The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-09-10

Tx struggle hctwecn frNnce and Chm
E -r,-cnis Sone grave points Whenever
E.u,peSr power cceS into AZ EXTENSIVE
VA With zn Eastern cne, such l. thc cru
/ ulicstion ~ interests thSt the rncst p-Crni
! reut States cannot EFori 70 So their siSte
Z l1,~a. End S-c terribly lcalcns II she WINS
] Thss : thu rr,~snt StStcs u Nfl1rS viii
I The aiditicr thSi not only l. Europe inter
rSied but the GrsSi Republic L SlSc, an,
another factor enters into the pruhlcul
! WblSs action cannot lSc - clearly fo-'tcld
Z irpgniInS a. II dos Or the turn q 3 Pop
ulAr election
The rreSsnt difsculiy q FrNnce WITH
I China dates hNck to lSS9 Al that dat,
| thp Chinese we-s defeated and ths COLOR,
oi Sir,r was founded Fr0m tins a.
r.sg, .rFr-sI Frvnch iutriSuss hSvc su-cSt
a. q net wurk over thc devoted country
and hzvc caught the petty ehieitNirs Q!
the Peninsula IN the,r neShes- tw tul
twenty yeG-s this hSs becn a. wurk Gnt
thea Su4ierly EHAi-s wsre prscipitAteNi
Actual hShtinS broke CuL and hGrir-v
one - the most gallant and nOst polished
rnsn II PAriS. Soljher. scientist and EuthN-
N one. r-st with kis death AZ the hands ~
the AnnGneSe. Tins called forth the er
s-cieS q France and war was e&rrled On
IN a rnr-e vlgu-urs manner China a. Son.
Eerair % the Province found her horC-
gur1ed up II the affair, and rnNs>ed trocps
ur the fruutier. With Frsnch success
came Frsnch demands. and a material
guarantee wzs e1arted In advancing IntC
thg iuts-ur. the French EpprOSchsG ths
border ard a. BSenfnh, and further north,
encountered Chinese trocps. The Sc-
cruut cfthe struggle i va-1cuS- The Chl
ussg clam that the French had an ever
whel1-irS forre against then The Ersnch
show that they were very rsuch II q minor
ity- however II NAY b the collision tcok
pL8cs.
Meantime the iipluuStisss had n1t been
Idle and the diHsculty which w5S bsirs
fought cut II the marshes q Tc1qrIa Was
bsinE quietly discussed n the CfhclEl CrNw
INK rucniS q PGris and LCndCn- Through
Marquis TSsnc = cunyucaticn was signed,
l. Hung Chang beng party u It. Tins
convention was perfectly satisfactory %
France. bat ]; has besr hrUksn. Hence
ths clNtu fcr indemnity Much " the
/ very obscure q the public
even q France. and It VII probably be
twenty yea-S II not more. before the true
iuwarJinsss q the sfSir becuuss pUllIc
property.
One thing hcweysr. L very patent and
that is, that whstevsr the demands %
Z rarcs NAV h. thsy VIII have tc b. Euul.
dated FrHrcs demanded SI5.pOO.ouO The
Nher igy She has nov DESTROYED Suy
srurasr property a. Foo-ehCw amounting
10 about that figure China vii have 70
pay not Crly the original hill bat also the
,ust cf destruction, and she cannot long
lElri 90 allow the account % rJ,r up az
such a ruincus rate The French army
11S 5esr - Pskln betorv, and II r1Sy -
aid 10 know the wgy, the summer palace
episode Cf Oct. 9Th. 1SSl NAV l. played
gan n lS4 or 1SS5
one lesson rlsy b. learned fruu the sue
49, 4 the French. and that =. thz. 10
mount q western knowiei<s can make
hs eastern mar the equal q hi, western
lrutksr when 1t cuuss u hard KNOCKS. In
.IulCIZNcy h / rlrrv thar a match. IN
wing be l. distinctly Lis superior. but
sEsc Il comes - military matters. the
gestsru rnEr- ne matter Of what u1tl0u
.hty Is not only his Superior, bat Imusas
.rahly Eis SrperiCr. From the DAY that
80
Nd with only 1900 GreekS routed 1910.
~ AsiSticS from the many cuuh,cts Of
lnSllShrrsn IN Hiniustan- from the resent
1grts Cf Russia against the very chlvalry
{ Asa, the sane lesson EEst b lsa-rsd
be western man L superior. and neither
z-s Cf precision nor cultivation nor any
hing short q mast radical change n
hz-actsr VII raise the lower race The
ear of their dominating the wurld, a "a
uute theme a ysar g-,u, L a VAN chluer1-
But there i another aspect OF the
rIccU-C Chinees struggle. which / very
sruUs. That / the trade question France
3 prsyInE upon Chinese commerce Lnlrrss
gt alone Chins- bot al Europe and the
'rited States. ThiS VII lead 70 grave
Implications should the struggle b. COZ
rued 70 any length q time. Every mail
-w VII Be WATCHED With intense interest. .
, ~ee the many possible developments Of
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