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And in the level and open Country, and in the Delta of the river Songea, by the suppression of Piracy of roving bands of insurgents - All further military operations in the hilly and broken locality, to the North, near the frontier of China, are now necessarily stopped by the periodical rains of the hot season, and cannot be resumed before late autumn.
An extract from an article from the leading Journal of Hong Kong, which sums up correctly the present Condition of affairs in Fouquien.
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of mentioning that the Chief newspapers of Saigon, (the capital of the French Province of Cochin-China), state that it is proposed to substitute "Indo-Chine Française" for the present superscription of "Cochin Chine Française".
This is one among many significant proofs of the accuracy of what I had reported on more than one occasion, viz: that the main object of the French in this quarter of the globe, is to carry out their old national Policy of founding an Eastern Empire by establishing themselves in Indo-China.