, 1881-11-06

IN THE CHAMBER DF DEIUtlES.
= Spfcias Cnh<.
PARIS, Nov. 5.-The Herald special says:
g III anticipation Of !, great and stirring de-
bate on the Tlnisian question, there was a
very large gathering at the Chamber OF
Deputies this afternoon. Three inter-
pellations had been announced: one by
N. Naquet, the second BY N. ANA
gat, and the third by. N. Deroys. n.
Drisson was in the chair AMI II. Gambetta in
his old place in the first row Of. Republican
benches OIL the extreme lefty Indeed, every
faction OF the Chamber was1strong1y repre-
sentcd. The galleries were thronged with
ea%er nnd excited spectators. Once more,
however, the old proverb prove to be
true. :'On1y the unexpected happens" In
stead Of the Naquct Interpolation we had Il
long and not very brilliant declaration of
II. Jules Ferry, who, by curious. and l
believed unpreconcerted, arrangement.
Thought fit to reply to the charge which he
presumed would be made by his critics
BEFORE THEY HAD HEES EVEN FoRMu-
LATED.
replying distl ainfully, amid great uproar, to
what he called the infamous attacks made
upon the Ministry. llcreminded the House
that not LONG since tile Government was III
perfect accord with tile Chamber. Every
one was then convinced that the TIL
nisian expedition was a national and
political necessity. Certain individuals rt-
turned from Noulnea found that it suited
them to take up the accusations made
originally BY the Right and to use them as
all electoral war cry. France could not leave
Tunis the key OF her house in Algeria, at the
mercy Of any but friendly Power. The oc
cupation OF Tunis lad been contemplated RS
long ago as 1864. The Kroumir, whom the
Government was said to have invented, had
in the course OF ten years actually made 22::'Gi5
ORGANIZED lScUKSIoSs ON ALGERIAN TE.s-
1srrO1;Y.
The Bey, prompted by motives which he ).
could not from scIt-eyilent reasons partlcll-
larry explain, had turned his back OH French
influence and the Interests of France. Not
merely private interests were ut stake. The
Government had been accused Of making
unauthorized war, but the French
forces had never fought against the
Bey's troops. ami the latter were now their
paid auxiIiarits. 1t had been accused Ut
pre1naturely withdrawing tile French Troops
anu ,lisorganizing the army, but the army
was not GisorganiZed, and the withdrawal was
for sanitary and military reasons necessary to
keep the cadrcs Of the army intact If
Il call were made upon it, the army would
be found ready for mobilization. The ok
petiition lad dealt I deadly blow at Mussul-
man fanaticism, to which, and not to the
invasion OF the French, the agitation
in tile south. Of = the Regency was
to be. ascribed. N. Ferry was
frequently Interrupted, and was listened to
with srant courtesy. Hardly had lie set
H.. ,r}tA fn 10.
Aniagat assembled the tribune and
BEGAN HIS MAIDEN SPEECH,
which at ohce made him unenyiably famous
lis !: kintl Of French Diysar. Nobody knows.
exactly what he said, for the opening
phrases of his discourse were, of such
Il ridiculous1y bonbastic nature that
the rest was drowned in Il raial-
ing accompaniment OF jeers. laughter, AND
protests. Umlis,nayed and Dittiless, N.
Anlagat continued his or:l1orical elIusion,
out, to the bitter end, replying to the taunts
series of striking, hot to say
theatrical, calculations, made doub!y
striking by meIodramatic gestures. The
speaker is supposed to have blamed the Coy
ernment for organizing the expedition The
speech lasted close upon two hours. When ut
last lie retired the Chamber was so wcaricd
and excited that the continuation Of
the debate was adjourned till Monday,
when NJ Gambetta is expected to speak,
NJ Ama.,at, the hero of the day. is Il Pro-
fessor from NIonthe1ier. THE RESULT Of the
debate is alnlostA foresone conclusion. The
Chamber, which is just now in a lenieut
1no,,d. will probably spare the moribund
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