Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-04
WAR CLOUDS.
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Fifteen thousand Chinese troops have
crossed the Mongkai in Chiua aud are pro
ceCding to Naidnuug. A squadron ut
vessels is loading at Shanghai with troops,
ammunition aud torpedoes.
| The French General BOuot, the com
mauder of the Fronch forces ut Aunam,
has demanded ot tho war department. an
| additional reinforcement Of 5000 mon
| The country is still suffering from floods
| Tie French admiral has issued a notice
declaring all the ports OF Aunam, including
Saigon, IN a state of blockade.
| Inc Chinese government has issued a
formal protest to the great powers, doolar.
| ing that the treaty Cf peace between
| France aud AMMAN, sigued Mt Hue, is
! void, rs the king of Aunam was forced by
the French To- sign It,
| n dispatch from Hong Kpus says
The war cloud over Anuam daily thick
ems. Open hostilitics ou tho part of the
Chinese have sprung up so suddenly that
the French are taken by surprise 80 900
| Chinese troops have beon mlssed for say
eral months on the Touquiu frontier. The
order of march was not given until after
China was Informed that the French, after
taking Hue, tho capital of AMMAN, had
| compelled the Annameso to sign q couveu-
| tion recognizing the French occupation
| ana Frances right to supervise the collec-
tion aud distribution of the customs duties
aud certain taxes. China, it is understood,
made no official remonstrauce against this
| convention for tho reason that she had
| previously,in an ultimatum To the French,
stated explicitly that she would accCdo to
no French occupation that did not recog
| nizs Chinese suZsrainty over TOuquin, the
vlsSalage of Auuam to China, aud Chiua's
! right to collect port dues in TOnQuin.
| lNN In tNll trnNns nAynl hpypul tho
| frontier were hurried across the Tonquiu
| country lying between that frontier aud
| the sang kOi river, III Touquiu, IN
sUuthwCsterly direction. The reports 10
| CcivGd show that the Chinese troops
lost no time in crossing the sang kOt
river aud in marching straight upon
lladOug ono of the first places taken by
the French after they succeeded in master.
ing Hanoi. Intelligence has Just been rO
ceiyed that the approach OF the Chinese
troops toward llaidong the Auuamose
forces under French supervision, marched
out in force - oppose th,ir progress, The
Anuamese were repul ed by tho Chinese,
who, at last accounts, were fighting their
way toward Haidong.
1t is supposed that II they succeed In
taking llidong the troops will next
march against Hanoi The advance army
is bying WI sIppD.iAl by the arm
massed ut the frontier. which is beiDg con.
stantly reinforced. \ Chinese guuboat
has gone out from Foo Chow as an escort
70 a fleet OF merchant vessels The Chi
nese squadron here is rapidly loaded with
troops aud ammunition. \ torpedo ser.
vice is being put in readiness Is fast as
possible. The city is all hustle aud ex
cltement over the sudden warlike activity.
France ana tho United states.
The charge d'aiiairs of France has ia.
| formed the department of state at Wash.
| ington that the government Of that repub
| lie having been led 70 interfere in the
| affairs OF TOnTuin and to occupy that
| province for the purpose OF restoring
order, has been compelled To adopt
measures to prevent arms aud munitions
of war being sent u Aunam for the pur-
| pose of strengthening its enemies tha',
consequently, the commanders ofthe French
| naval force have been ordered to
| exercise strict SuTvillanCe in the Gulf Of
! TOnquin, aud 70 search all suspected
vessels entering Aunam's ports, those YES
sells which, after having received special
notice of the prohibition Of the trade in
arms, shall still endoavor 70 discharge
| their cargOes or to run the blackade 10 be
| seized The charge d'aiIirs further
| states that the treaty which was conclud
cA Ocl"ttu rance anu AMMAN III 10 ! 4,
| whereby certain ports were open To foreign
| commerce, irrespective of nationality, pro.
vides that "armS and munitions of war
| shall neither be exported nor imported, :"
| and that the French commission in Ton
! quin aud the commanding officer of the
| squadron have been instructed TO take all
| necessary measures to enforce this pgovi
| sion.
| The Cause sDd Effect OF ID ostiIities
When the invasion OF Tonquiu by a
| French expediti0uary force began in June,
China notified France that she would not
object TO any treaty between that power
aud AMMAN being made, il in it her sover.
| eign right were clearly recognized. She
said she did not wish war, hut that rather
than surrender these rights she was pre-
pared TO take the consequences. In the
recent treaty forced upon the Annamese
| king, China's claims were disregaTded.
| Hence the threatened war.
The Chinese army contains about l20, 600
men. Probably 10000 of these are armed
with the most approved implements of
war, including American breech loadiug
rifles. The French forces now in Toquiu
muster $500 men, or including sailors,
| about 10, 900 in all.
An important aspect of the news by
cable is the blockade of Annamese ports,
and the interruption of commerce between
China and the United States and Great
Britain. Ia 1880 foreign nations sent into
China, cotton, metals and coal, TO the
value of slS, 100000