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British Vice-Consulate, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1895. Creator: Unknown.

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British Vice-Consulate, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1895. '...the "red flag of War" has been hoisted on the twelve sacred mountains of Imerina, and the people summoned to the defence of their country. The delay is curious, as the French actually commenced hostilities several months ago by the forcible occupation of Tamatave on the east and Mojanga on the west. It can only be accounted for on the supposition that the Hova Government was waiting for positive evidence of the intention of the Republic to send an armed expedition into the interior. Now, however, as all doubt has been removed, resistance has been determined on, and preparations have been begun, to make that resistance as effective as possible...Much is said of the English and other officers in the employ of the native Government. They are very few in number; can be counted, indeed, on the fingers of one hand, and little, perhaps, should be expected from them. They are not trusted implicitly, and they have anything but a free hand. Strange to say, during the last few months they have been doing next to nothing but wait for the orders that have never come. Great dissatisfaction exists among them, and Colonel St. Leger Shervinton and possibly others have...left the island in disgust'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.

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HRM26A08_249

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