"If, as. the. French Papers seem to think, Bagland has by this convention got from China advantages which more than counterbalance those: granted to her, she can presumably call upon England, under' the France equal privileges, unless it is agreed that the present Burma-Chinese Conrention only produces state of equilibrium with the Franco-Chinese Convention of June, 1895, together with a further one just announe-If, however, it is true that permission has now been granted to France to penetrate Yunnan in the direction of Yunnanfu, and a French engineer is allowed to work the mines in the Chinese frontier provinces, it will be- necessary to puta little more weight into the scale on the British side. The: question is, will either'France or England be permitted to derive any real advantages out of all these paper concessions, that China is scattering just now: with such a lavish hand, or are they only granted to satisfy the increase importunacy of these Powers, consequent upon the exposure of China's weakness by the war with Japan? Those who incline to the Intter opinion, at least have the authority, of the past history of China to back them
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