, 1881-06-26

IN ~ l.
QUIET SUBMISSION TO FRENCH CONTROL
COOP FEELING; NETwEEN THE roi'u1.AcE
AND THE rl:OOrS-A BRILLIANT Fif:cE OF
STRATEGY.
TcS1s. June 9.-Sincc the date Of my last
letter Franco-Tunlsian affairs lave remained
very tranquil Il few changes lit the llntne-
dlate surroundings nf the Bry indicate that
the members of his Court whose synpathtes
are known to be anti-Frenc]i are out ut favor,
a,ld one after another they are stepping down
anu out Tile klild-hearted Obi sovereign
Yields with tolerable grace to the ineSorabie
logic Of necessity; and tile conservative
element OF his Court Is compelled to
Weld to tho new order Ut things. The Prime
Minister, 81 Mustaptsa Ben Isluait, will in Il
few days leave for Paris. accompanied by i
number Of Tunisian statesmen. They are TO
be taken thither On board Il French frigate,
with considerable pomp and parade. so Us to
i,nuress the oulookers with the fraternal re-
lations existing between the two Govern
meuts. It is dramatically arranged, AMI
promises to be fine affair Of its kind. Ihe
voice that is heard i'll Tunisian affairs may
be that of the Bey, but the hand that ls the
moving power belongs ullnlsiakabIy to tlle
French Republic. There are now lying
in the llartor Of Goletta Il large British 1llan-
of-war. a1,t also aa Italian, Il Spanish,
Portuguese, and three French mc1l~of-war.
THO United States war-stean,cr Nlp5lc has
been here and left.
Thanks to the vigorous police reg,1lationff t',,
adopted, the city ana s"u.,y NJ ioau 5ustauc. .o lax
tie safety Of foreigners hecn Disturbed. me
W]lule country between the AiedJers!1lt Klfef
and the Algerian frontier Is occupieu py
French ro Thcy ARE sn uSpo:GH yey as
the line Of railroad between Ttnis al,4 tue
frontier. They have garrisons 1T l5eJt, Mater,
Kcfgardinlln, a,ni Souk-arras. VI the sea
tney occupy Bizerta and Ta6nrca. In slort,
now occupied by French troops. It Is cstl-
mated that :o,0oO French trneps are now
on Tpnnisian territory yi,,o We 'e,;'; ar"r now o.
operating iii the kroum'r country mas
There lave been few skirmisnes, but the
firhtin,. i; of little note. The campaign i'll
lie Mountainous, wild, and barren country
| is u severe test to the physical endurance en
ttrprise, aud pluck Of the officers and sol
| drrs: hut thus far in this curious war very
| ti.Tie h]mui las been shed and tew lives sac
| rificed.
about the atrociuus bar6arities Ilract1cea ny
itnnts Of Tie country are the SetlseIcss vapor'
! ings of scrlbblers, with whom thu countf!
| has swarlued since the commencement III
these troubles. 'rhe most ridiculous stories
have been published ,rnd1c IN sefs;'ta II fp;ns
is' ine Italian aud British neart. | have
| r,sa.l in some of these papers OF helpless
wol,e,, anti children outraged 2a brutaiis ',
| murdered by tie infuriated soldiers; ltlt
facts are that Erent pains are .,, ,akTm ~ ,'t
hay. no quarrel with them: Orders are very
sirict against taking anything from the peG,
Die without paying the full valllt. ine sot ;'t
diers seem to be Oil excellent terms WIZ tn'
1he most friendly manner; Fields o1 sIn;.l ;l
| nnar the eat,l,,s arc carefully guarded; cattle
horses. aud mules are bought for the use 0
the army; and beef cattle. sheep, lofage
and ;ll kinds of PROVISIONS are l!oefally par @
for. Tie native Arabs seem quite at nom ~
with the soldiers, and all about the camps w
hest of order prevails. Crowds of peopi'
collect to witness the parates anu reviews
and seem pleased and Interested. ,.ra
The hopes and expectations OF ltalia'
I statesmen arc sadly Disappointed by seeui
| the rial,t arm Of the French Republic SUI
denly thrown around the best portion Ut IN
territory Italy has 50 long coveted: an
England finds herself beaten at leI w; y
galue: that Of cOnqnerng "a scJcntlli
frontier'' for her African possessions. uoM
aver mel may regard this COUP. tie mai
of the young Republic from the stang
ard Of honesty and falr-deallnE, no one me VI ",
Iyny tt s''ppS.nE .S eeu net the el,e, occi
ration IT the country, she has MANAGED I'll
affair with atlrutness and energy. uertfooL
navn bgcu moved with CELEBRITY, a'lt! tn
military and naval combinations iiave SNOW
a,,n,i;' nus3GI the m resnect Of the European 1ov
sTs' With true French urlatity ;l1ht Do!t1;
hess, while ayowing friendly puiposes' "
unlo;1e burglary anil robbery o1 nation ha
1ee,i successfully perpetrated 'uer 1.,f vi