Colonial policy dismantling native commands required staffing that colonies lacked

Evidence

These instructions were not, of course, always followed, for individual governors realized that dismantling the commands in question could have disastrous implications for maintaining French rule, since they presupposed sufficient European personnel or African collaborators to take the place of the displaced sovereigns. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1140

Categorization

• XREF: Similar to how administration of extraction at a distance depends on local intermediaries — echoes the reader’s interest in ramifications of imposing republican governance.