, 1869-07-12

The Sucz Canal and the Trndo with
China

L
China
From Tx T,nu Nall Gazete, jung ..
The visit Of the Vicercy, obviously connected
with the opening Of tte Suez Canal is sufficient
ly convenient occasion for pointing out come OF
the results Wnich the great WORK Of n. Iesaeps ID
likely 70 prodnce. No doubt next autumn, alter
the festival of the Inauguration, all Ihc European
Iapers will be died Win detailed explanations Of
Latter which as yet the g1eater part Of Europe
see1ns to regard as lhlnX only III liz Infancy.
With the exception Of FEance, which Il interested
n she canal T. y, oo91e espse, q p1epaetos
INTO tho possession of the whole trnde OF Egypt,
Austria y the only country that has taken dly
practical tteps IN ANTICIPATION Of the changes the
Europe with Ash md more ee.-e@S.iiy with Ch1nA
And JarAn. The Government Of Vicnna, perfectly
AWaEt OF the importance Which the port Of TEeste
il shout to Aequire, has serE IN Important exped-
ron 10 the eh3ef p!aeea ct Eastern Asia, with 4
view to tnqutr- into the conditions OF their unde
"A veil a. 70 introduce samples Of Austrian mAnu-
tactures Into The new uarketa, The se6ulL Of thls
expedition must be, no doatd, Of great importance
t1r AtBsf3a, ind HA rrtuEl Is looked tosGard 10
believed 70 have bcen formed IN a u1ore Aat1siac-
tory manner than might nave been expected of
Bureaucratic Austria It. seenS TO be composed Of
tents- NJ other continental nation has as Jet
doae anything In tola way. athooIh the interesu
Of all Of them are involved In Tits matter. nnd
nA8t, We icar, turn to .ne disadvantage Of Eng
Ind if Il N1 NOT tAke Ay spetat steps In accord
ance With the new circumstances. some Of which
EE kaA nero 30Q1C2lEs
The Impulse Which the sue1 Canal must e4re to
thr trade ui Spain, 1ta1y 4nd Greece may De LEFT
on. Ct view as Icing o1 mere ocAI !uterest In con
oi % those {, oountriea' Bat Il. aiso, We pus aside
Erauce, hich y III apply I'll commercial energies
chiefly and fuF the trst time 70 the development
mt thst the changes likely 70 lake plsce In the
trade Tie resi- OF Europe Hi1i be very coua1det.
aele ,ndseds a. Trieste r @ odessa, Iagsarog and tae
IN importance that they neyer possessed before,
and which might eaally raise them In some re-
sLecss " the rank ol MhrseIles. u not 70 hat OF
parcea pI goods Of The same quality and At the
sauc price are consigned 70 China. the one from
Trieste o. Odessa, the other from London, The
former VIII hATe al the sdVaotagsa Of = con.ider-
4bly reduced trelehr and Of about
conditions must Inevitably bencnt the productions
England, Holland, and partly Of France. To AUS
tIsa and Rnssta may be Added also a part OF Ger
many. German factories, h!tuaied ii distance
Of about egh. 70 ~ elre hon1s by sz1l from Eenna
4l!i obtath all the Advantages Of communication
Nth Eastern Asia by anall ships load! ng ut rleu-
na sailing dSn e. as
feShpplnE. OF coarse, great advantages VIII stu
be ou the eide Of The be=t produce but In the u1he
see ,t s ns 1ss
at oil probable that Ge rnany. the trade being CT
t3tllshcd, will teIra,n from improving its produce,
II the demand &1Egests Improvement
a lately pabnshed Russian report on the China
trade states tnnt the whole Of this trade Imports
= be, .0Hoi year, OF which the English share Is
l,o2auu O0Ok, and TINT Of RuszIa only sa00O, ,000f.
overland Trade, rld s!beEa) Such . PROPORTION
vii not be 80 soon changed In favor Of kussla, It
is, nj NJ, events, sure to be chlnged IN favor Ut
Germany and Anatr!a- In matter Of cotton uanu-
England, but both Of them csn fairly compete In
common woollcn manufactures. In common