Show fOOTRACf TO CAPTURf ORGU BRITISH CAPTAIN OUTDISTANCED OUTDISTAN-CED THE FRENCHMAN Saw the King and Made a Treaty Which France Contends Is Null and Void Lagos West Coast of Africa Dec 8 Additional advices just received from the interior say that French troops have had five engagements with the natives before effectively occupying Nikki the capitol of Borgu The king fled to the bush Both France and Great Britain claim that the Borgu territory is within the sphere of their influence Great Britain Brit-ain claims the whole country of Bordu under the AngloFrench convention of 1890 Captain Lugard for Great Britain Brit-ain outdistanced Commander Decceuer in making a treaty with the king of Borgu but the French hold that such a treaty is null and void from the fact that France has effectively occupied Dahomey and is therefore entitled to its Hinterland in compliance with the spirit and letter of the treaty of Berlin Ber-lin London Dec gThe St James Gazette Ga-zette this afternoon announces author I itatively that the British government does not expect trouble with France regarding the upper Nile regions France having agreed to accept the situation sit-uation |