WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND CHINA.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright,
DECLARATION BY CHINA OF WAR AGAINST FRANCE. (Received September 2, 0.55 a.m.) Hong-Kong, August 31. It is currently reported that China has issued a declaration of war against Fiance, and that the Japanese Government has been notified to that effect. An official proclamation has been published at Canton setting a price upon the heads of Frenchmen residing in Chinese territory. September 1. The report regarding the declaration of war by China, telegraphed yesterday, refers to Japan, not to France, a dispute having arisen between the Chinese and Japanese-Governments regarding the Loo-choo islands, the sovereignty of which is claimed from China by Japan. It is generally believed that hostilities between those countries are imminent.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2557, 2 September 1884, Page 2
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