The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-10-28

the protection Of the American flag
AS It was, we could do nothing, l visi-
ted the prisoner after his conviction,
and on March % he was shipped on the
Djemnah for France. His stepson was
also exiled, and his wife and children
were left destitute. On my arrival in
Paris last week l at once proceeded to
the American embassy, where laid
the case before MIR, Eustls, the ambas-
sador and lodged protest against
such treatment Of an American citizen.
/ found that the United States govern
ment had already taken vigorous ac-
ton, and that Mrs. Waller and her
children, whom l had taken from An
tananarivo to Mauritius, and had
there left almost destitute, We're on
their way home.
"Well, to return to Madagascar. I
remained in Tamatave four weeks.
The town was like a charnel house.
The hospitals were full; the troops
We're dying daily, and not night
passed without funeral professions con-
veying Frenchmen to their graves at
midnight. The French had their lines
of defence, outside Of which they never
moved owing to the proximity of the
Hova garrison, two and a half miles
away The outside line consisted of a
steel fence, with sentries at intervals.
1t was connected with electric batter
les, and was covered by the war ships
in the harbor. My business lay in the
capital, whittier 1 was anxious to go,
but it was impossible to get through
the lines. At last l succeeded in get
ting away from Tamatave. l walked
down to the beach early one morning
and managed to get on board small
schooner bound for Vatomandry, which
place reached five days later. There
1 met a number of British officers on
their way to the coast, and heard for
| the first time OF Colonel Shervington' S
| resignation. Having collected my
bearers and carriers, 7 started next
| day for the capital, where / duly ar
rived on April &c. On the road up I
met numbers of Hoya troops on their
! way to relieve the position facing Tam
| atave. The journey was an easy one,
and everything was quiet"
| Regarding the situation in the capt.
l
| perfectly quiet, and there was no eX-
element on the part of the Hovas, who
assumed a perfectly confident air, and
| seemed convinced that the French
would never reach Antananarivo. The
| only furry seemed to be on the part of
the foreign residents. The day after
my arrival l had an interview with the
prime minister, who expressed perfect
| confidence that God would protect the
country. He had given to the Mala-
| gasy. He spoke in bitter tone of the
British and American governments,
and referred to his keen sense. of injus-
| tice and ill-treatment from the white
races. He said he was very disheart-
| ened with his experience Of white peo-
pie. He had, he averred, been advised
| to give in to the French, although he
| felt absolute confidence in the ability
| of the Hovas to successfully resist the
| invaders, and to maintain their integri-
ty and independeneeSi Both from the
| prime minister's remarks and from
! general observation, / could not helI
seeing that, for some reason. there was
general distrust of the whites, and this
no doubt, led to the final refusal of the
Hovas to serve under white leadership
I found, too, that there was strong,
! growing anti-foreign- feeling among
the people This showed itself on eve
ry side, Any white arriving in the
place attracted general attention, and
although I was we'll known, was sur
grounded by a crowd who thought me t
| ba a From oh epy
THE strong feeling against foreign
ers was strengthened by an unfortu
nate incident which OCCURRED on May
81. A member of the Hova nobility
an elderly man of sixty-Was shot il
his house by an Englishman and Sc
verely wounded. A most critical STATE
of affairs ensued; the people were called
together, and there was a great uproar
In suburb Of the capital a signal wa.
given for the gathering of the Hovas
| meeting of European residents wa.