Note 299 — Chapter VI

Cambon to Lansdowne, Dec. 27, 1903, B.D., II, 336, No. 382; and the following documents, particularly the dispatch from Lansdowne to Monson, Jan. 18, 1904, ibid., 339, No. 386. The British were also surprised to learn early in January that Delcassé had kept his colleagues in the dark concerning the details of the arrangement, and feared some trouble on that account. It seems that as late as March 2 Delcassé had not consulted the French Colonial Minister (Lansdowne to Cromer, Jan. 5, 1904, Monson to Lansdowne, Jan. 8, 1904, Newton, pp. 287 ff.).