FRANCE SALUTES CHINA
(Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.5 a.m. HONG KONG, Wednesday. The French vessel Marne saluted the Chinese gunboat Choyu in the Yangtse River, off Nanking. The salute was in connection with the signing on December 22 of a new tariff agreement between China and France. The Choyu, flying the insignia of a rear-admiral, returned the salute. Political circles commented on the fact that the French salute followed closely upon the twenty-one gun British salute, which was given after Britain formally recognised the Nationalist regime.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 547, 27 December 1928, Page 9
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