THE FRENCH IN AFRICA.
By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, l’er Press Association. Paris, October 20. M. Andre Lebon, Minister for the Colonies, is at present on a visit to Senegal, where France is making great efforts to establish an African Empire. In replying to an address of welcome, he said France's colonial policy was in the first place a commercial one, but if necessary it might develop into a warlike one against European rivals. Senegal, he said, had richly repaid France lorall the sacrifices she had made, and she was determined to complete her work.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume V, Issue 560, 22 October 1897, Page 2
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