The French operations in North Africa will, it is reported,
be suspended. In Algeria, there is nothing more to be done, for Bou Amema and the three tribes which support him have re- tired for the winter into Morocco, whither they cannot be fol- lowed without difficulties with Spain. They will reappear in the spring, but for the time they are out of the field. In Tunis, General Saussier and General Logerot have marched about most successfully, and have been victorious in several skir- mishes, but the total result is nil. One powerful tribe of Arabs has retreated into Tripoli, and small tribes, estimated to- number in the aggregate 100,000 men, have quitted their usual camping-grounds, and intend to live in the field,— that is, by attacking the French. The French civilians on the spot report that all Arabs are hostile, and that the acquittal of M. Rochefort for his attacks on M. Roustan has shaken even the Palace. The general idea of M. Gambetta's. Government appears to be to leave the Bey more liberty, and to reduce the garrison ; but they forget that French friend- ship destroys the Bey's authority, and that he will be compelled to govern by force, which they must supply. It is the Afghan. business over again, and M. Gambetta must choose in the end between annexation and retreat. If he retreats, leaving an efficient Bey like Khaireddin Pasha, with a strong native guard,. there may be peace.
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