The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-23
FRANCO CHIN ESE WAR,
FRtNcH REPRESENTATIVE At p,kln
3a''' poWn The Flag and D.p,rts fol, ,ssasssl,.
Aan'rai cosfs'lI ll,ttseiioas-C -Ch,aa Is,.nds
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=, i1oNpos Angus! IA dispatch from,
shanghai to Reuters telegram company
says: "Vieom;o De Ssmall, The F,enth
tepresentstive at pekin, Immediately ait. r
covering the Frcnch tl,g at tho lesatI n
started Tor Shanghai" Admiral Cou,tet
was instructed to lombard the arsenal I
ZOO Chow this morning and land a ,le.aei :
mont OF troops and dostroy the W T
material and stores accumulated tbr a
which are Of immenae valne. This ao,,fp
"a tended as reprisal for tbs action Of Il 9
Chiueae at Lang Son. At the same tin q
the Ffenca Of keelung were ordered to -
cupy the port and coal mlnts as sccur '
'o' the indemnity demanded by Ftancp..
A dispatch ftom Pekih to the Times To-
cav sayt: "The French Legation Left P, kin
Yesterday. Tbs telegraph station was open-
ed hsre to-day. This Is the first message
The English colony at Hong Kong has
oeen tho base of operations against Tom
Yum. Chlna expects thst In case fhe
french attack Is renewed the Eoplish mi.
on's's will be warned as 10 their dnl;ea an
neutrals. 1t is quite certain the Chinese
Torqufn. = fA AAu iu'aue l1''eals'
-, WHAT CHINA WILL DO.
PARIS, August 22.-China has Snotif,,d
ffancs that an attempt to repeat the Ke,,'. a. :,
lang incident, in which Admiral Lean,
attacked and destroyed the forts Of iKet.,
lnng, Will b. ooneidcrcd & declaration of
WA. and that China will then; call on the (
treaty powers to ful6ll their duties to the I
aeotrais In the Island Of Formosa. those
nowera :. having assumed protecsorate over
Aeelung In the above mentioned treaty. It
Is announced to-day that Admiral C,nrhet
was " instructed last evening to bombard
!ne "a FOO Chow Arsenal, but it is expected
tna1 very little reais:ancs will be offered
anu that the arsenal will be easily \
captnIed. 1t Is not exactly an arsanal-it
manufactures neither powder, a, nor
caunof; It Is more particularly COLLECTION
ol #ofksaops. factories aud ward i for naval
construction and for tho development OF
Tue emetaisurglcal wealth OF the country. In
oluihary times 1t employs about 3 900
Wofkmen under the srptrintendenca nj
sixty six Earopeans. The pors OF Fooohow
ls not on the sea coast, bu. about twenty
miles inland on the river Miu. The civ
or settlement lies about eleven miles hiph.
y up the river aud ia not accessible TO
ssesme.s drawing more than twelve fest OF
water. The arsenal lies about midway be.
tween the mouth Of the river and the city,
i is the only place where ship can bo
oullt y by by Chinamsn IN in the Elropcsn style.
fARlS, Angus. 22-Li Fonv pao tho chi.
nese Minister, hss returned to Berlin after
the exchange Of number Of teIesrams
With Pekin. Prime Minis,e. Ferry and
fatrenoser, the French Minister to China,
tion. ''>. "--1 = sl-11 : '14>''
=. LONDON, August % Il dispatch to the
Ilm's from Foo Chow Gays; The French
ships have been forbidden to enter Taker, ,
toaostead. Seventeen thousand riff % and a
qnfn.ity OF dynamite and gun cotton have
oeen landed. Mueksd batteries are being
erected here. Tbs Times Hong Kong dis. !,
patch Haya: Tho E,opoh .,n;a o..n -.