State Department Not Informed

Washington, March 2ú.- Nothing has been hoard officially at tho state dopartraent of the reported sentence by a Prench court-martial iu Madagaacar of United States Consul W aller to twenty years' imprisonrnent for corresponding with Hit Hovaa. It is expected that if this reporl is woll foundod oithcr Uuited States Consul Campbell at Mauritius or United States Consul Wetter at Tama ta ve wlll promptly cable the news.to the state de partment. If the oircumstances' are aa reported it s cntlrely probable that our gov erniiKint will enter m cnergotic protesl agaiust the arbitrary action of the Fronch authoïltiea Wíiller is a cltizen of the Üníted States and nota French Mibjm;t-, :ná tho offl iials here oannot oonoeiye by wfaat authcritj the French court-marual ttempced te assert jurisdictlon ovor an American citi zun not actirely enaraged Ín hostilitie' aaainst them. The ex-oonsui lias manj friends in Chis country, some rr whom are iníliK-ntial. He was consul at Taina tave during tlieHarrison ailuiintstral ion, is a man oí excfelient business quaiitips, and it ts well known here that thc Fronch conoessionaices in M wtafiscai have been doing their,itinost to provenl him from en joying toe trtiits of tho v.il uable concession which no ubtalned from tho Hova goveruuient by good inaoage ment. So f ar as our govorniuont, Is aware t lie French protectorato over Madagascar is limited strictly to tho regulation of th foreign intorcourse of tlie Hova govarnment, and the right of the lntter to control its infernal affairs, inoludlne the granting of concessions to individuáis, has never bcen questioned beore ïtuFrench procuediue; is soarcoly iikoly to be tolerated by our goverument if the fw.ts are as reported. Kx-Consul Waller is aoolored raanfroni Kansas, born in Missouri In slavery. H{ was one of the slaves confiscated by tii federal troopí in ISñi and sent into íowa, beingthen U years of age. HeUannfr torney-at-law and at the time of his unpointment practloed in Topefca. He woí prominent in politics.