L'Écho du Sud
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Front page of 11 January 1930
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Ferber Enterprises[1][2]
Founder(s)Louis Cambrézy
Founded13 April 1929 (1929-04-13)
Political alignment
LanguageFrench
CountryMadagascar
Websitelechodusud.com

L'Écho du Sud (French pronunciation: [leko dy syd]) is a French weekly newspaper founded in 1929 by Louis Cambrézy.[4]

History

Page of L'Écho du Sud, 9 March 1935

On 13 April 1929,[5] Louis Cambrézy, a French settler,[6] founded the newspaper L'Écho du Sud: organe des intérêts généraux du Sud de Madagascar, in Fianarantsoa.[7] Its goal was initially to maintain an active newspaper following the disappearance the previous year of La Voix du Sud, another newspaper founded in Fianarantsoa by Jules Thibier.

Its head office is located on Avenue Clémenceau, in Fianarantsoa, and it is printed by the Imprimerie du Betsileo. It is distributed at a price of 0.40 francs.[7]

The newspaper appears every Saturday and deals with general information in Madagascar.[7]

It is thanks to this newspaper that Louis Cambrézy was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1935, by Louis Rollin, Minister of the Colonies.[8]

Editorial stance

The newspaper is openly in favor of colonialism and the maintenance of France in Africa, its founder having himself taken part in the Second Madagascar expedition. From 1936, he sided with the Spanish Republicans who were victims of the Francoists. During the Second World War, the newspaper took a stand against Vichy France,[3] which persecuted its founder Louis Cambrézy[9] for his membership in Freemasonry.[10]

References

  1. "Mentions légales". lechodusud.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. "Our brands". ferberenterprises.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Jean-François Bérel. "Francs-maçonneries lointaines". La Cliothèque. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. "Fichier d'autorité international virtuel". viaf.org. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. "L'Écho du Sud". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  6. "Louis-Léon Cambrezy (1874-19..)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Gallica. "L'Écho du Sud: organe des intérêts généraux du Sud de Madagascar". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  8. "Recherche - Base de données Léonore". www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  9. "LISTE DES FRANCS-MAÇONS DE MADAGASCAR STIGMATISÉS PAR LE RÉGIME DE VICHY" (PDF). www.entreprises-coloniales.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  10. Le Bras, J. "L'antimaçonnisme militant d'une partie de la presse Malgache (1905-1945). Chroniques d'histoire maçonnique, 87, 50-75". cairn.info. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
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