, 1894-12-19

colony. They estimated tina IS OU9 men and
t2OOo,OO0 would be required for the expe.
dlt'on. They were free fromall engagements
towards foreign powers, and had complete
Liberty OF nctlon. Grrat Britain had 'reoog.
nlzed the French Protactnrate with all it,
consequences. The miiister. concluded by
oonfrhding that he situation in Europe made
the opportunity . favourable one. for engaging
IN the Madagascar enterprise. a Bill nutho.
IlSinE a ere # { 2.GOU,0 900 was int oduced.
and rclrrIrd t u committee. A sum Of
El2o,O00is for the Instruction os = cable b.
tween Mozambique nj Msjungn.
Inc Extreme Left IN Il Chamber has de-
clded TO vote a1alnst the credit.
Diplomatic relA ions between France and
Madagascar have now beeu broken ~ Ala
French ~sr'1ects nays left Antananarit6 and
the. HOY $ are reported t. he concentrating
Ihtlr fo.1es round Diego Su0res. Admiral
Mot confirm the opinion that an odyAuoa
mo 10 interior cannot be undertaken
until , trch, owing to the rainy spason Hs
s"y' hat 1000 soldiers will be neco...rv
4 Che Hovas. though not equal to the Ton.
neoo Slu D~"holhey"ns have great tenaoity
and Endurance, and, though they nro but littie
drilled. they are 3G,O0O strorg mud are armed
with repeating rifles. Ssvon or eight thou.
sand portOrs will also hs necessary there bs.
ing no horses H. the Island.
General Dusbtsno, who IN to ocmmand ,ba
expedition, WAS born III 1887. was wouudad
at SOlterinO fought at Forbaoh In 1870,
served in Algeria in 1881, and in 1884 DOM.
manded the foreign legion in Tonkin. where
he greatly distinguished himself. 40 he also
did III FormOsa. Since 1885 he bas held
commands at home, his present post being
Belfort.
According to % telegram received BY tho
Compton National d'Esoompte ie Iaiis froA
ManIltlus, the MalagaSy Government hes not.
pad IN the half yearly later est Of the Six rer
Cent Madagascar loan which il das in Paris
next month. The money should have been
deposited at Iamataye TT the beginning Of
november. .~~- the Customs du.
ties set ar 1T for g service Of this loan has
Deem ~ 'OOf., . about onethird .. me IN.
t. .. due
One o the oldest EN- residents ii
Madagascar. VIII" las lived in the is.~.. 10,
over 80 years. and has just arrived In Eng
land' says THAI when. hs left the sapital. there
WAS no special excitement, but The feeling OF
me people ut AntananarivO and Tnmneave
was as AM French as possible; ard war wss
confidently expected and prepared fer or. 81
sides He cortinues:-
II 10 oertall hat France oaunOt permit II.
fairs to continue rs tnsy,. have biz herto bsen
She must retire absolutely or assert her power
AS far az the military part oithe work loe.. 7
IL my opinion that the climax will be- reach,
before the French troops get to the capital e
aud that tbs final and decisive 6ght wi take
place between the capital and tho coast. v bsn,
II she HOvas suffer defeat their power viii
be broken The Hovas hare never really faced
European Troops. no it 'is difficult to s.v
how they will come out of the war. lbs
greatest. difficulty for the French will not be-
in breaking up the power of the Hovss., but
III governing the country without them, and
against the. wish Of the people. The MAIs.
gaAX. als intensely 10y al, and if the French
could orange TO govern insthe name Of the
Queen many difficulties would be removed But
II France attempts to GUST the Hovas-whose
Government has been in many ways a blessing
TO the people and, rough as it is, is a. great
improvement on .fsrmer administrations-snI
to govern the island herself, she II have 20
encounter endless difficulties.
The Paris d eRats denies that France Gu
tel tains ehy projects in Madagascar beyond .
the thorough establishment of her proteGto-