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到了1884年8月中旬,法国人对和平解决已丧失信心。随着法国人的耐心减少,他们的最后通牒的期限也就缩短了。8月19日,法国代办谢满禄向总理衙门递交第三次最后通牒。限定中国政府必须在四十八小时内同意一笔金额为八千万法郎的赔款。如果北京逾期抗付,他就向北京告别,“孤拔舰队司令将立刻采取有效措施,保证法国政府获取应得的赔款。”两天以后,总理衙门把护照交给谢满禄,两国准备战争。研究过炮轰福州的大多数学者认为,直到法国人开始射击后,中国才确定战争政策。当北京在8月21日拒绝最后一次法国衰的美敦书时,它已经下决心用武力结束争执。中国人认为谢满禄离开北京,就意味着战争开始。8月23日,皇帝在收到
By mid-August 1884, the French people had lost confidence in the peaceful settlement. As the patience of the French diminished, the deadline for their ultimatum would be shortened. On August 19, the French acting official Xie Manlu submitted the third ultimatum to the Yamen. Only the Chinese government must agree within a forty-eight hour period to pay an amount of 80 million francs. If Beijing overdue payment, he bid farewell to Beijing, “the commander of the orphan fleet will take immediate and effective measures to ensure that the French government obtains the due compensation.” Two days later, the Premier Yamen handed the passport to Xie Manlu, preparing for the war between the two countries. Most scholars who studied in Fuzhou believe that it was not until the French started firing that China set the war policy. When Beijing rejected the last book of the American edition of the United States on August 21, it had already resolved to use force to end the dispute. The Chinese people think that when Manchuria left Beijing, it meant that the war started. August 23, the emperor received