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boy of 14.
3. My latest official intelligence
from Peking is
of
the 4th instant;
at which date it was not known
how the Chinese Government
would regard the fall of Bucninh;
that is, whether they would
consider it casus belli
with France,
as Marquis
Tseng appears to have
stated
in Londow.
Instructions have
been sent
to Paris and
The best judges
believe, as I have said
previously, that China
will
still avoid an open and
formal rupture with France, and will continue
to play
a waiting game.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord.
Your Lordship's
most Obedient
Humble Servant,
5. Bowen