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to children of the same father by different mothers. 

 If the Mussulmans and Christians will be guided by 

 my advice, they will live in harmony and treat each 

 other as brethren, in speech as well as in outward 

 form." 



The foregoing observations and quotations are made 

 by me with the view of contributing to the pacifica- 

 tion of Algeria, which we hold by virtue of a conquest 

 which half a century's expenditure of blood and money 

 has legitimised. 



"With regard to Tunis, it is henceforward united 

 to France, under the sovereignty of the reigning 

 family, by the ties of a vassalage which dates, 

 morally speaking, from the conquest of Algeria, and, 

 materially, from the day when the Government of this 

 territory, which is wedged in, as it were, between our 

 possessions, endeavoured to shake itself free from our 

 preponderating influence. 



I am one of the earliest participators in our constant 

 policy in this respect. Going back to the capture of 

 Algeria in 1830, 1 will recall an incident not generally 

 known or remembered. As soon as our troops had 

 taken possession of the provinces of Algeria and Gran, 

 the Government which succeeded that of Charles X. 

 declared in favour of a partial occupation. It was 

 then that my father, Mathieu de Lesseps, Consul- 

 General and Charge d' Affaires, with whom I was 

 serving as student-consul, bethought himself of ask- 

 ing the Bey of Tunis to authorise his brother and heir 



