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not recognizing that "Imitation is

"the most sincere flattery/; and that France is only doing

only doing in Indo- China what England has already

done in India Proper.

Cambodia is described

as a rich and fertile country, watered by the noble river Meikong, with a population of about a

million, and an area

of

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sixty two thousand (62,000) square - miles. Its practical union with

the French dominions cannot, in

view of the restless

energy of

Fruch

French ambition, fail to produce

some uneasiness in the conterminous

Kingdom of diam... "But (to quote

from

recent public writer at

"Hongkong), whatever Siam may think of the step, there can be little question that the French - "Protectorate will prove beneficial generally, to the Cambodian people. "Under the direct rule of the "Native Dynasty, the Mandarins – have oppressed the peasants and trading classes; justice has been sold to the highest bidder, slavery

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