Note 197 — Chapter XXVII · GENERAL GORDON’S MISSION.
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The dates are curious:—
17June, 1884. —Invitations to Egyptian Conference issued.
““Lord Derby promises to stop the action of the Cape Government in reference to Angra Pequena.
19“Lord Granville assures Count Münster that he accedes to Bismarck’s wishes on the Fiji dispute.
22“Lord Granville tells Count Herbert Bismarck that the Cabinet, on the 21st inst., resolved to recognise the German Protectorate over Angra Pequena.
28“Meeting of the Conference in London.