FRANCE AND THE NEW HEBRIDES. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELGRAMS.]
Paris, September 29. In addressing n meeting at Toulouse yesterday, AI. de Freycinet, the French Premier, declared that the Government considered that further colonial acquisitions on the part of Franco were not to be deoired, but that they were determined to retain those with France already possessed. He expressed a hope that such a solution of the present difficulty with regard to the New Hebrides would be arrived at as would be in conformity with the dignity of France. Stdnkv, September 2 ( J. Intelligence is to hand that a French military post has been formed in the New Hebrides. That portion of M. do Freycinet's speech, in which he states that the French Go\eminent ih determined to retain those colonies winch they already possess is generally construed to refer to Madagascar, not to the New Hebrides.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, September 30. Tim Tunes considers that the action of the French in the New Hebrides is not consonant with M. de Freycinet's promises. It is probable that the French Government will send a Zouave expedition to Madagascar.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2221, 2 October 1886, Page 2
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185FRANCE AND THE NEW HEBRIDES. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELGRAMS.] Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2221, 2 October 1886, Page 2
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