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make peace with China without

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first avenging lately sustained

the serious reverse

by

the French

arms in the recapture of Langson

in

Tonquin by the Chinese, should

not be viewed with satisfaction by the French Officers and residents

in

the Far East. I annix an

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article on this subject which has Enclos

"The Daily Press"

1885.

appeared in the leading journal of gagal dat

HongKong

4.

It is also truly observed

by the writer quoted that the

progress

made

by the Chinese fleet

and

and

years

army during the twenty-five that have elapsed since the

last war

is

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very

remarkable - "China such a position

is certainly acquiring

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as will enable her to offer a most formidable resistance to any demands made on her from

outside. Ster Southern troops have

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had a valuable schooling in the

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recent operations in Tonquin, the

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"effect of which is likely to continue

and spread to some extent in the

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armies of the adjoining provinces;

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while, in the meantime, the

organization