Show American Consul In Madagascar Insulted CHICAGO Dec 2 Thomas Wilkinson an English merchant in Madagascar said in an interview here today that the United States consul there had been repeatedly insulted by French officials who assert that their government govern-ment has a protectorate over tho country The American consul Itril1 a colored man deaLs directly with the Queen I of Madagascar not recognizing the assistance of the alleged protector ute The matter has not heretofore I been made public Wilkinson says because two American turns having a virtual commercial monopoly in the island seek to prevent gene ral attention being directed to affairs on tho island to that other Americans would be dis couraged from going there It Is said there has been thus uppres ed the actual knowledge of gold Helds in the islands which Wilknson says are among the greatest in the world The French protecto ate is upheld by Germany and England in exchange for French recognition of Germany in Africa and English claims to Zanzibar Wilkinson was a forty niner in California and was a member of the iilbustenng expedition to Central America led by General Walker |