France Will Foot Bill For
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Colonial Governors
ANEW French law should do some thing to improve relations between Colonial peoples and metropolitan France.
From now on the French budget, through the Minister for Colonies, is to bear the expense of salaries paid to High Commissioners and Commissioners. Gov ernor-Generals and Governors, Secretary- Generals and Inspector-Generals and other high ranking officers of the Admin istrative Corps; also cost of transport of same officials between France and the Territories. France will also pay for up keep of gendarmeries. Items like travel within the Territories and “local” ex penses of Governors, etc., will continue to be a charge on local budgets.