The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-26
France and China.

DdEOD 1ctOOu1CCA fACACh 0N
dor to Germany, was summon q 10
Paris on Friday and returned TO
Berlin on Saturday with LIE FoLg
Pao, Oh ne g min s'er. Baron DE
Courcel was overheard to remark 10
O memher f the Chinese legation 81
the dr. pot, iLet us hope the jour,
ney VIII be favorable to each OF US.
The Dombsrdment OF Foo CHOW
began at . O'Clock this afternoon and
cessed at s p m. Only one Chinese
battery replied. The report that
two French vessels we're sunk DUR
ing tho engagement Is ros con-
flrmed.
Shanghai, 24-Foo Chow arserai
was DESTROYED Yesterday after three
hou,s' b3mbardment By Couroets
squadron. Seven Chinese gunDoaIs
were sunk; two escaped. The Euro
pean settlement was undtst1rOeu.
OF the Chinese men of war wh'cn
escaned the French bombardment
at Foo CHOW. One was stranded
and had her bach broken, and me
other met with no miahap. The
French recommended firing to-day,
directing their shots against tins
Pagodas. 1t ia surmised The o Jsct
of the renewed attack is TO entirely
obliterGte the place. French trans
ports are Smelling the villages on Inc
heights around The arsenal.
London, PA Times Foo CHOW
dispatch dated Sunday, pm, eays:
The French shelled tbs barracks
and camps near GuantO. No resist
ance was made to the attack. The
consulate buildings were looted by
Chinese soldiers who were In unl-
form and armed. The French ch!er
of staff reports the loss OF life by the
French of six men. The Times cor
respondent believes this estimate 10
untrue. An English pilot was killed
during the scare on Saturday night
when the French opened their
heavy fire and it is believed sank
one Of their torpedo boats. The
hombardment is described IS OF a
mast sickeni2g character. The
Chinese feet lately on the Min river,
with the exception o! two ships, was
entirely blosted out. No surrender
was allowed disabled and sinking
ships. Their guns were silenced, bn'
they were shelled for hours.
London, 25.-Admiral Cour6et
opened FIRE at p. M, and the Chi
nese replied almost simultaneously
The dockyard arsenal fred immedi
ately, but with only psrtisl success
Eleven vessels formed the Chinese
feet. The French kept up fire on
the arsenal and neighOoring build
ings, forts, barracks and villages
until 5 in the afternoon, although
the resistance was fiom mostly
light river and coast transposts, ant
was really light. The French ha.
eight heavily armed shl s, namely
) the Volta, Dugy. Trouin. Delalning
Asple, Where, LOux and Villars
Several Chinese gun boats main
tanned bravely the fire for abou
half of an hour when the survivor
of their crews leaped over board
The combat was really ended in fv'
minutes. The superior French
artillery made the contest after dis
abling the Chinese vessels no fight
: but mssac,e. This ia the o 1nloI
of every spectator. Two eighteen tol
! gun boats OF the Chinese fee
fought wall, Gone sinking near tn
English man of.war hsmpiol
while the other stationed above tn
junks mazda a good stand
The French kept up the fir
: on the arsenal and peigh6orinl
I buildings, forts, barracks and vii
3 lagos until in the afternoon, al
though resistance from the batter
! les ceased about 8. Some FTencl
and Chinese ships were engaged il
/ close proximity TO the English mel
/ of war Vigdet and Champion. a
\ l6 Sunday evening three burnin
4 gunboats Aoated down stream, on
. carrying French col rs. Numer
3 GUS fire jnnks were blazing in
4 dangerous manner, and imperillei
!. the Euglish men of war. Topped
& bosts exploded tie stern OF tn
d Yang Woo transports, and the tw
sinking gunboats. The scenes o.
the river as the dead or wounde
doated by were terrible. The Eng
IIsh saved many Of the drowned
= The forts lower down are not ye
Q attacked.
Z The Times correspondent, th
i only newspaper representative. pre-
= sent, was on board the Champion.
Calcutta, 24.-Ths China. Franc
!, war to the present time has little
IS any effect upon Indisn trade an
the money market. 1t is believe
the effec.. of the hostililies will
slight, unless the war shall becon
prolonged.
IS London, ga Times dis, .ate
Q from Foo Chow this afternoon, So,
d the French jronclPds entered Ii
Is mouth of the river this afternoon !
y 2 O'Clock. The white fort opens
re- ere with Knapp osnnons while Il
10 chi IS were three miles away. Aft
n an hours engagement the FrenC
retired. The Chinese hfe was goo
Paris, % "A Dispatch from TIE
Tsen, of yesterday, ssy5 the char
er d. affairs left there, hut the aciiI
III consul remains.
lg The RepubIique Franchise say
in France will soon seize and ieIa
Id such territory in China az is usei
nd to her. Chang Pa Lung Will lie
ha tho Chiueea O9,S aCaiuab /