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California Seizure Sparks British and French Debate
A Baltimore Sun reprint notes European press reaction to California’s annexation by the United States and its impact on power in the Pacific. It also covers port openings, grain trade, and famine fears in Ireland and Britain, with opinions from Debats, Le Constitutionnel, and other papers. Catholic mission presses and American missions in Constantinople are mentioned, alongside Paris bread riots and supply commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
America
California
United States
Pacific Ocean
France
Great Britain
England
Spain
Constitutional
M. Thiers
Texas
Quontienne
Washington
Courier
Praneais
National
Epoque
Mexico
Oessior
Ireland
Scotland
Robert Peel
Europe
Constantinople
Paris
Xuet
Journal Des Debats
St. Giles