Pacific, but also capture or destroy
their main fort and Arsenal at Madivestock, So too the Chinese
could create a formidable diversion
in our
favour in the event of an advance of the Russiane against
British India, by attacking their
flank
in Central Asia with.
nuine roud
army,
with German
well equipped
n Cannon
a
and rifles,
and drilled by European and
-
etmerican Officers; _ an army which latterly held its own against the French forces both in
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Tonquin and in Formosa. I have
been in communication with the
present Viceroy of India (Lord Dufferin) on this subject; and I
believe that he
agrees
with
me
as to the practical importance of extending our intercourse and _ consolidating our friendly relations with China and Japan; with a
view not only to the increase
our
of
trade with those countries,
which contain vast material.
resources of almost every Kind;-
but also with a view
to
an
alliance
with