Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . s step, and showed some inclination toretaliate by instituting a right to search foirice, but fortunately this pretension was notpushed to extremities, and the war wasclosed before it could produce any seriousconsequences. 156 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. The French devoted much of their atten-tion to an attack on the Chinese possessionsin Formosa, and the occupation of Kelung;a fort
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . s step, and showed some inclination toretaliate by instituting a right to search foirice, but fortunately this pretension was notpushed to extremities, and the war wasclosed before it could produce any seriousconsequences. 156 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. The French devoted much of their atten-tion to an attack on the Chinese possessionsin Formosa, and the occupation of Kelung;a fort in the northern part of that island wascaptured, but the subsequent success of theFrench was small. The Chinese displayedgreat energy and resource in forming de-fences against any advance inland fromKelung or Tamsui, and the French govern- may be gathered from the fact that the com-pulsory retreat,in March, 1885, of the Frenchfrom before Langson, where some of theChinese regular troops were drawn up witha large force of Black and Yellow Flags—the latter of whom were in Chinese pay—didnot imperil the negotiations which were thenfar advanced towards completion. On the9th of June of the same year a treaty of. VIEW OF TIENTSIN, CHINA. ment was brought to face the fact that therewas nothing to be gained by carrying onthese desultory operations, and that unlessthey were prepared to send a large expedi-tion, it was computed of not less than 50,000men, to attack Pekin, there was no alternativeto coming to terms with China. How strong this conviction had become peace was signed by M. Patenotre and LiHung Chang which gave France nothingmore than the Fournier convention. The military lessons of this war must bepronounced inconclusive, for the new forceswhich China had organized since the Pekincampaign were never fully engaged, and thestruggle ended before the regular regiment THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR KWANGSU. 157 sent to Langson had any opportunity ofshowing their quality. But the imp
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