Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-18 | Page 13 | French Check German Plot in Madagascar

fRENCH CHECK GERMAN PLOT IN MADAGASCAR PARIS Feb 18 The The Paris Journal correspondent at says that German Gennan agents financed and otherwise encouraged a native plot to the government of Madagascar Mada Mada- Madagascar gascar on December 31 last The seat of the conspiracy was at and it was planned to poison the French officers and soldiers on New Years Year's day and either gain the native native na tive troops to the cause of the conspirators conspirators conspirators con con- or obtain from them their military weapons The white officials and colonists were then to have been massacred The plot was revealed to the authorities authorities au au- au and already over persons have been arrested and other arrests I are expected as the investigation is still proceeding