The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-24
FRANCE AND CHINA.
The War has Begun in Earnest


The War has Begun in Earnest.
Paris, 23.-1 p. m. Three per
centimes this morning before the
regular opening Of a bourse, were
buoyant at II francs, 95 confines
for account, on a report that u
Fong Poa, Chinese minister, would
continue negotiations with the
French government.
81. Petersburg, 23.-Three iron
clads start Immediately. to reln~
force the Russian fact in Chinese
waters.
London, 2S.-The Exchange tele-
graph ompany, on the authority of
the Chinese embassy, states that
Foo Chou was bembarded by the
French, this morning
A Shanghai dispatch, at six this
evening, says: "It is reported the
French captured the Chinese feet
at Foo chow. Two French boats
we're SUNK
A Telegram from Pekln announces
that XII Hung was instructed to
make pacific advances.
London, pa dispatch from
Shanghai this mo. ming says: Ad-
miral CourbeL has announced bis
intention of bombarding the arsenal
Of Foo Chow to day. The French
consul in this city has lowered his
flag.
Advices from Pekin of yesterday
state that the governors of YuDan
and @ langsi have received impersn
tive orders TO march their forces
into Tonquin.
A dispatch to the Times which
left Foo Chow at 2 Is p. M, to-day
says: "Hostilities began this after
noon at 2 o'clock"
Paris. %, 10 a. m.-Government
has received no news from Foo
Chow to~day. Ii Fong Poo, Chi
nese minister, has not yet lefG Paris.
LIE Titan and LIE Francaise assert
that the Toung Ii Yamen tele~
gra pied him not TO leave France.
London. IS "A Times dispatch
from Foo Chow at I this mornib g
says: "At 0 O'Clock last night ADJ
miral Courbet officially announced
that he had received orders from
Paris to make reprisals. The Brit
ish vice consul left lat night and
reached the English gun boats a!
midnight"
1t is reported that Ii Fong Poe
was instructed by imperial decree to
settle the DISPUTE on the best terms
possible.
A Chinese official telegram states
that the French are DESTROYS of &
settlement. This message was sent
however, before it wan announced
that the French had began firing al
Foo Chow at O'Clock this afternoon
Paris 23.-2 80 p. M. Three pei
cent. rents opened this morning 81
IS francs, 21l confines for account
hut have since fallen to II francs
92115 confines.
London, 23.-Merehants ant
underwriters of London held 1
meeting to-day to consider the bear
ing of the Franco Chinese difficulty
on neutrals, as Prime Mlniste.
Ferry had announced that the bonn
bardment of Kee Lung would no
create q state OF war, but simply b.
a means of furthering French Ne
gotiations with China. Inquiry wa
raised in the meeting whether TIT
AdmlraPs court should admit Eng
lish or German vessels loaded witt
arms into Foo Chow. One neutra
vessel, 1t was stated, was now er
route to that port with q cargo o
dynamite ordered by the VIceroy,
The meeting resolved to urge Ear
Granville, secretary of foreign af
fairs, to press France to define he
intention regarding neutrRls.
| Paris, 23.-It is semi>of1lciallJ
stated that inasmuch as France ha
not declared war, neutral vessel
igoing to China will not be subjec
to the restrictions which would b
imposed in actual war.
| London, 23.-The Eastern Tele
graph company has given noticl
that owing to hostilities in Fo'
Chow kilograms to that point vii
be accepted only at the sender
risk. Such kilograms have to go VII
Shanghai to Foo Chow, over tn
Chinese wire.