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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