THE FRANCO - CHINESE DIFFICULTY. War Impending. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.]
[hhl run's tklkch wr.s.] Kom: Kone, November 24. J\ itlum vci: to hand fioni Canton shows th.it active pi ep.uations, in wow of an outbieak of wai with Fiance, aie hemp made w ltliout ce -.-.ation in that city, and th.it the Impenal tioops arc now being mussed there. r riio thi (Wtomns .ittifnde of the natives tow.udstlie European lesidents has not in .mv \v.i\ sulm(lihl It lias h.ui^piiod tli.it H'lation-. of an nittnint.* ch.uactei exist between the Clinu^o (Jo\ eminent and the JJl.ick J (l la^s, and that .1 sreiet tioat>, the terms of winch aie not, howevoi, known, has been concluded between the two people^. ft is now ooiisuleicd that an outbreak of <icti\e hostilities between Fi.mco and ('lnna is iue\ iLiblc, .:nd that an open declai.ition of wai will not be delayed foi any loiil> tli of time. Jli'poits to hand fioni Tonqniu th.it the Chinese troop-, lu\e aheady assumed the oitoihno, and that a foice of 0000 attacked the 'Kiench position at HaidHnonj^ (t-ie), but retieated after seven houis' iiffhtiii^. (lieat anxiety and alaim at the^eiious aspect ofafiaiisaio felt by the l']uroi)eaiib in China. Puns, No\enibei 23. iSe\ei. - >l addition.il tiauspoits aio hiMiij? equipped for the comeyance of fuither leinfoieoinentb of Kieneh tioo])s to Tonquin.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1778, 27 November 1883, Page 2
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217THE FRANCO-CHINESE DIFFICULTY. War Impending. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1778, 27 November 1883, Page 2
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