New-York tribune., 1870-09-08


THE DEFENSE COMMITTEE.
lFROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
PARIS, Aug. 2i.--When a Government asks
nation for oau and obtains IT, the fact is held TO dem
onstratc that the borrower inspires confidence, and
that the object OF the loan is popular According TO the
OF the appeal is the Of its popularity
when the present Government found itself suddenly
brought face TO face with financial dncu'
at the very outset of Of gigantic proportions nn
in the very first stage of which the national arheS ~
met with serious reverscs, it appealed 10 'he ' 49,,
for the means OF meeting the hugo eNpenu,' ,o,,
urgency of the position involved by u Ia" Va ~ ~ -
of the current month. the Minister OF FINANCE wa" m
5 g., ortrocta loan Of 10000 francs, sSoOooccc,
or s,o oo m ssued 1T thcrate Of 60 francs 0o cehes
bearing interest per cent from tbe lSt VI "Ui' '
Yesterday was appointed for receiving suoscIIpo"S'
AT the Minstere des Finances at the hoei uo nv "
tho Mairies Of the twenty drrondssemsnS OF fal al
t Treasury at the OF General Receipts, at the
,ss, dies D<6is ct ConSignGtiOns lists were opened,
and from an early hour the applicants began TO arrive
As the day wore on IL became impossible to get near the
doors OF the Bureau vast were the crowds assembled
The lowest subscription it was announced that could De
taken was co francs co, francs per renH Judging
from the appearance Of the multitude composed cheny'
in the quarters visited respectfully dressed people,
1 should say the subscribers for the minimum amount
would I've exceedingly few. II is known many larger
SUBSCRIPTIONS were made, but the majority would be
composed OF small capitalists, the petite boHT9eOSie'
may not indeed indicate attachment 10 the lmperiai
,sg,ge nor bctrav any overWeenug confidence in the
,oidty OF the dynasty but it does prove inoontesDy
that the nation alive TO tho per which beset IT, ana
is earnestly beat upon coming to the rescue. nave
little doubt will be greatly increased by the SUD
scrpt0ns from the provinces where boarding Is prac
ticcd 60 extraordinary extent awaiting investment
al high interest The French press points to this strk
ing result as on answer TO Forbach Reschofen, and
contrasts il with the issue of the effort recently made by
Prussia which, the end Of three weeks, produced only
COO0OJ0 thalers-half the amount demanded. Great
facilities were offered to the people here for taking up
the new loan The minimum amount, TO wit is within
the reach OF almost everybody. Then the subscription
may bo paid by installments, one-fth down, the re-
nander extending over eight months, in monthly dis
bursements Of equal amount In the next place interest
commences on the LIST Of July, gain OF nearly two
months The is thus brought out under the most
favorable conditions for those investing but these do not
account the which has been subscribed
alone explains the fact 1t is the sentiment
that the country in danger and must be saved at any
sacrifice.
For the last three days little episode has been occu
pyng the Chambers which deserves record Day before
yesterday NJ de K6ratry presented proposition to add
the Committee for the defense Of Paris nine members,
TO he selected by the Assembly from its own body.
There two modes Of dealing with motion submitted
House. The first allows il to be discussed in turn
The second is called " urgency"-PWgenoe- vote
taken upon the question Of urgency in respect OF
motion. and being affirmative, gives that motion mme-
diate precedence Some Of the most important minis
terial submitted by the Cabinet have thus
been voted. The urgency vote taken upon NJ de
Keratrys proposition OF the Left acceded TO it
at once. The Center went with the Left. The Right
hestated. Everybody up, everybody upv resounded
from the Left, and very few, four five in all,
whole Chamber stood 70 its feet Count Pakao now
came to the rescue declaring that the Ministry would
accept the proposition. Paris already prepared
10 defend herself and the Committee OF Defense COM
prsed already a sufficient number Of members. Too
many would tend weaken It, In fact in order not to
increase 1t inconvenently many specially competent
officers had been left out. The result Of the incident
reference Of the question to the Standing Com
mttee NJ Theirs being appointed Chairman OF the Com
mittee and Reporter. At yesterday morning the
Council of Ministers met TO consider the question. Gen.
Trochu was present, and said that after consultation
with sundry members, his opinion was confirmed that
the case would be the nomination OF three instead
additional members In the Bureaus the debates
are have been very violent The proposition re-
ceived the support of the entire Left and Left Center
but in each Bureau the majority pronounced opinion
adverse it, the ground that could not be sustained
against the opposition Of the whole Cabinet, especially
as the latter really merted the confidence OF the
tiona representatives. NJ Theirs then submitted con-
ciatOry proposition, to appoint three members and add
them 10 the Defense Committee with the assent OF the
Government. Finally, the question to have been
members of the Chamber to act with the committee
Tanae five are NJ. Theirs, NJ de Talhouet NJ Dupuy, de
Oacs Cen Menet (SenatOr), and NJ. Berie (Senator).
The Empress has signed the decree making them sddi
tunal appointments 10 the Defense Committee and thus
she incident las terminated Importance lies in the
fac that until this appointment made the nation
had representatives responsible to it, in this important
committee, and by accepting these civilians, Count
PalIkao has proved himself capable Of making great
sacrifices for the sake of the country Many scandsous
stories flying about atrbung various motives to the
Left submitting it's proposition. principal is
said to have been desire convert the question into
Cabinet and out the present Ministry, but be-
Heve this be calumniOus assertion. The Defense
Committee will not he strengthened by the addition Of
the new members although NJ Theirs is the originator Of
the fOrtifcatons which intended to protect the city
The Left merely sought 10 assert vital principle, and
abstractedly it ia right. The only doubtful point is
whether wise raise the question at this crisis
Generally il is thought not.
Three more Of the La vilette rioters have received
senence Of death, namely H. Cahen, Pierre Zimmerman
and Charles Brisset.
We are without news from the army. We know how
ever camp ChaOns has been raised and that
MacMahOn is maneuyering the North. The Crown
Prince was ST. Dizer the 19tb and according to all
accounts has not budged since We hourly expect
ing intelligence of great and decisive engagement
THE TROUBLESOME LEFT-THE GOVERNMENT
AND THE NEwS-IMPRUDENCE OF GAMBETTA
IL CO.-MAC MAHON's MOYEMENTS-REPORTS
AND RUMORS.
IRON OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
PARIS, Aug. 24.-The journal OGciel an
that when the Offices closed yesterday at which
subscriptions for the taken out the total
tained 62OOOOO OF francs against 10000
900 demanded. Two thousand millions the sum
serted late last night to have been subscribed As the
open to-day the evidence is clear that the
loan not eenpleed yesterday far Paris
cerned.
The stings in the Corps L6gsatif continue roubous.
The Left led by NJ Gambetta persists in raising ques