Chancellor of the Exchequer, has stated that the Government has not provided for any great expenditure for military operations. He said that the Chartered Company will pay the expenses incurred in Matabeleland, and that the Nile expedition is purely an Egyptian matter, though it war possible that Great Britain might incur some small charge. He further stated that the Government was determined not to repeat the folly of 1884.
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