The Archive · 1907

An Autocratic Governor

French Protestants are very indignant with M. Augagneur, Governor General of Madagascar, on account of his attitude towards missionaries. Me recent interview, M. Augagneur said "Their business- of spreading the divine word, made in England or in Rome, as the case may be, does not entitle them to any more consideration. whiskey." "M. Augagnenr also remark-colonists, than dealers in cotton and ed that out of 210 Protestant snicsens aries in the island, there were only thirty-one Frenchmen. All the others were British, Americans and Scandin. vious, who despised the French, regarded them as immoral and ime. ligious Latins, and taught the natives 10 take the same view secular ideas, M- Angagueur decor way of emphasizing his strial ings used as churches. This was an instruction, in the country insidious way of patting a stop to all

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