Letter 21
Acknowledging Z/15 of 3 July. Chinese spending a lot of money on arms and Denmark reported to have sold them an iron-clad frigate for £200,000. Chinese temporising with Japanese over Formosa, and Campbell expects Japanese to retire, having no money for war on issue.
| Order number: |
PP MS 67, Sir Robert Hart, Box 5 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
4 Sep 1874 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
PP MS 67, Sir Robert Hart, Box 5 |
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| Summary: |
Acknowledging Z/15 of 3 July. Chinese spending a lot of money on arms and Denmark reported to have sold them an iron-clad frigate for £200,000. Chinese temporising with Japanese over Formosa, and Campbell expects Japanese to retire, having no money for war on issue. |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
30 |
| Format: | Archive |