The Tonquin War.
[reuter’s telegrams.] London, August 20. The Times in its issue this morning publishes a telegram from a correspondent at Hong Kong stating that Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, who had been directing the negotiations with the French Minister (M. Patentroe) at Shanghai, has been ordered to return to Nankin. The Times also announces that the Chinese Government is understood to be determined to oppose the French occupation of Kelung by force of arms, and that 500 (?) Chinese troops are about to proceed to Kelung. Hong Kong, August 20. The Chinese Plenipotentiaries who have been negotiating with M. Patentore, French Minister, with a view to the settlement of the Franco-Chinese difficulty, have now left Shanghai for Pekin, parleying having been abandoned as there was no prospect of an agreement being arrived at. It is now asserted that the French Government has instructed Admiral Courbett forthwith to occupy Foochow.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 215, 21 August 1884, Page 2
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151The Tonquin War. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 215, 21 August 1884, Page 2
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