Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
BATTLING WITH B0MBAS1
THE WAR IN CHINA ONE OF
WORDS INSTEAD OF BOMBS.

English Papers Picturing Their Navy
as on Par With That of the Unite d
States-China's Reported Invasion
TODquin Pronounced Mere AIOOnshfne.
PARIS, Sept. 6.-The Chinese Legation
in Berlin denies that Ii Hung Chang, the
famous Yiceroy of Pee Chilli, has been de.
graded.
Chinese advices received in Vienna re-
port that China has called $4,000 men to
defend Pekin, and has granted the Minis
ter of War Il, 100000 francs for the DUR
chase of munitions of war,
A dispatch from Hong Kong says tha I
the Governor of that place has received
orders to enforce the provisions of the
foreign enlistment act. The Governor r
mas notlhed French Admiral Lespes of
these orders, and the latter has given the
Governor assurance that the French will
respect the measure.
The French cruiser Villars will take
the place of the ironclad Atalante at Hue.
the capital of AMMAN. 1t was at first in.
tended to send the La GalIissomere, bu +
the idea was abandoned, as this vessel is
badly hulled.
A dispatch from Boulogne saws that Ad-
mlrai Cour6et will shortly be promoted
to full Admiral. His rank now il Vica
Admiral, and no French naval officer has
held higher rank than that for a great
many years.
Advices from China indicate that the
telegraphic lines between Tien Tsen and
Pekin, which have been interrupted. are
again fully restored.
AdViees from China state that Admiral
Courbet has left Ke Lung and Joined the
neet In Min river, where he will await
relnfOrcements before attempting to oc.
cupy Ke Lung. A steamer runs daily
between Sharp Peak, the landing place Of
the cable, and Foo Chow, to carry tele-
grams.
President Grevy has sent to Prime
Minister Ferry letter which he received
from members of the Chamber of Depu-
ties who belong to the party of the Ex-
treme Left, in which a demand is made
toE a conVocatlon of the Chambers in
view of the conflict with China.
La RepabJiQUe declares that the reports
OF an advance of three columns of Chinese
troops on TOnquin are pure fiction. I'm
der the new orders of the French forces
in the East, Gen. BGiere de LisIe's powers
are limited to the command of military
operations in TOnquin. NJ. lie MaYre, the
new Minister at Hue, will have supreme
administrative control in Amman and
Tonquin. Both Admiral Courbet and
Gen. de Lisle will receive orders in re-
gard TO their movements direct from
Paris.
ENGLAND's NAVY.
LONDON, Sept. Sin response to the
demands of the press to strengthen the
British fleet in Chinese waters, a COM
munlque has been issued by the admiralty
stating that it is preparing to dispatch
several cOrvettes and composite sloops to
China. The Arnay and NdUy Gazette.
however, declares that the admiralty is
trying to throw dust in the eyes of the
public to conceal the tact that there is not
a single vessel ready to send through the
Suez canal that would be able to sustain
an attack by the weakest French
ironclad under Admiral Courbet,
If there was a ship ready
it says the admiralty would be unable to
man her without calling on the reserves
or forcing crews at foreign stations to re-
main beyond their term of service. The
Gazette asserts that England is in a posi-
tion OF such utter naval collapse as will
take years to remedy.
1t is reported that the Chinese agents in
Glasgow, Liverpool and London are try
ing to arrange private commissions with
the object of preying on French COM
merce. Vanity Fair publishes a memOran-
dum which Gen. Gordon prepared for the
Chinese Government in 1880. on the
power OF China to make privateers.
Gen. Gordon lays stress on the Iega
necessity that a privateer must start
under letters of marque from a Chinese
port. The report that the subjects of Eng.
land and Germany in the Chinese service
had been recalled by the governments O
these two countries is declared to be un.
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