The New York herald., 1868-03-23

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of the HERALD.
Dfmcuities Bctween the Government and
French Contractors-Chilcnn Policy Towards
Peru.

Dimculties Between the Governnent and
French Contractors-Chilcnn Policy Towards
Peru.
VALPARAISO, Feb. II, 1893.
No news Of Importance from the political world.
Congress is not in session and everybody, with the
exception OF editors ia attending TO his business or
enjoying the summer weather. and government does
what 1t has done all alongthat is TO say, whatever
pleases. One Of the dailies published In this city
says very tarty:-"Thc only definition OF the actual
state OF politics which we can give Is that OF the
Dead Sea-" This Dead Sea, TO follow up the COM
parson, occasionally exhales some very foul odors.
nasty affair OF this kind which has Just
come TO light Is new phase In the mysterious
and certainly not very clean negotiations Of con-
tracts and counter contracts and loans which had
been going on for about two years between gov
ernment here and the French house OF Arman a Co.,
through their agent, Baron de Ia Riviere. The diff
cultics arising out OF the guano privilege granted
TO that house have been reported in the HERALD
but now a new and graver one has suddenly ap-
pcared. Mr. Arraan had undertaken to furnish two
monitors to the Chilean government; these he con-
traced for with the compagnie des Chaniers ct Ate
Hers der0cean, bodybuilding concern. This company
sued Mr. Arman for 19s50 francs being part OF the
stipulated sum. Arnan refused to pay because he
could not deliver the monitors to the Chilean gov
crnment, as the French authorities prohibited their
leaving the port In order to maintain French neu-
Ialiiy Ia the Chieno-Peruyan war with Spain.
This Plea oyerrlled by the higher tribunal,
which ordered The suit TO go on All this apparently
anecls ony Mr.. ArnaD; but the suspicious Of the
people nave been aroused In regard 10 certain all
vances made by the government TO the embarrassed
house OF Erman n Co. lf last Congress the Senate
hcin TWO secret eessi0ng where these advances
were discussed. One Of the honorable members
cuscd the Executive OF having paid la advance GER
tam sums " money thout sufficient security, Inn
plying that he did not believe In the soUndnc OF the
concern oil Artc an a 60. This bruught out chal-
leDge from ue Baron and created q good deal Of
resuluess excitement. And now the suspicious then
uttered Tor the nrst time turn out ~ he perfectly
true The 6e'r7trfo Of this city says, very justly:
The Hejiiones bscg Rsron de IL Elvre, shc
wrapped In my.ery The hing clearly known is the
eyecut0n Issued against Ms hous8 of ArmsD. VIII tho
Chilean governmcnt like the Comp zpie des CbAnfiers Il
Aelierr, be under the necessity Of appearing before
The article Of eonsixn dectres that
ministers be tmpcached for the treason.
lation and rnslyersaton OF the public mo~pys wifsut
full knowledge Of the facts would be hszarding
sauon Of The public moneys; bu, II we are 20
udxf by the attacks OF abe opposition upop
menf Arman question viii figure In the uit against hs
government. The latter has stl three montf rpsptte
asuring among the nierpesilons II II equally csrsin
the two uontorr WIN not come 70 Chile In The even,
war, what for carrying naval
Our ncat IA enOsgosd IN EnrOpehe corvees In EnA,nd
Me monitors trance. II matter Of sprprse them trst
the ~ the latter country should confidently
that the war IL al ~ end ~
Fortunately the>war is at an end 10 all iptens mA
purposes, And nobNiy thinks any more about n.
: Nbat gave ocsasioN For htte uneasiness wss The