. The foreign policy of Europe ... Eastern question (Balkan); Eastern question; Fisheries. FRANCE, ANNAM, AND CHINA. 143 territorial rights and of national Sovereignty, which rest on the in- disputable principle of national right and national existence. No true friend of France can witness without regret the de- velopment under a Republic of a restless and adventurous colonial policy founded on force, a policy which cannot promote the real interests of France. The Government of the Republic, whose watchwords are Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality, should have been strong enough to resist the cl
. The foreign policy of Europe ... Eastern question (Balkan); Eastern question; Fisheries. FRANCE, ANNAM, AND CHINA. 143 territorial rights and of national Sovereignty, which rest on the in- disputable principle of national right and national existence. No true friend of France can witness without regret the de- velopment under a Republic of a restless and adventurous colonial policy founded on force, a policy which cannot promote the real interests of France. The Government of the Republic, whose watchwords are Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality, should have been strong enough to resist the clamour for cheap military glory, and to consider the true interests of the Republic of Peace. French honour was not from the first involved in Tonquin. ,_ The glory of the French arms cannot surely have been promoted by an expedition against these miserable barbarians. Everyone must acknowledge that the first necessity for France, at present, lies in the consolidation of her Government, and the recovery by wise statesmanship of her rightful position and influence in Europe. It is of little avail that France should be able to establish herself in Tunis, to make an attack on Madagascar, to distribute flags to the tribes on the Congo, to annex an Eastern State, or to plunge into a war with China, if in Europe she is still forced to watch every movement of Germany with bated breath, and to shape her foreign policy in obedience to her great rival. An Empire, whether Imperial, Monarchical, Republican, or Colonial founded on force in defiance of all laws, moral, or divine, " Wading through slaughter to a Throne," " And shut the gates of mercy on mankind," » can never stand, as history has proved, because it is not founded on the affections or confidence of the people, nor on the immutable principle of righteousness and justice. * Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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