CHINA.
Russia is seeking an alliance with Japan against China, and also is making friendly overtures to the Emir of Bokhara, with the same eDd in view. The probabilities of trouble with the Celestial Empire are freely discussed at St. Petersburg, especially as China refuses to regard herself as bound by the recent Kuldja treaty. At St. Petersburg it is thought that a naval demonstration may have a salutary effect on the Cliiuese, and it will shortly be made. This step is partly due to the fact that the reactionary party in China 13 gaining the ascendancy, to the danger of all Europeans, whose respective Ministers have consequently asked for naval reinforcement in Chinese waters.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5760, 4 May 1880, Page 5
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