Following the publication in the local press of foreign reports pertain~ ing fo the arrival in China of & group of "French military advisors," M. Henri Cosme, the French Ambassador to China, has authorized "Havas issue the following. statement:
Te is totally incorrect that the French Government has placed a military mission atthe disposal of the Chinese Government, He has learnt that a few retired officers, having no longer any. ties with the French army. have" been engaged individually: by" the Chinese Government in the capacity
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