BRITISH AND FOREIGN
[ByEleotbio Telegraph—Copyright.] [Reuter’s Agency.] [Received Jan. 15,1884,1 a.m.] France and China* London, Jan. 14. Telegrams have been received here reporting that the Chinese Government has decided to oppose the French operations in Tonquin. and that a strong body of Chinese troops has commenced an advance against Bacninb, with a view of occupying the town and holding it against the French. Hong Kong, Jan. 13. News is to hand from China stating that French missionaries have been maltreated by the populace in several of the Chinese cities, and that some of them have been imprisoned by the Chinese authorities. Egyptian Affairs* Cairo, Jan. 13. The Egyptian Minister for War and the Colonies has steamed for the Soudan to supervise the evacuation of Khartoum, which will commence immediately on his arrival there.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3364, 15 January 1884, Page 2
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