THE FRENCH IN TUNIS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 24 June 1881, Page 2

THE FRENCH IN TUNIS.

The report from Tunis that the principal Arab Theological Institute bas resolved to unfurl the standarJ of the Prophet, and proclaim holy war againsb the infidels is confirmed, the Bey's police having discovered bhe plot and made several arrests. Domiciliary visits resulted in a large quantity of bullets and powder being discovered. The French troops who landed in Bagartu will operate iv conjuction with General Dogeret, thus completely surrounding the Kroumier country. Eli Bey, the Tunisian comminder, removed bis camp south of

Beja. Four Frne?h ironclads <'>•:•!•• Bizaratu ou May l*t. On the same day the light column sent to reassure one of the tribes was fired at by two other tribes and by Kronmier's ; bu'; the enemy were defeated with a los > of forty men. The Bey has written to the French Minuter, declaring lint despite tbe eutry of the French into Tunisim territory, the high esteem which he has always had for the French is unaltered. English politicians continue to watch anxiously the French operations in Turin. There is concert; of action between England and Italy, the only two powers interested in restraining France to merely primitive measures. The British fleet is assembling at Malta. It is rumoured that Abdul- Cauder has* written warning tbe French to prepare for a serious uprising in Algeria. Battles are frequent be* tween Ike Kronmiers and the French, with advantage on the side of the latter.