Year: 1875

FROM PARIS TO THE DESERT IN THE INTER


EsTs OF coMMERcE-oPENING UP coMMUNI-


CATIONS WITH THE soUDAN-M. LARGEAU's


EXPEDITION GETTING READY TO START


SCENES IN ALGERIA.


CONSTANTINE, Algeria, Nov. s, 1875.


After fortnight spent in visiting and in excursions
OF various kinds in this neighborhood at last
about to start for Ghadames. Now all the difficulties
that stood in the way of departure have been
mounted and all our preparations completed M.
Largcau only arrived here last Thursday after having
travelled the whole of the three provinces of
Algeria securing final adhesions to his project and
receiving the most sincere of in the
grand object OF the enterprise.


AT Algers General Chanzy, Governor General OF
Algeria received the explorer in the best possible
manner, and with the most praiseworthy promptitude
placed at his disposal and ours all the means of
transport which would be necessary to us from
departure from Constantine which is our
grand rendezvous. far as Tonggourt such
wagons for baggage and horses mules
and camels for ourselves. The Governor General far
from following the Of his predecessor seems to
be endeavoring to naugurate a of commercial
prosperity for great colony His administration is
popular with the coIonists and il is known that
in Algeria, and, above ALL in this republican province
Of Constantine where chance has thrown me into con.
tact with many people, the civilian element Is not
always in accord with the military, especially when
latter is represented by the too famous Bureau
This is good commencement in the work Of trans
formation. give publtc ty all the cheerfully
from the fact that did expect to be able to find it
during my hasty passage the Algerian territory
Here ideas Of liberalism and OF progress spreading
and to have attained fuller development than in
the mother country Let US hopc that in the near
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France OF our finest colony


To return to departure. certain number OF
merchants Of Algeria seemed to have made up their
minds accompany us, but at the last moment all Of
them turned back with their merchandise. What mo-
tive can have restrained them-iear OF thirst Of the
Touaregs, the simoom or the sand2 Well no matter;
VIC shall go alone. We shall be able to get along with
out these traders and shall be able to furnish our
selves thanks to the help received from the Chambers
Of Commerce OF oran and Constantine not forgetting
the Council General and the Municipal Council OF the
latter city, which also voted subsidies must also add
La Rochelle the only French city that thought proper
TO assist the enterprise by voting Of money AS
for Marsciles the city most interested the success
of the expedition by oft commercial mari
time relations with Algeria not acne did it vote
nothing ITSELF but its Chamber Of Commerce prevented
that Of Nantes from interesting itself in the
taking giving that these expeditions were
not serious II Is but truth TO add that Marsces
has never encouraged a single exploration.


THE END THAT LARGEAU mas N VIEW,


notwithstanding this, deserves encouragement He
formed connections last year at Ghadam6s He prom
ised 70 take thcre this year certain number OF his
countrymcn, and he has every reason believe that
view Of these new peaceful operations he will succeed
IN bringing to Constantine failing that to Biskra
caravan Of Ghadamesians. II this result should bo
achieved very great advance viii have been made in
the solution OF the problem which is OF such great i'm
portancc to the commercial development of Algeria OF
bringing about an exchange Of products with those
OF the Soudan. We shall be able TO make the Ghada
mesans understand that it is all the spirit Of
conquest that anmacs us but the want OF reciprocal
exchange IA which their interests well as ours arc
concerned.


Constantine, Tonggourt GhadamGs, Rhat and Agadcz
are the hating places which lead the banks Or the