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Show 1IICV UliM'll IN DtllUlIl'.Y. The war which la now being waged by thu French In Dahoiney,aiid which probably will result In the entire subjugation sub-jugation of that country, Ittiuppotud to be worth to Kraueuu gooj deal moru than It costs. Dahomey It a kingdom of wettirn Africa 011 the coast of Guinea, Gui-nea, with boundaries tu tho east not well detlned. It It diecrlbed aa extremely ex-tremely fertile aud well cultivated, especially around the towns and villager, vil-lager, yielding aometlniet ns ma uy hi four crops n year and rever less than two. The French own three mt ou thu eoott and derive iiultu 11 rev.uue from them, thu .mercantile transactional transac-tional lu lbOl amounting tu thirteen million francs It Is thought that the complete tuijugatlon of thu country would lie worth tu the I'roach republln between thirty nud forty million franoi a year. That thu French have no rljht wbntuvtr exee t tho right of gunpowder to annex the country would uf course not enter us. a factor Into tbu calculations ef lltlclaus. |
