The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-05
prom the hong Kong Register, August 81

So much attention has OF late been directed towards
an So much curiosity excited % tsc mo
Aw OF the flen government in sending out theT
sef expedition, hat trust Will prove unacceptable
70 cur readers We furnish slight sketch Of The relations
IAi have hitherto existed between France and Cochin
Sfna, and endelvor 10 point OF the by
wnea the government Of the former country has been
The Jeso, missionaries, VINO, ever since their estab-
hshment u the ss the formation Of the settlement Of
MACAO, have played so important part m Eastern poll
tics, seem have looked the court Of France
eir surest supporter IN the reign OF Louis XIV we nd
them endeavGisg 70 establish connection between that
sonhtTy ana San putths attempt though successful ~
hIsl, ended "a the expulsion OF ali the french
settlers III 1890. The settlement OF Pondicherry,
however, TeSdesd y easy Tor the Jesuts 70 cali
the Fran.n authorities there arbters, whenever
intestine divisions gave excuse for interference; and
although Tie superior Importance OF that colony and the
struggles ct winch the centre, directed the whole
az hNos1 tho h1ropean government y thst polnt yet,
when uc arms @d pohcy OF thve and Looe had succeed
ed ia ooshng heir influence in lindostan they looked
Cor socother gont wherein 10 establish themselves ana
Obtain IoWe@ which might form some counter p0se 10
the grew ing vssieht OF the East India Company
1hc opportunity Was not loag wanting From the end
q ih nees.h century to the close q the eighteenth,
pCaar aLd Cochin China seem 10 have been in
eoesant struggle for supremacy. In IVA We iad chem
-eai'y separate IN government, though CocnnChna was
ocmtnally tributary 70 the neighhorng kingdom.
Al thus rebellion broke out, headed by three bro
therc, kyn under the namc of the faysons who, with
thoad ofcomo TouQunese troops, defeated and umatey
c.wared he reigu'ng monarch HIS son led al army to
rte OF his father, but defeated takee snd be-
Aesoed. HIS wife, with her second son, Glong sueceed.
cd how per, in ping and took refuge with French
missions y The baaop OF Adran.
The struggle many years, during part Of
whchs MT Gia long was living IN exile AT Bangkok AT
st 1851 he entrusted his eldest IF the
Bshor OF Adrian, WHO empo~ered 20 take the young
prince France, claim the protection and assistance
~ la is XVI qAe copr az Versailles received The aon
satn' iayorably, II chimc1 IN with ter project of
caaf shng their influence in the East, ana concluded
Eeaiy with Cochin hIna known the treaty OF 1851
WHY a the present French claims are founded.
" luce the entun. undertook to aid IN replacing
@ia long the throne, and TO that eni furnish
seven regiments, five OF them being European, twenty
shios OF war; and million of dollars, half m warSe
~scres, and half in specie, payable in instruments Gia
promontory ana the adjacent islands, undertaking tor
I. for them, and maintain 10000 troops for their de-
scnce they should be attked IN their posses
They also TO have the liberty ot evying forty
thousand men or service tn India, and favorable terms
were granted 10 French commerce.
On the part France this treaty only partially
ried out; on the part OF Cochin China not a. al
Some MILITARY stores were sent, and orders despatched
70 the Count de conway the French Governor General at
Iondeheuy, to furnish TROOPS, and vhat else might be
required for the expedition. But successful Monseg
neur Aaran haa been NJ Versailles, he was FAR from be-
,ng SO III lndn Having contriyed 10 oiond Madame de
Vienne, Conway mistress, the ASSISTANCE refused
and the young prince and hrs guardian were forced to
their route with other aid beyond what they
brought from France than that afforded from private
sources IL was however ample Tor inc ska and energy
Of the few volunteers VINO anoed 1890 enough
enable Ga-0ng TO form disciplined army, drive the
Taysons and eventually annex Tonqln and Cambodia
hrs recovered kingdom.
The outbreak Of evolution the great European war
tsat out Of II, and the crippled state ~ French
snaIce and French commercial spirit ~ s close, pre-
vented the entire fshim NJ o tho promises that had
bean made, aud necessarily confined the attention of the
government OF France TO questions nearer home. Mes
sisurs Vanior ana Chagneu, 81 the small band Of
auxares who hac sailed from Pond. CHERRY, st remain
ed at the OF Cha long. and, oy their ability
Of NJ Olivier, enabled that monarch TO form powerful
arsenal, and to forfy cectnaly imprsguabv perhaps,
against Asates several OF the cites oCoch China va
and Chaigneau rewarded with high the
court am tae latter or these gentlemen, whose nf
had prevented the reception English en-.
hassy 10y the GOV General of india, 1919
appointed Consul General FOR he Empire Of An
nam This however, appears TO have been the only d.
riomac relation existing between the tw3 countries for
many years.
