Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-24
FOO CHOW B0MBARDED.
FRANCE BEGINS HOSTILTTIES
IN CHINA.


The CelestiaIs Represented as Already
Eager for Pesce-The Chinese Consul
! Quits Paris England Very Much In
terested in the Treatment of the Com
merce of Neutral Nations.
LONDON, Aug. pa dispatch which
| left Foo Chow at O'Clock this morning
says: "At O'Clock last night Admiral
| Courbet officially announced that he had
received orders from Paris to make re-
prisals. The British Vice Consul and
doctor left their anchorage last night and
reached the English gunboats at mid
night. 1t is reported that Ii Fong Pao
has been instructed by imperial decree to
settle the dispute on the best terms posi-
| BILE.
| A dispatch from Shanghai of this morn
! ing SAYS: ''Admiral Ccurbet has an
/ nOunced his intention of bombarding the
arsenal a Foo Chow to-day. The French
1 Consul in this city has lowered his flag.
| Advices from Pekin of yesterday state
/ that the Governors of AMMAN and Gangsi
| had received imperial orders to march
! with their forces into Tonquin."
1 A dispatch which left Foo Chow at 2:15
! O'Clock this afternoon says: "HOstilities
! began this afternoon at o'clock
| A Chinese official telegram states that
| the French are desirOus of a settlement.
4 This message was sent, however, before it
was announced that the French had be-
/ gun firing on Foo Chow at 2 O'Clock this
1 afternoon.
! THE STANDING OF NEUTRALS.
! The merchants and underwriters OF
! London had a meeting to-day to consider
/ the bearing of the Franco-Chinese diff
| Guilty on neutrals, as Prime Min
| lister Ferry had announced that
/ the bombardment of Ke Lung would not
! create a state of war, but was simply a
/ means of furthering French negotiations
/ with China. Inquiry was raised in the
| meeting whether Admiral COurbet would
admit English or German vessels loaded
! with arms INTO Foo Chow. One neutral
! vessel it was stated was now en- route for
| that port with d cargo Ofdynamite ordered
| by the Viceroy. The meeting resolved to
| urge Earl Granville, Secretary of State
/ for Foreign Affairs, to press France to
| define her intention regarding neutrals.
! The Eastern Telegraph Company has
| given notice that, owing to the hostility
at Foo Chow, kilograms to that point will
! be accepted only at the sender's risk.
| Such kilograms would have to go from
| Shanghai to Foo Chow over the wires of the
! Chinese Government.
CHINA's FLEET REPORTED CAPTURED.
A dispatch which left Shanghai at 6
O'Clock this morning says: "It is reported
that the French have captured the Chi
nese fleet stationed at Foo Chow, and that
two French vessels were sunk. A tele-
gram from Pekin announces that Lii Hung
Chang has been instructed to make
peace"
The Exchange Telegraph Company on
authority of the Chinese Embassy says
ha 1OI hVy I,o
French this morning.
THE NEWS IN PARIS.
PARIS, Aug. 23.-The government this
morning had received no news from Foo
Chow. Lii Fong PaO, the Chinese Minis
ter, has not yet left Paris. lie Udtin and
lie FFdncdtS assert that Tsung LII Yamen
has telegraphed him not to leave France.
1t is semi-officially stated that inasmuch
as France has not declared war, neutral
vessels going to China are not subject to
restrictions which would be imposed in a
state of actual war.
1t was reported this afternoon that Ii
FOng Pao received dispatch of two hun
dred words from his government, in con-
sequence of which he apprised Prime
Minister Ferry that he had postponed his
departure from Paris. LIE Paris believes
that the object of the dispatch was to
sound Ii Fong Pao concerning the chance
OF submitting the quarrel TO arbitration.
Ii Fong PaO, however, finally left Paris
! at O'Clock tonight.
FRENCH TRANSPORT WRECKED.
ADEN, Aug. 23.-The French transport
AveyrOn has been wrecked off Cape Quad
| afui. OF the officers and crew 2S6 have
reached here, and 300 remain at Guadatui.
RUssIA's FLEBT SETTING SAIL.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 23.-Three iron
! clads of the Russian navy will start i'm
mediately to reinforce the Russian fleet
! in Chinese waters.
| A STEAMSHIP COMPANY CHUCKLING.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-President j b.
! Houston, of the Pacific Mail Steamship
| Company, says that, in the event of war
! between France and China, great benefits
would accrue to his company. China has
a splendid fleet, officered by Englishmen,
| that would so threaten the business of the
French Messargeries Company, the larg-
| est steamship company in the world, that
a great deal of it would be diverted to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Gin case
| England engages, as she must do eventu-
| ally, we would have more business, at the
| highest rates, than we could do"