But whatever the reason of the diserepancies, one thing is perfectly clear from this last Blue Book. There have been no "negotiations." Lord Salisbury has never receded from the position that Captain Marchand's presence in Fashoda in any ther capacity than that of an ' emissary of civilisation is absolutely unwarrantable, and his, withdrawal must be absolutely un-authority that Lord Salisbury has intimated conditional. To-day I am told on good
that in future there will not be merely no "negotiation," but no discussion of the matter. The question of the boundary between the French and Egyptian territory is of course one on which there will have to be negotiations, but these negotiations will be totally unaffected by the Fashoda incident, except that they cannot be commenced until Captain Marchand has been recalled.
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