Action was taken with splendid promptitude.

"M.

de Freycinet, when pressed on the subject, repudiated any intention of acquiring for France a political predominance in Burma." An immediate pretext was found to place Theebaw in a dilemma; eleven days later the British troops had crossed the frontier, and Upper Burma was another province of our Indian Empire.
Monsieur Haas was recalled, and his abortive action repudiated.

He had acted, of course, without orders, he had erred from too much zeal.
Signor A---- was also recalled, but did not go because the order was not accompanied with the customary cheque to defray the cost of his passage.
His services to England were rewarded, and he retained his engagement as Manager of the Flotilla Company; but he lost his appointment as the Representative of Italy--an honourable post with a dignified salary paid by the Italian Government in I.O.U.'s.
Chungking is an enormously rich city.

It is built at the junction of the Little River and the Yangtse, and is, from its position, the great river port of the province of Szechuen.