MADAGASCAR.
Paris, November 14 « In a debate on Madagascar in the Chamber of Deputies, the Government I asserted that England recognised France's right to assume a protectorate over the whole island. It was impossible for tha Powers to intervene, as France wis delendlngter own interests and honor. M. Hanotaux, Minister for Foreign Affairs, asked for a credit of £2,600,000 for the despatch of an expedition of 15,000 men to Madagascar, which it was intended to make a French colony, The army would march straight on the capital^and there was no prospect of foreign interference. This statement was received with applause. General Duchesse, it was stated, would have command.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XV, Issue 3438, 16 November 1894, Page 4
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