at the present moment I at all events Mr George Wyndham I Conservative member of parliament for Dover speaking to his constituents I has made an interesting comparison I between British and American aims I He says In Egypt we are actuated I I b3 the very sentiments which actuated AmerIca In the recent war In the case I of the Philippines America could not I I tolerate the situation there and hay I lag undertaken a task she objected tom to-m being hampered by Germany and so made it 1 plain that since she nI engaged In a laudable enterprIse In a sphere in I which another power took upon itself to middle she must have a free hand i to bring I to a successful ISsue This t is precisely the British view of the I sf eg si basin of the uPper Nile The rumor from ParIs of the inten tlon of the British government to de clare Egypt under the protectorate of I reat Britain has attracted little attention at-tention as the general feeling Is that the moment Is cearh inopportune for I such a step I would be only plylng I Into the hands ot France There Is tak however ot Great Britain adopting adopt-ing extreme measures toward the khedive khe-dive ot Egypt unles he modifies hs attitude I is well known that he returns turn from each of hlG visits to European Eu-ropean courts fle wih sinister Ideas against British tutelage but ever act of petulancy has been met with an Iron hand I Is asserted that the Khedive bblslml has shown no capacity for government and is a mere puppet In the ands ot Frenchmen Consequently Consequent-ly I has been mooted that he Is soon to be deposed In favor of his brother Mohammed 1 who was born In 185 and who Is a brighter and more amiable amia-ble youth The plans for the reorganIzation reorgan-Ization of the newl reonquered Sou ian have already been drawn up and I the Egyptian government has decIded that the first credit 150000 is to be chiefly daoted to xtendln the I chiefy deVote railroad rail-road to Khartoum and organizing a I Soudan police rorce EASTERN NEWS DISQUIETING The newecehcd lbl week frOm the fr eat lips be r ofa sorewlt dis quetinguhtuie 1t aPpears the Euro Den zeslddits dZ Pen are in a stat of alamt t drtng Irt thdt cIy of large bodies bt Chlns ttbops asa counterpoise to the recent arrival there e5gutr s for thcfoieigniegations The I I j 0 native soldiers are very turbulent and coupled with the atforeign rIots at Canton the situation ba caused get uneasiness among the foreigners who I number about 150 In respoose to the demand of the diplomats the TungI Yaen has promised to emove the soldier sol-dier who arc musty Maommedans and who openly declare their intenao of drIving out the foreign devils But the fulfillment of the promise of the TsunglYaen offers considerable dir fcuI as the only force capable of overawing the Chinese troops at Pekln I the forelgdrmed force In the neighborhood neigh-borhood of TenTsln commanded by General Yuan Shek Ha who however Ja dreaded by the palace and mar be regarded as practcalJ holding the destinies des-tinies 0 China In his hand The dowager empress of China seemS to thoroughly recognize te importance or having a modern organlzed armY and navy aid Is said to have Informed the TsunglYamen that urgept reforms are needed and that progressive mea ures In other departments arc Imtrpc tcable until the government is backed up by a powerful army and navy The convention providing for the lease of WeiHaiWei to Great Britain Is published today I provides that Chinese troops and warships may use the leased territory Some of the BritIsh ish newspaper imagine this Implies an arrangement by which Great Britain will recognize Chinese military forces In connection with the summoning of a French doctor to examine the emperor em-peror of China the Saturday Review says it sees In this a ruse upqn the part of the empress dowager and adds that it would have been an easy mater to palm oil a slcklyouth of 25 on the European physician as the emperor s scarcely ever visible to foreigner RUSSIA SYMPATHY FOR DREYFUS An article In the National Review written ten by L J Maxse who has previously shown himself to b well Informed on thQ Dreyfus a1 has caused some stir Ho atlr9 that the czar has now become a convinced Dre fu5ar and Is taltng a sympathetic Interest In the prisoner of prsner IevIj Island The National Review ads that there has been great astonishment and indignation In French ministerial and the higher military circles of France by the publication ot too frank outspoken articles by M Zakrowskl president ot the Russia appeal court declaring the Drefus curmatal amounted to a return re-turn to the lettres do cachet and the llays of tho bate and also scathingly critlcsln tlo prosecution of Emi Zola It Is asserted that the Russian govern meat received remonstrnceS from Pars In the Interval between the articles efforts ef-forts being made to have M Zkrowskl silenced or removed nut It Is ldded the attempt fall This Is looked upon as I being evidence of a remarkable chngo ot opinion In Russia I Is announced from St Petersburg that aU time powers have now aectpted the czars invitation to send delegates to the prposed disarmament conference Each power will b represented by three dele gates and it will be a record diplomatic assembly In poInt of number Count urvlef the Russian minister ot for ell affairs Is going to Llvadla where he I will confer with the car on the outlines of tho prgrmme which will be sub mited to the delegates of the Dowers The RussIan minister is very optimistic as to the result of the conference The Daily Chronicle prints a letter from a correspondent who alleges that the various American typewriter companies which do business abroad have formeda trust which controls tie prices of aU the leading machines sold In Great Britain The writer adds tat although the cst of production of a typewriter Is said to bo here considerably Is Zi below 10 the retail price ueneral Wesley I aiernmtt ana airs sier I ritt are t1n in London Mrs Merritt t forine front typhoid fever Although her condition Is not serIous her sickness wilt necessitate her remaining here for sometime I some-time |