This code gave summary powers to French administrators, including the rights to arrest, try, punish and imprison subjects.

Creyke rescued several of the French administrators from death at the hands of the populace by taking the administrators prisoner.

"The tax collectors' strike is symbolic of a deeper malaise," a senior French administrator said.

He began nationalizing the civil service, replacing French administrators with less competent locals.

French administrators, soldiers, and missionaries were dedicated to bringing French civilization to the peoples of the colonies.

André Tulard (1899-1967) was a French civil administrator and police inspector.

Within 48 hours, all the French administrators and troops were captured, except for about 4,000 troops who fled into China.

On June 1, 1919 Meister resigned after the French administrator demanded he subdued to the separatist government.

It therefore received attention from French administrators and before that from the Catholic Church.

French administrators were assigned to all levels of government, and their role was, officially, to train Syrian counterparts in that particular function.