Show WILL ON TO ro FORMOSA the rho ChI neset not anxious to 0 o codo lt it to arost urost jr ot Atri atristain tain the chinese may not bo be so willing to cede formosa inosa to great britain as the em ae accounts counts from pacific waters 13 alag L e beca ue tile the diplomatists of tile tho celestial empire will want to know of fome good and sufficient reason why the sacrifice should be made where china Is s V exposed posed to russian hussian n aggression egression 0 1 ironclads iron cannot reach and the few bAta battalions lions that could roach reach tho the cano of action could not affect tho the issue it is a baing r that tile the cannot covet a desert country try scantily peopled by a few tribes of nomads without violating all the sanctities whereas tile british can bargain for a fertile island of fifteen thou thousand aall s r nale miles 3 with throe three millions of inhabitants inhabitant 3 without incurring L any odium whatever it Ls something like tile the old story of the alie one man inan that steal a cow cov and the other that durst not look over a hedge hodyc 0 formosa would bo be a valuable acquisition to the british empire in the ioor lou 0 run but its possession would involve one or two hateful liate ful incidents to velch abich jolin lull bull would have to reconcile hn his conscience as ho best knows how thero there are barbarous races in in the interior of the island over whom tile the chinese iaac never acquired control contro and who would probably pro bibly i bly be exterminated tormina ted in the pro process ces of civilians civili ins thai preliminary acin 3 british capital cap itil and chinese Ch incise labor would mako the lind land as rich as the best provine in china alilin L it is thought 0 that there is a great mineral ral wealth to be had there 1110 ee cession S ajon of 1101 formosa MOSt to england would be a parallel case to that ot of C pru and the value of vic the consideration involved would be just as to estimate the turkish empire however babers lianas moro more loosely together than the chinese its statesmen are more accustomed to sacrifices of the chinese have not been reconciled to the loss of their nominal sovereignty nty in in annam from which they derived no benefit from mosa their revenue is considerable und and tile riddle they have to solve iz is i s what material advantage is to be pained gained by ceding it il to the british tho the turks might have lost cyprus to the russians or r the greeks greck 3 if great bli etain had not interfered but the Chi chinese can retain formosa probably as long as they can I 1 hold peking m it is not inen menaced aced by russia and to throw it away in in exchange change for the doubtful be benefit 11 befit of an english alliance would be an ail act of lic headlong adiong beut jobity rob ity such as need not bu be |