The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-09-17

Tisx-rs. tAs nslopOlis Sf he previeee and
Rttle 70 TIE sc1lkwest Il feking, this fcyce
heweveS. pessx rsainly composed q raw nate
nal AZ Susg-CAsw viii y fsand Ne lcnrth
and Lass line of dsfscees under The ee9nasa
e rso Tsrns T'ang, t. wecrs viii he ietrrstea
he snal rrcsscssce e Pekias and The HEsperOr
ef CAlsa. Fer his irpoEtAns task Be Will
have see god soldiers asd ie.eeo bad cess
-epiua snickcrs- Ceessderins al these pre-
rarasic-s 70 deFeni Peki9s. Il does ssesa that
a raaeh larger array viii be required to capture
Tie Chiness capital ihaa Frsses has yes besa
fc-ced to send cat in the Whole history q her
eclonial wars,
rHE suSSsNAt ARSESsr am pcCNV1Sp,
The Chinese works az SbauShai are The
largest asi bess in The empire. The city Is On
The Wvc-Sars river. twelve miles from its
jlneiica, with Pepalalica q 3So.oeo. The
arsenal was established il ISIS FOR the special
naDafaeturs Of Remington rifles snl cartridges
bat lis facilities and Operations have bcen
steadily isSrsased. astil Il has Developed iutp
the erst arseaal in Chiaa teE the nansGaclure
Of heavv gurs ard amor plates. The doek-
yard is the E,ost perfect in China. The bess
guns Of rative u,anufa,sure in the hands q
The Chinese iroSrs have been made in this
arsenal. The heavy guns are muEzle loaaers,
On the Arlnstroes system, built naaeF the sup
srvisicn Ct an E1glishnan. = graduate q the
Weolwieh srsen1l, and tests have pronounced
them a. safe and stiectual as like guns turned
cut At woolWich or ElsWiek. Here. also, shot
and she'll are made fer the heavy gGns, aud
within the last year = special establishment
has hssn formed for the construction Of tor
pedCes. In the way Of shipbailiing, little has
been accomplished AZ tae Shanghai yards
Qce small froHclsd monitcr was made and
launched under the sensational narne Of Tss
TsTrra- y WsSssrR NafiostS, b1; It sadly belisi
its ehristsaioS. There is large suDpOwder
factory al Shanghai. the scene Of nuulber Of
fatal and sensational explosives. About %
tons Of powder Of gCod quality are turned
cut each week Late China papers rrport
that extensive Preparations, mainly in the way
Of tpEpedoes, have been taken 70 guaua against
an attack by the Freneh feet. Il is not likely
however, that the Preach will make an attack
or Shanghai, as such aetio1 would probably
lead to complications with other powers. The
Anslcans, British, Russians and Germans
limits Of Shanghai.
rHE Arsenal AT CANTON.
Canton IS the strategic city in South China.
Il IS the grea, stronghold Of the military power
and the center frOm which Troops viii b sent
| 70 h1T1<S the French m IOnQuln- II Is the
| objective Pcin. for the French feet. The cap
trre Of CAntoe would 70 Ear TO end the war.
L has population variously estimated at
from l,50O,ooo to 10000 and fully one
| third Of the population live On boats. 1t IS On
the Chu-hiang or Pearl river. eighty miles
from the sea. Fourteen miles below Canton,
At Whaupoa, there Is large granite craving
dock aud wood and mud docks. 4 large force
Of brave and skilled Chinese soldiers are sta
IicUed AZ WhaDpca under skilled Command
er, and the river approaches to WhampoA and
theocs to Canton are no doubt carefully lined
| with turPedoss. There Is a fne channel to
Canton and a magnificent anchorage there.
bot oulY steamers are allowed 10 20 beyond
NhanPoa- At the Canton arsenal the staple
manufacture Is that Of small arms and their
ammunition. The arsenal is entirely managed
and worked by the Chinese Naturally Can
ton IS 4 very strong position, the Pearl river
oferi0s every facility for submarine mines
and land works, and, ii all the reports relative
20 the measures Of defense are correct, the
Freuch viii find that. they have tackled an
Eastern Gibraltsr when they open their guns
on Cantpn.-ChroHicis.