HOW THE FRENCH COLONIES THRIVE.
v ' f Th<j French are growing disgusted at . M'withJ their distant, enterprises, and the'MJpfea'sneßS of establishing colonies Jittafc-willbeofanyusototherrt-H gener-' ally, though reluctantly, acknowledged," Thisfeelingisgreatly. due to.the ( news-. tot.' filters ■ through from noh-offjcial sources, Bittor complaints come homo from the miserable ..exiles, engaged, in, 'tiese • futile>'urideftaßingjr One writerexposes the hollow advantages gained at! Tonquin.. He • describes the,' ceaseless' activity .of pirate? and Blaok Flags, .which aHdw M French; irobps"no peace,'and pmentu the insalubrity, of the • fliimate—a perpetual vapor bath'; with a : te'iilp'erature at fever heat i'a the jprevail-: ing characteristic of the Annam territory, •' snperinducing' terrible;; laSßitnde' arjd a; , Constant tendency to lethargic. • .|niMadpßcarih,e.rjenchio.rces'fiu'e,'tio bjits]['; I '' <"'. You are sending! us reinforce-! ni'e'nts," writes another • correspondent!; from that most.doubtful acquisition; ''five thousand-men. They will last uts 1 , -just five months, Every month' a' .thousand are put-tow ckcomh'aL 'Better ■ ■;'. wud'out as many doctors and a fe'w.vtons; T'of quinine,"; France certainly,'saya thai ;. Home News, has;not:bboh her' '.':''■■ '.' aeloctipniflf territories ;£gr the ;.Bifoiißib^!
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2175, 19 December 1885, Page 3
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162HOW THE FRENCH COLONIES THRIVE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2175, 19 December 1885, Page 3
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