Weare sure that no Frenchman will be able to help ad hamonr during hie recent into porter of the Matin, The editor who publishes the conversation praises the Marquis for the diplomatic nature of his utterances, and draws attention, with " smile of complacent relief, to His Excellency's most benevolent are surance that China has no in of wresting Tonquin from France by force of arms, "In foot," says the Murquia, with most engaging candour, "auch step would cost na more than the pose session of the country would be ever worth to us." Nothing could be wore satisfactory, enpecinlly when the state ut is made by the representative of a Power which "tins proved, daring the past forty years, thnt'it knows how to respect ite renties." Such a ohnrge ug Treaty-ovnsion must olencly full to the ground henceforth, China has never Trenties; we have the word of Mi Teéug for it, and the Marqui honourable man, But while Eh the perean of His-Exeellenoy, go vf hee way to re France, in the person of the Matin's reporter, that she will never, no never, do anything 60 Aingitious as try and regain possession of Tonqgain,—seeing thnt lo jeu ne ya. await pas la chandelle—sho iv nevorthee lens not above offering a word of one couragement and hope in cuse the grent: difficulties experienced by the French holding their new domain become mperable. "OF course," says the Marquis to the Matin, in a lordly and generous mood withal, "you can vceupy the whole of Tonquin if you like. "Personally I um of opinion thnt, if you do, you will sustain w clear love of all the money and all the men you send there; but tht i detail, In any case, do not think of abandoning it, To abandon it would be not only to lose all the sacrifices you lave made, but to plunge the country into worse disorder Uhnn it wae in before the conquest, But if yon do—well, we will notsny abandon but, say, if you retire,—there are bro ways of doing 80, and we will try out best to make things easy for you. In the first place, you might retrocede the country to China by Treaty; and China, out of pare friendship and con. deecension—par amitié et condeacendance anvers votre pays—would take it havi again, But of course she could nut do sv for nothing. She would expect to be paid for her trouble, It would be only fair that she should have an indemnity; and considering the relief it would be to you to get rid of your new responsibilities, I ain sure you would not object. OF course there is another way open to you, You muy, if yun like, simply walk' out of the plnoe without form or ceremony. That, homeyer,
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