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Gallieni, the Governor of Madagascar, a few months later, that forced labor would be discontinued after January 1, 1900, and thereafter they could work for whom they pleased, and if for government they would be paid wages agreed to. It is needless to say that this proclamation was received by the natives with tumultuous rejoicing.
The appointment of General Joseph Simon Gallieni as commander of the army of Paris, and military governor, in succession to General Michel, means that France is resolved to put Paris in a thoroughly efficient state of defence, and to be ready for the worst possible emergencies.
Finally he said: "If we only knew Duval by sight, we could avoid all this by seizing him there before the Palace." "The trouble is we don't," replied Chester dryly. General Gallieni turned to Jean. "Do you know Duval by sight?" he asked. "I have never seen his face, sir," was the reply. "He has never appeared before us without his mask."
"Not as much information as I believe we shall need." "But surely you know enough to protect the President," said Hal. The Prime Minister looked at him somewhat coldly, and Hal drew back, confused at having been so bold. The Prime Minister touched a bell upon a desk and an attendant entered. "Have General Gallieni summoned here immediately," he instructed. The attendant bowed and departed.
"You may go into the next room and change," said the general, and the lads hastened to obey. Ten minutes later, dirty, ragged and unkempt, they once more stood before General Gallieni. The latter surveyed them critically. "You'll do," he said at last, with an approving nod. "Now are you armed?" "Two automatics each, sir, and a good supply of cartridges," said Hal. "Bien!
"Exactly," said the Prime Minister, "and with him sufficient of his men to cause the others to realize that when they plot treason to France their necks are in jeopardy." "Precisely," agreed General Gallieni. "But this Duval is a slippery fellow and hard to catch. I have learned that, unlike other Apaches, he comes of better blood; in fact, is supposed to be a gentleman.
The husband is a retired professional soldier. He has a small and easy post in a civil administration, but his real work is to keep his wife's books. In August he was re-engaged, and ready to lead soldiers under fire in the fortified camp which Gallieni has evolved out of the environs of Paris; but the need passed, and the uniform was laid aside.
All very well for General Gallieni! says the journalist; he likes hard bread; but why must several million people go on cracking their teeth because of that idiosyncrasy? The government is obdurate. If fancy bread were made, only the big bakers would have time to make it, little ones would be without clients, and that this highly centralized, paternal government cannot allow.
Duhouset says that in circumcision the Egyptian women not only remove a great part of the body of the clitoris with the prepuce, but also adjacent portions of the nymphae; Gallieni found a similar operation customary on the upper banks of the Niger.
"Well, then," said General Gallieni, "we shall have to do the best we can. Now, you two go into the next room and get some sleep. I'll get the Prime Minister and explain the matter to him and to the President, that we may all act in accord." Chester saluted the general, and, followed by Jean, made his way into the adjoining room, while the general proceeded to get busy on the telephone.
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