Piécis of an article appearing in the Fag of the Sist of July bast.
The article opens with " slight sketch, geographical and histurieal, of the and xives the following reasons should interfere on her behalf sent troubles with France (1) A tributary nation is like a child in the light of a ugh their children like to see them bullied and punished by outside!
(2) The fact of her having paid tribute to China shows that the relations between the two countries partake of those of master and servant, and a master always intervenes to save hi am apprehen: mercial intercourse with Siam has assumed very lange proportions and great numbers of Chinese either live there temporarily for purposes of trade, ere, however, but their Hutchkiss bullets [or have made it their permanent home. Are these people to be left to the tender mercies of war and pillage?
(4) Great Britain, whose interests in the country are not nearly as Jarve as ours, has taken energetic measures to protect her nationals; why should we be lose considerate of the welfare of our people?
(8) Although twice defeated in the Tongking affair, yet at Liangshan valour asserted itself, and the protection we afforded our vassal was in that instance at least not mereyomainal; why th Id we now leave Siam to her fate?) The Sianese may nob complain, but France will point at us with derision and doubtless say that our previous experience in Tongking is the cause of our holding buck now.
(6) All our neighbours are grabbing land; why should we abstain? France has gut Tongking, England Burma, and even such oan insignificant Tittle country as Japan has dared to attach to itself the Liuchiw islands of China and to convert then: ea distri of Japan, Only Coren and Siam are left and if the former sees us desert the Intter, there is tittle doubt that she will consider that we will equally neglect her and course of time she will be absorbed by Russia or Japan. It is distinctly not to our advantage to soo all our tributaries appropriated by others, and if China wishes abandon Corea there is no more to be said. But if un the contrary she wishes to retain Coren then she must protect Sian for thus will fresh resolution be infused into the minds of the Coreans and they will be encouraged to look to us for aid,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.