New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-02
FRINGE And MdDaG dSCAR
THE WAR AGAINST TIE HovAs DOES NOT EX-
CITE GREAT POPULAR ENTHUSIAsN-
BITS OF HISTORY BEARING
DO. I'LL ,..a.I.

Upon THE DISPUTE.
The French expclltionary corps. commanded by
General Ddchesne. will soon be its way TO Mada-
gascar. where 1t viii land the end OF April after
a sea voyage OF about twenty days through the
Mediterranean. the Sucz Canal. the Rcd Sea and the
Indian ocean. from Msrsoles and Toulon 70 Ma
junsa. the northwestern por; Of the African Island.
That port has beer chosen the basis the mill
tary operations. rather than the better known and
more important one of Tdmat4yo, on the eastern
coast O.: Madagascar because the road from Ma
junsa to ArtaUauaryo the capital city OF the island
ana tn objective point Of tho expedition. is the
most practicable and the least uasaubr3us. though
somewhat lorEer. In fac. there is 10 road. 50
called. between the two cities Tho troops viii have
90 make n" Kilometres Dhout - niles through
dcns" forest or dcnuicd ratcaus. up 10 the tab.o-
a.i whore J., situated Antaaanar,yo with the "S;l-
ycT House Of Queen Kandyalo. t2'D fee, above the
level II the The distance il passed over in
eight days by Mllagosv couricrs. in thirteen days
b. Europeans carried IN Gltnzsr'. sedan chairs.
and. 1-t November. the column of French refugees
AMI soldiers ~ tie RESIDENT escort. fleeing from
ine capital. took twcn;y-+N Jays to reach jac coast
a. M1iIn&t T. is expected tn4t &. roill DIchea.os
army wlA no; consume much lonsc- time in ITS
ascent - AuanIuarivo. and that u vii arrive there
aboa, ;hc cud OF Juno Tho queens Government,
Il l persists N !ts hottie aiI;Gdc after the land
ing Of tho French cXpc !I'iou. ls not Lkoiy to at
temp: resist its advance before the INVADER APP
pears In SIGH; Of the capital The Malar4sy com
maAdcrs VII! leave 10 their traditional! friends
General Fever and General Forest" the care Of
delaying tho marca Of the foreigners.
The cxpeiitionary corps IS real army a. no loss
than bon men. consisting u Infantry. artillery
cavslry. a3i especially marine inftutry. The sol
"'''' "''' ''N'" nom ''' regular 'eb''"'f. "l'1'
'"'"''''' '"''' ''"''' B." ''+'' "''.'.'' 900
arg '''e'' ''' ~ me ''''' ''I'''''' -' per ''''
% '"-H W ''+"S'' iH D'''s '1'""'' '' near
-. - - al u
som" I'e'ii"''""s nave ",." i""H' 20 i'-'f" wa
troops al M'J"hE4' Two or 'hf'" ''eii""iS "'r"
'"''''''' '' mo I''". 'i"'''' '"' '"' i'''''
az - ''"'''''' '"''' ''' W. '@.'k'' %" "'
-, - 49, . -.
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N" Two c'iii meats. This jealous h|- already
caused the FIc-ra Government q, charter British
y,s.ei. Instead - is.r. e,.ls,yel, l,s .p. ,-,-.
800 1890 -, .., &C.,. -......-' - ...
po.is - carry troops anu WIZ ii''iitl- J. mas
been reprJlclei also for having chartered some
vessel. from Havre ami Marsclrs firms a, the rate
. .
% - francs a ion. ""e7 IN" REGULAR rA'" on the
shipping market WIS only r 20 80 - g. francs.
ra. o, ,...s .., ,,.... .,,.-y nov. 90. ..,.,
- - ~ .,
lated 20 F".ie' pop"iiF an 'Ni' Nt"n. NJ id.h'r 4
war occurring $50 soon after those of Touqu.n ia
horne. inc soniau etc French patriots age scner-
- -.,...l ..,.,.,. ~,
az. 'iI''''' nv
whie iney enrich -" po!.'clan'' CONTRACT ''S anu
oNcal-. consume soldiers ana money which might
. -. - ~. 49,,
Do heehcl LOT d" e"''IE'"'' "''''' '''' '.."
Chamber Of DEPUTIES voted. In N.ycmber 1884, a
- ,o,, 80, 80. ., 49, ,,. o,,o,,., y,
'''t "l '''''" nam. ~ W. '''
tie Madagascar expedition. upon 'he formal asfl-
rance gwen by Genera Mercer, Miai-'er Of war.
anu ~ D'i"s' mn, ''''' ' 80,
woEif De snfoi'nl some bcpuii's reminded IN"
-, -, =, ~, .,,.- ~, ,r.li,s for
r,aor ,rol,',on. ut, md co1. r',,eI times
o'h'r ehp'''do"S "'.''+ IA" Coz ""'"''' "'e'
that these Deputies were right when predicting that
the o5e0VO francs would not be sufficient for the
'N"''t15'@r ~" mon S''''t u - 90, ~
the Paris press that cannot cost les than 10
0lgn francs Il has been urged also that MAZDA
gaScar Is not proper lana Tor ''oniA'on' 'nere
the oomor.ars and the creole. from La Reunion. a
nelgh6org isiand The French tTadc amounts oily
coric1 IN ,h. agenrles Of The COMPTON d'Escompe
It /. ss'm3tea ma 5Gs %eGe commerce ns Of M'4 1
Halle statistics can be obtained cNcep, a, ports
oGicrs
hcrordlrs to the French newspaper. the i'm
s@'e Ia',ss a ay 10 nG F I n T' Of %
camille or interested nature France WISHES to az
s~ri The National dignity a. VrII 49, E, avcugc her
c,.intrymcn VINO wtrr deprived Of thc!r lives and
,,.,.,,;. h,. ,h. ,,bi .rts az 6iecn Rnnav,l, she
br cic,., 30 r,nI.c,,rate trcafv nf IN, which
~ i,nos.d mon me tlagaey Government as tho
fne. rrrui Of the relations which for two centuries
Frame. had rnaistained with Madagascar. As carly
as In lGi2 the Chcvallcr Ironls established French
and rameI Fort Dauphin. as ii Is sun called. and
IN lc6, tho African island already called In pub
lir documents ole Dauphnc" and France Orcn-
tale" Richcllcu and Colbert made great and sue
cegsful efforts to maintain the French colonsts who
vcre attacked for the first lime In l7A by the
Hovas. a Malay tribe who Hike the Danes. Saxons
,rI Norm,ns had landed in Madagascar. occIp!cI
The healthy tabeland of lm6rna in the Inferior and
had subdu,i more or less completely. the natives
Of tho coast. The IIovas were defeated by thr
French IA night at .inoneil Bay in i12l. but IN lj4