In 1879 Ga long died lis only legitimate son the pro
tege OF Bishop Adrian, had died twenty previously
and ilegiumaie son Meng .menf. succeeded to the
throne. Tbs prince, man apparently of brutal dis
position aud wanting both the talents aud courage Of his
father alter his succession 20 tie throne recognized
tie suzeraty q the Emperor og China Aud the early
part OF hi reign marked 10y series of revos At
ength, ia 1888 ne issued cct the object OF which
The entire destruction Of Cn istlauty n his domiuons
AT Christian churches and the houses Of the priests
ordered " be rzed 10 the ground and The converts
required traue the Cross under their feet Those who
refused 10 obey were to be put to death and their pro-
perry csudscstcd.
perishcd BY yaaton. the other consequence
Of The snertgs and atguee he hal 10 undergo at the
nfst outbreak o. ts persecution. Another. NJ Marclaud
who arrested 81 1885. met with fate. lie had
been taken prisoucr by band Of rebels headed by
tress stUtmea by Nurucngs troops N September Of
that year Mar hand taken with other prisoners,
tried for compcty with the rebels. lis innocence was
proved while the leaders II the insurrecton
merely ut death he sentenced N the torture, the
nesh beng from bis limbs with red bot psuoprs He
Survived and fos weeks confined IN a cage s.
small that be could neither stand i've IN ~ the
!
ture q The tcd bot ron aud was ultimately cot up while
yet alive, oa November co. 1885.
In ls4l AMI 1872 Eve other missionaries arrested
soourged threatetci WIN bftAfe ana Condemned TO
death. but that time there British forces China
and French squadron On the coast aud toe execution n
The sentence delayed 40 length The commanian Of
the Heron heard q, hcr arrest aud. on b.. respon-
tioity, proceeded % Touan and demanded thor liberia
ton. The Aunancsc autb0 e Al hrst denied the pre-
scne Of any foreigners IA the country but the French
o'scr threatening q 20 a. once e tue lihe cpa with
he vessel they not given up. the nvc msslolAres
~ leprth cent board the st n March 1913
TIC same year Mos. Lefcvrc, Bishop q isauro.
polls. head ~ the Cochin Chinese Nilsson. arrested.
Rut the Acueic beng despatg bel by Cecic
10 deint bic freedom ~ 80 a liberty, after
month incarceration, 20 May, lsl4 On this OCCASION
nieuftf, who had srcDeodca ID tie throne is4l. *
lressee aaaslre T. csttbtish commercial relations With
ms I hayc drec,ed thc attention u tfe Fronch
70 toet1 China The .tut.css attempt u NJ tr fonigny
~ mslf h,w treaty aud the capture q che forts ~
Tourau ~ to ate ,ommtrlauta h lleur IL e CatnAt
are to- fge.At iof ~ ~ tlAk "a necessary g. swell
already iag article by mDlc then abiding 10 iher, T,e
policy, hox ever ~ recurring the treaty l-s7 hai
Teen brought before the uuos the French government
sad reas for armed interference wa NOT iur- ss,u,
nv. u was gwen ny thc martyrdom 81 Bishop tiA1 "a
nqun. ~ which formal complaint made last
ycar b. tho Fr.neI ani Sfanards but % sttfaet On
Ia -ag 0scE Afforded, the prcscut expedition rs
izs O. Ueg M rtitr-s. 80 iutH punishment and
lie ssuc NJ Il enforce tie Imminent a the treaty b.
tw n Calau- 4Ld Louis XVI
loiicy t-it bal been indicated i tn outset by
Mon glcur Adrian. u forming aud consolidating a
frcS d settlement beyond the reach ~ existing British
into u, naturally commended itself % the minds 81
treu diponat..ts Il tine when tle interests 81 the
fwUN Jntrea not closely unEet they uow are
II afo Del ihu come Ate oouu4crpo.se ~ our growing
IoSs ia lhc East and The means OF encouraging their
Ia uai resent day when these ga0uscs diving Uvl
The min ~ at thntue men, frcsh have arisen
toreotr, BOT ~ extending relations II France with
China h. induced hope TIA, a settlement Al rouraa.
though pflhttss ID itself except military station |
may cv,a3tuaily ofcu VII frseh communication with
China lie one hand and Cambod.a tie other aud
thus prov, frcsh sep gained ID breaking through lie
hMueR .. I.stsfh tLc.asiN'he@s. lAe eociean.tcal
Jarty cox itrWard "a e wth more a. B, wl pryert them