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French soldiers, recently arrived from
France.
4.
It will be seen,
therefore, that the French have three
Ironclads in China, while we have
only one Ironclad; and that now at
a distance of several days' steaming
from this Colony.
Dr.
In previous despatches
I have glanced at the fact that...
Hong Kong is removed by only
seven or eight days' steaming from Vladivostok, the great Russian Port
on the Pacific, where
there is a powerful squadron and a strong garrison and Arsenal.
6.
I need scarcely say
I do not share the alarm loudly
expressed by a portion of the Press and the English community here;
with whom
my family and I
have much pleasant talk with Admiral Meyer and his officers;
with whom we are on the most
friendly terms still, in sober
earnest, it would be
futile to deny that, in the event
of a sudden
outbreak of hostilities, Hong Kong,
with