In the official correspondence with France: on' the subject' of the Upper Nile, Sir Edward Monson; the British Ambassador in Paris; declared' in December; 1897, to M:''Hanotaux, thei French' Minister for Foreign Affairs, that Great Britain does* not!admit that any-other Power his the' right to geeupy any, part of the Nile Vall Lord Salisbury telegraphed to Sir Edirard Monson in September to in= form M. Deleassé, the present French! Minister for Foreign' Affairs, that' all} the -Khalifa's territories had: passed by right of conquest to the British "and Egyptian Governments, and that Great Britain' does not' consider this right open to discussion.
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