New-York tribune., 1872-02-12
GENERAL FOREIGN NEVIS.
FRANCE.

Asnnr-rtEIER OFFERED THE ENGLISH MIS-
SloN-YHE AMERICAN MINISTER NOT COMING
HO,E-THE FOREIGN OFFICE DISTRUSTS TEE
MOVEMENT TO RELEASE -JSANC2
PARIS. Saturday. Feb 10, 1872.
Ex-Minister Casimir-P Perier has received from
President Theirs an offer OF the Enthusiastically at Lon
Con- but has declined the honor.
Il appcars the report that MI Washburne the Ameri-
can mister France, about 10 leave ON visit to
the United states. was erroneous Mr Washburne 10
dv Announces that he has intention OF leaving ahc
that b d not as was reported in Paris present his Sec
,e,o-v IN the President as Charge dAhaires. InfOrma-
tou IA. been received from Aaccio that slight distur
bacs the interest OF the Bonapaltists have occurred
IN TIE 5aad Of Corsica. p.,. r,o,, =, 1910
Tsee.ct,ons to fl vacant seats the Assembly have
w,e,cd in the provinces IL Corsica. where trouble
va.spp-ehended the voting is going on quietly
Tb,r, il much agitation in Roueu and other cities
aiDst proposal made in the Assembly to tax CONNER
cal transactions
Partitions have been presented TO the Assembly from
Normandy IN favor Of the taxation Of raw materials.
M de Remusat the Minister OF Foreign Affairs, in re-
ply to deputaton who waited upon him with the pur
po of securing the aid Of the Government III the vou
tary movement relieve France Of German occupation
replied that the Government could not officially give It's
CONCURRENCE because the Germans. fearing that an an
tcpatory payment might indicate an intention on the
part of the French toke their would insist on
occupying the SIX departments for the stipulated time
TIE PROPOSED VOLUNTARY PAYMENT OF THE
WAR INDEMNITY TO GERMANY.
The provisions of the treaties of peace be-
tween France and Germany constitute very serious
obstacle 10 the consummaOn of the plan, conceived in
France a, procuring the total evacuation Of French soil
by the Germans through the popular subscription Of
money 10 nav Off the installments Of the in
demntv stin due TO Germany. The six departments
o. Marae. Ardennes. Haute Marne Meuse, Vosges and
Meurthe are still occupied by the German troops by vir
tue OF Art OF the Versailles preliminary Treaty OF
Peace confirmed by the 18th article OF the Dehmtlve
Peace concluded Frankfort Main. Thus it is
provided that these departments shall be occupied as
security Tor the payment Of the last 900 Of the in
demnity. which Is made payable the ID OF March,
1874. By these provisions ii Is at the option
OF the German Government whether not they will ac-
oept ths money before the time when it becomes
due ana present. they disposed 70 regard the oc
cupAton Of the SIX Departments necessary in military
point o. view 10 themselves from the possibility
Of schemes being formed France for future hostitie
against Germany.
THE POSITION OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT
REVIEW or TIE LATE CONFLICT BETWEEN PREsI-
DkNT THEIRS AND TIE AsSEMBLY-PLAN Oh
SLLECTISG 4 AYICE-PRESDENT-THE QUESTION
on TiE MEASURE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE
PRESIDENT AND TIE MINIsTERs-THIERS AND
Tht CANDIDATURE OF ROUHER.
PARIS, Jan. 24-The emotion caused by the
ffesdou resignation has subsded. 1t Is permissible
persps to se it the credit account of people and
Government, that there was disturbance of public
Paee no. extra display Of troops at the hight OF the
cis.s IT, question Is. how rs recurrence be pre-
Fehedt should 10 recur, how the peril that might
come wth Il be obyatedl NJ. Thiers is old and may die
Ina II BIKE enough If he live, the President
frankly warned deputies while yielding to their request
affOr THo ann ffneU AZ OI
'cere- dent remedy that naturally presents Itself
70 The mind It, application is not easy The only
man whom republicans could agree for that Office
would be Greyy tine presiding officer OF the Asse mby
bIt The appointment Of 50 staunch republican WOud
D. another step toward confirming the republic, and,
therefore, resisted bv the mOnarcnists 1t Is doubtful
whether be would accept the position without forna
necartOn Of the Assembly establishing the Republic
H"u0tig also whether NJ. Theirs who recently reas-
serted his adhesion TO the pact Of Bordeaux, would not
regard tho creation Of such Office implying want OF
confidence in himself. The naming OF dAumale or
another Oreanst would be- impossible III face OF united
lesiumist and republican opposition.
Ia the very general censure of NJ. Thers for having
resigned point Is remarkable II is almost invariably
accompanied with recognition OF tAe value OF his
services and OF almost indispensable need OF his con
snung 10 serve The eOmmOnest ground OF censure Is
that the proposed customs duties being purely nan-
cal measure rejection by the House good cause
Tor the Finance Minister retiring but no cause for
1hiers resignation, which is attributed rather to un
Jnsthable va8itya too perOus and obstinate
VII TO have his way The censurers constantly
assume that il was not political measure. and as con
st@ntly argue that the defeat should affect his
position President of the Republic Here the assump-
ton Is either stated implied of parallel between his
positiOn and that Of a constitutional monarch that OF
kfresident under the American Constitution the