The Matin publishes an evidently inspired article on the achievements of the ch Foreign' Office' with _resj to trading' facilities in "South China. The writer endeavours to show that French traders will only have themselves to thank if they fail to secure great advantages in Yunnan. He lays great stress on the concession accorded by China for the extension of the Langson railway to Yunnan-fa, which he sayg will more than counterbalance the opening of the West River to international trade, by providing the shortest route into the interior of Yunnan. He does not, however, venture to say how many years will elapse before the line to Yunnanfu is san tite, nor does he make any reference to the recent Anglo-Chinese treaty. authorising an extension of the Burmese railway into Yunnan. He speaks of the success " of the Lyons Commercial Mission, the members of which have just returned to France, but gives no information as to the nature of this ' success." The article is an interesting example of the advertising methods to which even government departments nowadays have recourse. No wonder M. Hanotaux asked for an increase in his secret service fund.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.