The Franco-Chinese War.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 98, 28 March 1885, Page 3

The Franco-Chinese War.

from a^rt^afe l letter /^wljicV, appears; s iti the " Shanghai Courier ' of January 20tbi l 8 e t n3&J6iich- tfbloSkade' of • Formosa is a complete 'farce; The languagfe-of tto£ cot*osp6h<lent : isi not very tVMe&'j b«t-it % J explicit arid Ma ' the p;bia^.^T^ <( 6teatiiejr; f ¥sm has jSiSWB4 H^ft^ ! ..aiipthe,v,s»ci cessfiibw%to f.Eormosaji making her fourtli^rW" 1 %&<* &<*&' not take soVdiers^ ;^iVi*i bf wat ? bMt agri-, cultnnsts 0 ' and 1 the' sinews of waiv This last fortnight there has not been a Frei^«toabuofcdwa)SFidbwn off Tak'oW ( or Tuit«»aA^^,f'«t) Pinion has ' spread herself considerably^in fchifr vicinit^i'-^per^e^^heti they arrive at thil^^^^'l^! ; i?^ cr 9t ,Q? &M\*, success jtftieKSnp^'ihat.the Frenchhave U^esirWftrftediabont, their steamer, bututheiWooKadeiisno' blockade at all ariS f{ Adm!ral (! o<6urb;ett is disgust/; ships and he wants jnsn^.bnt he cannot get 'em." The£e}[abjlity of this news cannot be doub.ted, aud the Formosa blockade must %e' declared a failure and ; mi Worthy of the recogirition of the neutral Powers. In addition to the four trips made to the so-termed blockaded" island, it is wellknown that the«f . Waverley and Whaoa have had it all their own way so far asirfe 'French; men 7 6f-war are conceded "an^tUese:fhree " blockade' runners are' siipp'osed'' to be steamers . that cannot get out of their own way. They ftfthagV.'tp^ao , so soirieHyay or other, ■ano* f ttiw sucbpß's 'must be'particulariy,galling to •tKe^allani Ad T . miral w^uMAf I( ttie' ; ehtoe'sqnad^ ron so^^^n^e'MiiiiriVer. When, his long-expe9ted°fefnt6rceiaerits arrive,^^howe«'we'' t may v h:aW'a differi enttafe'^&l^ - 1 ;' :■-/':, ;:i ; i:C ,