The french will never go to war against Britain by that Time. It's a war They just can't win because of the Royal Navy?s ultra-domination.
This was the cardinal axis of the french diplomacy since 1815 : never again going to war against Britain. Especially when you have wilhelmine Germany at the doors.
Plus it was the doctrine of the time never to let colonial feud spill in Europe. There was a lot of warmongering at the time but if you check what the colonel Marchand said, it was quite chill on the ground