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Show ' 1 French. Facts. . London, 15. French papers semiofficially semi-officially note that tbo French minister min-ister of waj will experimentally re-! duce tho term of service of contingent 1 conscripts of '7S from five to three years. - Tbe governor ol Algeria has issued a circular to tbe authorities proposing 'to extend tbe civil - instead of tbe military administration to the whole country, with the exception ot frontier distriots. -7 Paris, 15. It is said tbat immediately imme-diately on tbe reassembling ot tbe French chambers a proposal for plenary amnesty will be presented. The proposition will cause considerable consider-able excitement outdoors, which will agord a practical test as to whether tbe return of tbe chambers to Paris was wise. |