Yo the Editor of the "Nortu-Cuina Day News."
Sir,—In the issue of the 19th instant of your esteemed journal, on Page 7, you published an article, by an anonymous correspondent, bearing the heading "French Flags on the Yangtze" and sub-heading "Chinese Shipping Companies Buying French Protection: A Serious This article given evidence of (1) A scarcely disguised hostility to French interests in China, which are just as worthy of respect, I think, as those of any other nation.
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