New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-05
A QUEENS APPEAL.
MADAGAscAR's RULER ADDRESSES CHRIS
TENDON ON HER COUNTRY's BEHALF.
SHE REcouxrs THE rREAcHERY OF FRANCE AND

THE WRONGS THAT DRIVE HER TO WAR
Inasmuch American missionary enterprise has
been Of the principal factors In the conversion
OF the people OF the island OF Madagascar to Chris
tianty the following appeal Of the reigning queen
OF that island to the Christian Powers OF the
civilized word will be read with interest In the
United States. 1t is contained in the form OF an
interview with Colonel Bennett Bureigh. formerly
OF the Union Army and once an inmate OF Libby
Prison. but now acting as war correspondent Tor
The London Daily Telegraph" in Madagascar
and Miss c. Herbert. the superintendent Of the
Friends Foreign Mission Society at Antananarivo
acted interpreter the occasion OF the audi
The Queen. who dressed in altogether Euro
pean fashion. wearing simple yet exqusitely cut
Partisan toilet seemed especially anxious 10 remove
the erroneous Impressions concerning Madagascar,
which she declares have been purposely circulated
by the foes OF her country. with view to preju
dcing Chr.stendom against II. and then procs eded
to dictate TO Colonel Burleigh the following state
ment:
Say that I. Ranavolo- Manjaka. Queen OF NADIA
Tor ask =. Of his Of ae robbie S to s nd
Kingdom. because. though We desire peace above
eve sn. is the se OF right
to live lives in the fear Of God and in defence
5sssp:Sf IS! n:'s s'$ @
no Ss aS all , We now en the TO ss Ss COG
has given sA to our h and to US Let Is.
French keep their land; We shall keep ours. Then
as N with ali Christian people the whole world over
and Pie es cse S de the al In .4ase
proof that ! wished for peace, and that 4 should
Sf ePury 0n pant
that a hs really s1ng Ta sr snDs
sSjse Of their desire in MaaasssSar there would
boodshed I gave them the place they solicited
"
curlty What has happened since? Not conten;
nd hsye
BY step upon my country There Is no alternative .,
s With as0?Ss %s-
France God helping US: we shall struggle on in
through defeat and misfortune. but, IL needs be.
S Sn the asst man and last drop OF Maiasssyy
mountains. and our name and people become but
ht al good pSp M @
war made by France 10 steal our country and
Inurder my people.
MADAGASCAR HAS KEPT FAITH.
With regard to this quarrel with France. wish
to that have carefully kept our agree
ments with France whatever they may say TO the
contrary. We have tried in every way to endure
with long-con;inued patience all the WRONGS that
people during the last nine years We nave done
our best s t Of ba time s to sy make
FUSED be friends. have faithfully studied
wax o to keep our hsa wsn ,ne% M
hca,ion. they depart from that treaty. they ask
fuse with to grant or eo yed uo TO he hs
ahd forever @y We fooh
meeky yielded to such an order. no matter by
than such con
tons 1t is better that as free Nation we should
serve subjects OF France or any foreign Power.
Among Frances many failures to I've up to the
customs dues ssgr ports were kept back and not
both to these Th sns he y @y open IN
OF the treaty and our rights Despite our efforts;
we could not the matters put right or settled ed
again. Another and think just grievance which
we have Is that they proceeded to h9 1o, gn
violated the treaty. They tore It into shreds When
the other ports and places Within our Kingdom.
About the customs moneys again. there was large
spS n ,"s ssoa SUM Of o Which ought ons
since to have been paid over They have not only
able to get a single dollar Of our own from them.
Blu, really want to tell you Iessi rather than
moneys taken were far more than we even haze aye
sRy OIL out Il YOU no esd through our Red
Book and the other official papers which have been
and cl,izens cave in fact stolen from US at ths
Mevatanana gold mines and eiscwhere. righ, n ard
Book. and adhere to IT'S ex;-tor it has been care,
on this .ubjec, about moneys and amounts 1 do
not wish 10 tall into any lnaccuracy: Ms, NV, we
worse. as you may read in the same Red Book.
without Intending to fight them. But they dcliber-
land ard people by war with them We know
the strength Of their arms ard The numbers OF
tive land And though we may have less men
and pTor "a od nd our TheSs to sustain
hands and keep us free people ana kinsnom,'
and not In them alone. but in God above who
daily pray will keep us safe and guide US through
these peris that beset us.
Colonel Burle.ph then asked the Queen. he
had on former occasion inquired Of the Prime
Minister. whether no attempt had been made 10
refer the dispute to arbitration and settle , ins
difference win france without so'"e 10 VIII 'e'
The French are unwilling to DO anything Of the
kind We should only have been too glad to nave
referred these matters to some neutral Power or
individuals Of general good repute nnt the trsnen
say. are willing to DO so, and ! accept ana rcpcst
to you the language of the Prime Minister on tho
EDUCATION IN THE ISLAND.
In conclusion. Colonel Bure.gh says:
No words Of mine are needed to omen' on tn, the
Roya commS snH 1t IS the mssonar. who
have made this country what II now Is; ani una.
tised more than preached; ard verify they .evfcr
about S the Madagascar hus,ress is the fact ina,
highly interesting soca ranstorma'on: @
terfered with. TIE Msagasy. within the las, forty
n and their own been trying adoo, and fashion
10 their needs Western civzai.on. II has not
anese"sloughng of Old World clothes and taking
on a New World civilization. Their state was
rawer than that; they have been hitting on new
modes OF lie fer the first time Their advancement
has been wondrous- .vel.-nigh marvellous toward
that absolute identification with the new fashions
and ideas that characterizes real from snain
and veneer civilization. They are orderly and law
abiding That. perhaps. Is natural with tneu
They have readily adopted Western arts and pro-;
esses OF work They build churches schools. ana
find the money out Of their own pockets 70 Greet
and maintain them Tens OF thousands nave
learned and are learning to read Books and
papers are In demand and the printing press has
been established among them. In Antanansrivo
there are two weekly newspapers oneprln'ed IN Eng
lish and one In Malagasy The latter has con-
siderable sale and the natives az eager Tor me
editions Londoner for the result OF the boat
race or Derby when the newsboy courses
wildly with the --latest" IN the city Education 10