The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-28
FRANCE AND CHINA.
A Frenchman'S Views in Re-
gard to the Trouble.
BY THE SKIN OF ITS TEETH.
German Unity on the Brain The
French Sporting Season - A
Motley Array-A Few
Recipes.
sDscill Correspondence OF THE HERALD. ]

SDeci1l Correspondence oi 1hE nEhAhN'J
PARIS, September Sd, 1884.
The expected attacked on Canton will
No = better test of the offensive and
defensive power of the French and
chinese. than Foo Chow. Even were
they at war, that trial will be executed
DC # they were foes. Naval people are
anxiously looking forward TO the result.
The French count also upon stirring up
the rabble of Canton to rise and meet
ing. In the mcles some
"roREIaN DEVILS" MAY GO UNDER,
and so necessitate the active interven-
ton of neutral gunpowder, 1t is also
surmised that the fire of Instruction
once ignited on the Pearl River, will
extend over the whole Empire. This is
tbe doctrine Of chances. But ii Is Il
notorious fact, that although China has
in berdav knocked over Ler thrones and
her dvnasties as if French, the Empire
remains lust what it was some 1000
wears ago, when Abraham and Lot were
Shepherds, and Joseph Elceroy OF
Egypt. .r,,,, .,,o;.
attack ON Canton by an invasion OF
Southern China from Tonqun. 80
fbere will ice plenty OF work Ter the
peaceful helligerents Siam becomes
inns a bnfTer between France and Eng
land-the latter ought TO look after and
Dnrotect'' the white elephant monarchy
in time. All craftsmanship consists IN
foresight Respecting the foreign con-
cessions-' in China, these are not neutral
territorr, China remaining stII the
ground landlord; consequently France
could take these also as a gage, q u
mode the Foo Chow arsenal, only with
more difficulty in entering minis. a
skit in a funny folks paper represents
cannon ball cutting . Chinese soldier III
two IS NJ. Fery'S gage.
The radicals make no Roadway with
the agitation for the calling OF the
Chambers together, to consider the sit
uation. Unless China does something
a>t0HiShingly unexpected, that measure
Will not he prematltrely reSorted 10.
The deputation OF VI. 6tneyy will result
In his telling them that his private
country residence Is mai the los elgn
office; then ii the delegates be gurners,
dsi,Her. an excursion in honor OF st.
Partridge, or . kazing around theTabbit
Narrens. II the weather be wet, there
are billiards to fall back upon, Or fenc
sing exercises led his ~ wide-a~a4se SON
in-law. NJ Wilson.
Historically. offieiGl France Il rarely
a happy family in foreign parts. 1t
Is not surprising, chen, that General
llilot has resigned. He alleges his i'll
ness proceeds srom 'EtroltbIcs sGaguiilS;;"
literally exact whers fighting IS more
or less alailv occupation. Politics have
little to do with the recall. but blund-
eriug ab0ut1ae Lenpson affair has more
This radicals take uP the General as
martyr 10 GFr0rtunisn, scaIte-goat Tor
The cabinet, etc, and ring tt2e changes
accordingly 1t OEly now remains tor
them to rug the General fora senator
ship, as they did Major Labdrde. But
this throwing OF p6E%ics in the wheels OF |
military distil,iineis very bad
WORE sEE1oys uKAv-uHE wAR. F7CTH CHINA,
or the spaspodic s8,eling Of the Hovas
in the namsof the rights OF lman, is the
financial STATE OF the country. The
budgetisips deficit OF 200, OOG9OO francs;
100000 sterling, $4G,OOl,e0O. The
revenue returns laaep steadily declining,
and new s6ErCeS u TAXA tionere invisible
70 the naked eve. No wonder the Min
lSter OF Fiaance has dacheS, and
passes as many slespless NIGHTS as used
bismarck before he became as thin as
fhaTaoh lean kine. A patriotic news
paper galvanized abe minister into
nope by Indicating that the Orleanist
PrlnceS Eeye ,overfaid some $4,000, 600,
When they demanded in 1871 from the
miSeneS q France an indemnity for the
eviction p1aetiaed on them by that
saviour Of slciety, Napoleon III. But
tAe Orleaulst Princes make ne mistakes
IN money matters; they had their
receipts 10 demonstrate the error.
Another winGfaH "a thing of beauty,
nut as ShOrt-lived asa snow fake on the Y,
Ilyer-waS the Chinese indemnity of
-2OOgOO0J- Both igais tat,,ii. Nothing
remains but 20 yes0n. to national loan
then will come
THE TUG&F WAR.
The Comte de Paris may chucfle over
The Republic drifting into tight
Place, but his own fortunes are not
r-,''' uldily enVlable aust now. Philippe
VII. N passc, is being called upon TO {
explain, what are his intentions. what +
\, III us Is creed. Act or abdicate," say the {
G slu fioyalisrs, parodyirg the formula of {
"a, 1.'IIoetta'S summons 80 MacMelhon,
summit or resign" The Coant wants I
y, >au still between wind and water: if '
r r speaks, the Republic will make him I
1-ofe on; if he remains silent. his {
sI-,tzanS will throw him up, and bestow S
iS n q affections on Don I1an, a Bourbon
4 whom there is no guile, and father of L
I Jrs red prince" Don Carlos. Don a
III IN Is not bad kind of merry mon +
T r.fa retired from business; but the last {
a Unity you could iuhict on that bird S
= l,tieedom, is to ask him TO become one c
"e Lerd's Amounted. !
NJ ,1SAfPe4yTNENr TRACKS THE STEPS c
and I' e The alliance between France v
re5.bo,e..nany is already as dead as a
which chm; Those German journals s
G,,5 'i'adeyuch siren advances n rho t