New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-24
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
POI TrCAr AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

,xpoA rug REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE
p,o,o Tan 9t-The unliQuidated portion OF
,N war Indemnity s6OoOcOOOO which ia due March, 1875
49, 80 srmidaby large 10 have been ever lost sight
:, h,e the presence Of the enemy In ak Departments
"a IN Dedpe for its payment, Is source OF constant
oo,T often excited to bitterness But hitherto the
,onsht OF anticipating payment and RIDING the coun-
try of its unwecome guests before the liked hour OF ther
retiring had been little better than the stborn child OF
Ssh IT Is quite recently and suddenly that II displayed
An activity and growth. which, II almost 700 agiteu
and rand for healthy development s at least not With
ont hone and at any rate worth reporting on As late as
a week ago, the plan of natlOha SUBSCRIPTION" un"0
woman patronage suggested by the patriotic acton OF
the ladies Of Muhouse in conquered Alsace but started
anew by the propretoredtOrs of lie Monitenr seemed
80, ,,n,,norant 10 record. Now, the liberation OF the
,itorv is the order Of the day. How can II bo speedily
oascted The practical attempts at solution OF the
peon arc tho phenomena of the day or the pecunary
praotces take few instances, all dating within the last
DAYS. 49,,
Nancy town OF less than 1900 inhabitants who sur
r heavily from reouisitions and fines during the war;
raised $4,000 in less than week; the Natoha 'luo o.
Fouon has sent $500; the Chamber OF Commerce Vi
Bordeaux offers 5000; the Court OF Appeal stUhg III
that town $50; similar Court at Aniens like sum-
an inferior tribunal and the bar at Chateau Therry OO:
the officers agents and employees OF railroad station
nj Befor 5000; the officers and prvates Ghe last giving
half franc each) the Marine Battalion at Nileneuve
de rEtang the same; the Friendly Society OF employees
AZ the Finance Ministry the same first payment inc
editor Of the Li5erae just come In from RouDax tells
me OF a combination" In operation there. Workmen
IN s numerous shops and factories subscribe the wages
Of an hour day for Is days, which employers retan'
double by their own gift, and to forward 10 the
National Treasury. The Roubax contribution from this
and other sources estimated Mt about $4,000 Here Is
something moro significant: The Cardinal Bishop OF
Rouen Whose diocese sorey harred by the war; has
issued circular pastoral to his clergy urging them
10 Join in preach for and in all proper ways promote the
cause and adds the eloquent figure Of $1,000 for his part
hansOme thing the part OF this modern Chy sosVom
who lost his place x,fcio Senator, with It's 5000
emolumcnt by the fan Of the Empire, and whose epco-
nal salary is less than that OF of your metropolitan
hereto clergy The Bishop Of scissors and one or two
other preates already entered on the same way
the follow, their sanction Will give force ana
breadth to the movement respect especially Of
the bodyof the parsimoniOus, suspicious rural popua
tons their patriotism and boarding stoclnes-no other
volunteer agency could eject Some Deputies give their
salaries as Assemblymen.
Here in town all the theaters except two or three that
will-now indeed, must-cOme in, have given the pro-
ceds OF one night which amounted at the Francois to
about 1000 quite generally the aotors-always gener-
ous beyond any other olasshave added their proper
tomato salary for the night. In several Instances
pretty actress or two carried round the hat between the
acts the house, with comparatively beggary results
How comes that the world takes the whole one days
profits OF actors business brought to prohtaDe con-
ditions generally by preceding years OF hard, ipald
effort with almost less than recOgnitiOntakes, rather
credit 20 It's charitable nature, because 1t paid at the
door, from generous pocket dOr its own aInuse
,nent), the money which actor and manager alone
earn and givef Ask these worlds men, bank
crs and great merchants TO sacrifice one days
uroAs OF their houses for charitable patriotic purpose
II easy to show that this popular enthusiasm is de-
tcetive even in popularity and partly sham in its en-
Cusiasm There a class OF thoughtful men who more
ar less openly deprecate this national subscription move
nent which they are ready to aid, and would gladly see
succeed Their trouble and fear is not that 1t Will not
produce the s6OoOOOoO which no tOcraby rational man
supposes possible. but that 1t will provoke that hope
with many, aud cannot enough approximate to so
sublime realization as to save from ridcule and the
overexcted general anticipation from lamentabe re-
VusOn As looks now, their fear appears to my eyes
exaggerated il probable that the national sub
-cripton in a month from now, may 100000
Witch from present appearances, does not seem TO be
an cXtrivagutlY hypothetical sum. 1t would be a
larger sum than any other people ever voluntarily
Joined contributing in any nearly so short tme TN
der any nearly depressed oyer-taxed circun'
stances 1t would have an almost inestmable moral
quite distinct its pecuniaTy value, and would be
peculiarly valuable now aud here manifestation to
The foreign world and material proof to themselves
OF the patriotic solidarity Of the French.
Volunteer contributions carried to their last hmi's'
can never amount TO s6OO.OOOOOO With this, emitting
notice in passing of and various theoretical
scheme, FOR raising desired sum- come to note one
ar two deyses of national loans note the one or two
that for the moment, provoke most attention here
But first shonld remark that the question whether
the Government should interfere In the voluntary sub
scrption movement is still held under Amusement
has been proposed that the National Assembly should
not take charge Of nor control by limitation the
subscription movement but give 1t moral sane
zion by appointing Is Of its members an en-
couragng, authoritative committee OF directors
There is scheme proposed TO the Assembly for legal
cation Of popular IOaD reimbursabe ten years hence,
without interest. "a list, posted in every commune
and printed the Journal Ofeie, shall indicate tho
Of subscribers and the amount OF their subscrp
ton" pass other less fanciful schemes to
como 10 one submitted by NJ de Loueyran, profoundly
crave and ingenious deviser Of devices 1t is not likely
70 be accepted the exact form in which he has pre-
sented IT, Monsieur dc Loueyran's scheme meets with
notable general approval and is taken into serious CON
alteration by the Budget Commission Of the Assembly
Its elementary features as follows:
National Loan of four millards IN bonds Of IOOr,
fepayaGe at 2OOr. In co years, ana participating ~
monthly drawings of prizes amounting TO six millions
year sixty classes OF scrip viii be estanish9d: eaen
divided into y series Each OF the latter Will include
1855 bonds Every one class OF IA series Will DC
paid oh-hat is C6d6l2 bonds, each OF which IS TelmDT
able at 2O0fr. Thus he who have share in each OF
the co Classesthat is TO say, 70 Of l0Oir eaC-wil re-
eeiye 2or every year for 60 years drawing OF prizes
will take place every month; bond is repayabe at $780,
OOir.; 10 AZ lOO,OCOfrj 80 at 5,OOOfr; and 100 at
ooT making monthly r amount OF Prizes sSos OF
The bonds which have drawn a prize will share
belong. extngushed Three wheels VIII be prepared
The Brst win cOntain'6O numbers representing the
classes; the second, l2 for the various series the
third 1885, for the individual bonds OF each SERIES
The first drawn VIII be the class then that OF the series
and finally, the separate bonds After each drawing the
numbers Will be replaced In their respective wheels Az
the end Of the year special drawing Will take place to
endorsements viii be made monthly by series, in
accordance with the order drawn every four weeks Ar
the engagements taken by the Treasury
nhn essen boncs Of 9ir require