ANNAM.
' ANTI-FIIENCH REBELLION. Mr TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT (Reo. April 30, 10.20. p.m.) •' " : Calcutta, April 30. ' v Serious: native riots have: occurrod iii Annam. Thoiy are headed by anti-Frencli representatives of the'educated class. . i, Annam (area 52,000 square,- miles,- population 6,400,000) becamo a French protectorate in 1884. The capital, Hue, is garrisoued by French troops. Coal and iron' have been in abundance, and. there . are coal mines at Turane. : .The King Thanh-Tai; owing_ to his excesses,' was interned in his palaco in 1S07; and a Eegent was appointed. The Government is under a French resident. Tho various peoples belong'to the Indo-Chinese raco.' a link between Chinese and: Malays. '■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 7
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