Phe China Mail translates the following strategical opinions, called forth by the present state of affairs in Annem, from th Wai-san Yat po, " Chinese paper publish ed in Hongkong: Our unive contemporary commences the article by dealing with the general subject of warfare, It yoes back to the primeval condition of the human race, when, it says, "the virtuous kings were unywarliko and the people enjoyed perfect ponce." 'Then, it traces the Werelopment of the Gchting'art in China down tu the present time, pointing out the changes that have taken' place; and pro-coeds finally to dent with the conditions under which Chins Guds herself wow, con flouted by all the modern appliances Western Nations, It is quite possible for China to possess herself of all these appli" ances and to face a foreign enemy in the open field; but it is vain to trust to strength. alone; strategy is the great thing. The one. iny should be remptod to ad vanced ao far we can cut off their retreat and alay t or dexterous should lie in flank, of pitfalls should be dug where they may be entrapped and alain, ur the face of the country should be nitered ao that they may be bewildered, and than attacked and conquered wish ease. So much for str: on land. now it Kao hoon peactiesd by the Black Flazs to the discomfiture of the French. Those Europeans teust to their musketry, but we will not fore musketry; we will show. them something better than musketry, which they cannot yainat which their strength ud thole hearts will quail, They will have to be conquered, however much they may dislike it Then on the water, they trust to thole and strong ships of war. The Black have ch ships to attack the with, But also there strategy is ly resort, Before the warships have arrived, if we could hurry up and fill the soa with stones, they could not approach, us, or if, when they are just arriving, we could interpose a barrier of ald keep them out; or again we Chan Vu buent the ships of reducing fat in the Sam Kuvok,
not the sane strong ships that the enemy: as jast handy, we must befile them by ove super ive skill," Nothing elec will do if we are not to be battered ty pieces by them. The dread of our military power, one po tige, can be upheld in this way and in no other, The city of Canton, for instance, ut soon be laid desolate under the hoon (cis) of their cannons, if two or three of thei war ships were once anchored in front of it; butler Fumun be steougly held and let the approaches of the city be at the ims promptly filled up with sand and stones, and we can defy them; they will soon be afraid of us instead of our being afraid vf them, Whether there is to be war with France or not it would be hard to say: but whenever war cues with European power, depend upon it, we are bound to eguquet by skill and not by strength,"
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