FRANCE SALUTES CHINA
SIGHING OF TARIFF AGREEMENT Proas Association=-By Telegraph==Copyriffht. HONGKONG, December 9G. (Deceived December -7, at 9.d0 a.m.) The French vessel Marne saluted the Chinese gunboat Choyu in the Yangtsze River, off Nanking. The salute was in connection with the signing of the now tariff agreement between China and France. The Choyu, living the ensign' of the rear-admiral, returned the salute. Political circles commented on the fact that the French salute followed closely upon the twenty-one-gun salute given after Britain had formally recognised the Nationalist regime. Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20059, 27 December 1928, Page 13
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90FRANCE SALUTES CHINA Evening Star, Issue 20059, 27 December 1928, Page 13
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