LI HUNG CHANG'S VISIT.
—— THE VICEROY INTERVIEWED BY THE TIMES. London, August 4. The Times publishes an interview with Li Hung Chang. He England to consent to higher import duties on the grounds that the value of silver since the agreement with China was signed has been reduced one-half. The increased revenue would be largely spent on the purchase of military stores, the creation of a new army and navy, and building warships in England on English lines, to be manned by English officers. The Viceroy stated that he had already signed contracts for rifles in France and artillery in Germany. He expressed surprise at the sympathy in England with Japan in the late war.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 86, 5 August 1896, Page 2
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