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this despatch-ean reach England. However, I enclose a published
account of the affair from
tof
another eye-witness.
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My last official
letter from the British Minister
at leking (dis Harry Parkes), is
the 19th instant. He
dated on
writes: "All that I can now say "is that the Chinese Government
apparently resolved not to
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are
allow the hostile action
of
the
French to force them to declare war; and that the present
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anomalous state of affairs may,
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"therefore, continue to be prolonged.
Enelozuri.)
4.
I am in
informed.
on
reliable authority that, if the- Chinese do not soon come to terms, the next step taken by the French will be to destroy the Forts at Woosung, at the entrance of the river leading to Shanghai, the
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or some other of the Forts on coast of the Empire. The French
Naval Officers and Consule
disclaim
any
intention of
attacking the Treaty Ports, or of
damaging
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