New-York tribune., 1885-01-19

A,r,, Tho troops which the French bringing VIII
arrive Just in time TO be too late LOT M The midst OF
Whle we are at present That the same rains WY ,ce
impede operations OF the GIsse q od the n tedious delay aud
exces.iye Re expenditure of men and money; Asnemrs
and d ians re with intervals Of sunshine during tne
snatb of ,anuary till the following Aprl. the som
riyai Of ren torcemcnts will cause scarceN isss .n,
r9set something can doubtless be done there during
lie wet season, but less ehesilveiy ,c more
imnoriance have acquired COURAGE. Ihey on,ou naoo
strengthened every port from M ieas oron,
I50 foreign oicers most of whom are Germans MIN IN;
small admixtre Of Americans These WIN o m an the
nj modjcum of foreign sailors. are expected 10 ' m AZ
Sost vcsscis of the Chinese squadron and attack III de
tail the French ships distributed about Forinosa'
PLANNING TO DESTROY THE FRENCH FLEET.
The scheme which mas been boastfully announced o'
ii HING Chang and detailed IN extenSo in somc OF Tue
local pewspapers is TO combine certain vessels OF 'e
sbon rbai and Northern squadrons and make tue Pro
posed attack. As the French are kept informed VI a"
tncsc projects as they are br'acheo t"cS o"
hardly be caught mapping. The vessels seicc'eo 'o ~
work are the folio wing: Chao 'Iung ana iane"o'
Armstrong steel cruisers with rams projecting ~ iee
steaming l6 knots each armed with two 2o-toh Ar'"
strong steel guns placed bow and stern four
broadsde breech- leaders and four machine gnhs '"o
Nan-shen and Nan-Shu, Gnrnan-huit cIuiso'S
each armed with two Is or 2o-ioh hr's'io"e
bQrbctie; eight 12ton brecchloahing krnpPS p'o'oe
and six machine guns; the Yuyuan. composlto iiis''
armed with two l2-tun hTttcn-i"""'"o
placed bow and stcra and defended by two ann p"i
inch steel shields and twenty 6O-pound breechoadih9
Krnpps OH the gun deck the Cheng-ching acomposi'c
RAM armed with two l2-ton guns, placed now anu s'I
and eight 45~pound brcechloading krupps nroausiue
and the Kaichi a composite corvette, arlhca hAe '"o
Cheng- ching. A.,
Tho ,naucenont to these foreigners to undertake the
work is the proclamation of Pang ana the 'ii'on ""."o
flies which offers for killing c0nnanier-ih-chiei'
aud for killing q scfeu
officer SI 900 and rank; for killing ve-s,lpeo o'soe
1880 and rank Sfor killing S,sr or sail"r Si37
for capturing first class ilonclad St3a,ooo; LOT ra
aT,ng class s"nboat s55ooo for capturing second
class gunooat $27 OOo or eaP'urs urn half iho aInvc
amounts will be pad If captured. the proptry VIII ,nI
belong TO the persons capturing IL; ior eaurs no ,9
guns OF The enemy-guns weighing more .nm i,s ioTDo
pounds $4 900 and rank. and proporonaey Tor smaller
guns any one devlslng plan oy weh onS 'e r'0"'" e
The German officers who have been arriving oy the
European mail steamers have hc wsh baSe ncs
taken Chinese names. The German vice Ice AnnirM r
is called Wan IA Cl:eig, which means the u ueh iIoIs
is to he under the command of hc Chinese AdlI u,
Imperial Commis OF course me spusr rc
the French 10 declare war is causing some si n 't =,
suits. To do formally would close HONG hvhS W w
them which Is far too convenient naroop 70 W n
up They haze had made here argo nn oId peo o br
launches for in shallow waters nave doche neae
had boilers and bottoms cransd nave p'.eu o corra
class OF the population OF Hong Kong tIelr patrnnage
m profitable. TDey nave put dIeo ihp",. ".
money into circulation. Yet these advantages have
hardly counerbaanced TO the foreign merci.s , ahe
dimnitinn Chinese custom and the dulness OF TRADE
necessarily incident to ~ state OF war
There is some emigration from France TO ronqun and
would he more to the delta well as 10 forhosa,
Admiral Courbet would make haste ana eet tnnss i
settled Most OF those who come Wish 10 set up % IN ce
town i'm some small business and often bring niue STOCKS
OF goods which they hope will prove saaoic. lhe
Paris restaurateur follows close upon the heels oi
conquest Saigon long boasted It's hotels ana resta
rants Haphong has its restaurants ana even .. Ne
Lung there an eating house with fair cuisine Kept IN
one of the foreign built residences The Paris barber Is
also a potabl cpiOneer OF progress and CIVILIZATION.