New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-11

vigorous French protectorate shall be maintained.
Madagascar is not to- be annexed by France. how
ever and the reign of the Queen is to be con-
,l,ucd The Prime Minister who is the husband
~ ,be Oueen. Is t. be eNed. The Hova Govern
mental organization is to be retained. but under
terms insuriug exclusive French control.
General Duchesne has informed the War Of-
Ace by telegraph that Antan2narivo was Occu-
pied by the French expedition under his command
after brilliant action. President Faure has re-
sponded t. the telegram with an enthusiastic
dispatch ana by appointing General Duchesne a
Grand Officer ot the Legion OF Honor.
The Government will strike a Madagascar
medal for the troops who took part in the cam
Iagn against the HoVas.
Il LAutorite" mentions rumors which it says
are traceahle 10 the War Office. where dispatches
from Antananarivo are being withheld from the
public o. the effect that General IHcheshe was
compelad 10 treat with the HoNd Government
in consequence OF his having arrived before the
capital totally without provisions and having
learned that the natives would burn the city ana
ravage the country If the French did not come 10
terms
London. oct. 10-"The Daily News will to-
morrow publish a dispatch from Paris saying that
General Duchesne entered Antananarivo on the
day be fixed months ago The dispatch adds that
the terms Of peace. although not published, were
drawn up by the French Government before Gen
eral Du hesne went II Madagascar. HIS success
is expected u save the Ribot Ministry which. the
dispat n declares, is the most honorable Govern
ment since President Theirs retired In 1913.
The official news Of the fall of Antananarivo has
been received by The French Government from An
drba the first optic Geographic post, which. as ex-
ulained ia The Tribune of October g. would be
reached by a courier fiom General Duchesne. An
drlba is nearly halfway between Antananarivo,
with which it has telegraphic communication,
and MaJuHga. the naval station Of the expeditonary
corps with which 1t IS connected by wire. and 10y
optic telegraph worked by small French detach-
msnts stationed the line extending from Majunga
on fhe pVg tern ~ fO
flying column start d for Antananarvo. The courier
has taken seven or eight days TO reach Andrioa.
ana thence cabled TO Paris. across the Mozambique
Canal and via Zanzibar.
floriousy as II was painfully negun. 1t must be
started from Andriba. on September TO- had only
25o men, under the command Of Generals Noyron
loose from his base of operation and centres OF
provision and munitions at Majunga and Andriba:
But he relied upon the endurance Of his picked
troops. mainly composed OF marine infantry, the
Foreign Legion and the Algerian tirailleurs. En-
durance was in fact the principal, not to say the
only. necessary requirement during ne iong march
IN rugged country: bravery could not be or great
use, since il appears that the Hoyas did not ight
any more at the end than at the beginning OF the
campaign. only at the storming OF their position
al Tsarasoatra dd they show any resistance worthy
of tho name, and there the French lost the only
corporal General Duchesne on his march for for
ward from Andriba met the ifovas on September
19 I'm the defles Of Tsanoudfy, and easily dis
persed them. and eleven days later he was IN their
There he has dictated the terms Of peace. which.
according to lie Temps" Paris Ministerial or
gan. have been accepted by queen Ranavaio III.
who had not fed from the capital These condi
tions seem to be nearly the same as those already
agreed 10 In the treaty OF December, 1855; but they
must be more precisely defined. ana establish more
securely the French protectorate over Madagascar:
Thus Is settled a question which much debated
IN France. Some newspapers and politicians de-
manded the annexation Of Madagascar. and TO make
Of it colony pure ana simple Others declared that
would De sufficient II strengthen the prOectorate
which France had exercised since lSs the great
African island. Adhering to that policy, NJ Ribot:
the French Premier has given one more evidence Of
his diplomatic and patriotic sagacity. lie has thus
deprived the enemies OF France Of the pretext
cuse her Of colonial greediness. He knew. besides.
that II would be easier to pacify the people Of NADIA
sascar and 10 govern them. if they believed that
they were still ruled by their ancient dynasty.