cancer leveloprench interests on the Yangtze, jon in which the French flag has von prominent, Te states that draught, 11 ft., and carrying a cargo of 1,200 tons. "Tween decks, 800 coolies can be carried, while a second tween decks will be fitted with 60 cabins, each of two berths, and with two saloons for the first and second-class Chinese passengers, There is a third deck for Europeans, With a cargo of 1,200 tons, the spe d is to be knots. The paper welcomes the order given for these two steamers to be built in a Chi ese shipbuilding yard, which is managed by a Frenchman, as the letter is bound to order the necessary material from French At the same time the ""Moniteur de la Fette" says that the success of the Hourst mission into the upper reaches of the Yangtze will assist abo me 1g French influence into the heart of China by means of the great but this can take place only on amd th: is that French ust. show a Tittle more has been the diplomacy is conto undertake works which it declares wre useless six months later, therefore have begun. The Government authorities re called upon to foster to the utmost the cork of M. Doyire at Foochow, and also that of M. Hourst in the Upper Yangtze, as, unless this phase of French initiative in China is encouraged properly by the Government, the activity of MIN. Racine and Ackermann, and of other Frenchmen. would be paralysed—"de. Express."
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