CHIN A AND RUSSIA.
' China .is ready to welcome an English .alli.uice ngaiusb Russia if Afgiianiatau, Kftsbgar, or Corea is threateitud. Should ivar be declared, China would promptly hurl bur northern troops, well organised, drilled, and ruady, into the field against ihe Amoor provinces, which are weakly dufeuded. The English fleet, should scour J;he seas^'protect the coasts, .and transport the Chinese troops f roui Sou them fcJhina,; where they are uovr released to La^areH or elsewhere. " The Chinese troops ..ftn&.f prti'fication.B. are; ' strqng^n • the Manch urian frontier. Japau favours armri£ement strongly. ; Thgf northern troops aro the best m Chiaa. They are ueye^r, sent South, butare. kept ready ipr^afi^eiiSdr^eTicy m the> iiprthtv Thai Chigese'fleet pdseesses a nucleus of mosif valuable vessels, . heavily artned ; also torpedo boats; The Chinese army should be- directed by British. officers, and . the Gh i p e&p^ -ffl^st gofficejlfd jbyg Eii|rol|eajiß, dbult^apd^| ? b^ Bi'itilnV-^TEprglisß Paper. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 37, 11 July 1885, Page 2
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148CHINA AND RUSSIA. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 37, 11 July 1885, Page 2
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