Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-23
COMMUNICATIONS.

] Ths Mother of the Tonquin Expedition. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: A certain ancient king whose name we have forgotten, whenever he heard of a new con- motion in any part of his realm, used to ask, ''Who is she 2'' This question has been an- swered, so far as the Tonquin expedition is concerned. by the Paris correspondent of the London Times She was Parisian siren, Mile. Valtesse.
 The first step was to give a seditious ban quet at St. Cloud, which was made conspieu- ous by a brilliant display of fireworks and shouts of 'tVive l'EmpIre." Accounts of the affair filled the columns of the Parisian newspapers for days and before the impress, sion had lost its freshness she wrote to Gam betta soliciting an interview. The request was granted At the Palais Bourbon she read before the statesman an account of Ton quin and it's resources which she said had been composed by herself, but which was really the work of Riviere.
 This interview, like Queen Esther's ban quet, was followed by another Gambetta adopted with enthusiasm the views set forth in the document, and, as soon as he found cabinet, sent Riviere to take Hanoi.
 Riviere was brilliant conversationalist; in words an utter skeptic to human virtue, but in practice sthe believed in crowding out bad passions in the human heart by appeal ng to good sentiments'' This principle he followed with great success among the na- tives of New Caledonia, a number of whom he changed from turbulent subjects into an admirable auxiliary army.
 Hia h0O1a T1nliov nf a 1nWaF 0rdar He believed that France had been so long governed by gallant kings in conjunction with vicious women that such ''power be- hind the throne' was not even yet to be dis regarded. Accordingly he took care to be on friendly terms with the actresses of the demi-monde.
 In New Caledonia he followed his better nature and was successful. In the Ton quin affair he laid his head in DeIilah's lap and perished. He had desired the appoint ment, but no sooner was it received than he felt presentiment of approaching death On the morning before he left Paris he said: q feel like man who is going to execution. I was never in my life so sen sitive to the beauties of a wintry climate It is the last time I shall enjoy them in Paris" :" The sequel we all know.
 That the Chinese question is entering into newspaper gossip, and is made the subject of comical engravings, shows that it's i'm pofGRnce IS Deglnnlng 70 D5 recognized as it deserves. The Chinese constitute fourth of the human family, all belonging to 8 single race, trained under one set of laws and institutions, and educated in the same literature. For such mass of people to fall into anarchy would be disaster to mankind. While, therefore, we do not wish France to be humiliated, we cannot help wishing sue cess to China in it's efforts to become an hon. ored member of the family of nations.
 If the Chinese were to break away from their conservative housekeeping habit, and adopt an aggressive business and commercial policy, they would be able, by reason of their immense numbers, to make their presence felt in every town on the globe. The future of China is more important to the United States than the nice adjustment of the tariff, and may become more interesting to New Haven than the fate of the old State House.