“THE TRICOLOR HOISTED.”
THE FRENCH AT WALLIS
ISLAND
A NEWSPAPER'S OPINION
[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT?
(Received June 19. 10 p.m.) SUVA, June 19
The French warship Iversaiiit which arrived from Wallis Island on Tuesday, left to-day. Great secrecy is being observed. The “Fiji Times” states thats.on. arrival at Wallis AI. Broeliard (French Commissioner) induced the chiefs to petition France to convert the island into a protectorate, and' annexation was granted and the tricolor hoisted-. It is supposed that this wall' end the conflict between the Catholic missionaries and the French Commissioner.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3963, 20 June 1913, Page 5
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90“THE TRICOLOR HOISTED.” Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3963, 20 June 1913, Page 5
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