Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-31

- ssaaGe- war AEn1nsf Ghiaa Il ne
Bexss In EaFness.
PAEEs. March She Csloess fose=s
gained yfctoEy ever tie French AZ
LA0Eson Friday. Ties carried tbe
KEY OF the position and entranehnsnts.
lie freccs tr00Ss Hetreeted bSvoud
Dong Dang. They are falling bzck on
ths Long hoi. fhs Preach losses in
msn and guns are unknown. The CIR
nese forces are estimatsd az 80 600
strong They menace the French lines
OF cUmmnuicstion With the south.
The folloxing dispatch has been re
ceived from Gen. BFiese de Lisle. dated
Ha MOI, March 9Th:
| regret 10 announce that General
Ss9rler has bsep severely Eounded and
obliged 20 eyae1Gte Lsnason. The Chi
ne=s, IN three large columns, made an
impstnOns attack Rpou oar positions
before kii1z- Cslonei HsFbinasr, IN
the face OF q superior number of the
enemy. and exhausted of ammunition,
vas obliged 20 retreat 10 DoDg Dang
and Inannsi. | am uaassiaR fnress on
tue Chu and ksp roads. If.the enemy
still Increases shall retire to Long kOi.
Whatever happens ] hope to be able to
defend the whole delt4. Please seno
FelnforeeEnebts as quickly as possible"
The Cabinet met a. : this morning.
and held another meeting this evening.
The @ssyzgi fss ileba;s says: France
will make necessary efforts in behalf of
her sons in TonqaIn. Rsinforceassnts
viii be sent, not toEnorrow. bat TODAY.
TOmorrow, however. We shall sse with
whom the responsibility rests"
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
LONDON. March "a dispatch from
Paris says IL Is officially announced that
Chinese troops on ths TouqGin frontier
yesterday made desperate attack upon
the entreuehsd camp established by Gen.
Negrler. between Langson and kIina,
ana from which Gen. NegEler has teen
making RESPONSIVENESS beyond the
frontier separating fonquiu from China
proper. The Chinese drove the French
back beyond LAngson, and recaptured
that tSSn. Gensral NeRrier vas Rriev-
o1sly wounded, and the French eassali-
ties are very srriCus-
Latest accounts represent the French
troops IN full retreat with the Chine se
vigorously porsulng them Vast Qnar-
titles of commissary and other stores
we're lost. Gen. SegrIef received gun
shot sound IN the chest. He vas
brougbt from the fisld, bat his recovery
Is doubtful. The fetal French loss,
killed and " banded, is nos vet knozn.
Gsneroi BEiere de Lisse, Who il In
oalet Command in Joaquin, teiseraphs
for assistance IN an impl0rinR tone,
which leads Parlsians to expect further
disasters. counuii of war was held
today, With General Lewal, Minister of
War, presiding. Intense excitement
prevails wherever the bad nexs has be-
come known in France.
TO MARCH To PKKN
LoSDoS, March S0.-A Paris dispatch
10 the Exchange Telegraph Company
states thIt war with China will be Off
cially deolared today. Fifty thousand
reinforesments will be forwarded and
the army will be ordered to march on
Pekin. Il il expected that Admiral
Conrbet will bombard Canton.
Figaro states that tho French killed
and wounded in the fight at L4ngson
was 100.
A PANIC ON IHk BoUEsE
aPARIs, March 3o-There is great ex-
element over the French defeat az
L4auRsou, and the feeling against the
government is 80 strong that IA out
break IL feared. IL Is reported that
France has officially declared war. This.
with fears Of serious riot and the
downfall Of the Ministry. has caused
panic on the Boarse. All the Radical
newspapers request the impeachment of
the Ministry. KOchefoFI demand. ths
head of the French Premier, Ferry, for
bis many blun3ers in Tonaaiu.
FRANTIC SCENES IN THE oHAMsER or
DEPUTIES.
Long before tire hour for the conven-
ing OF the Chamber the streets IL the
vicinity were packed With crowds of ex-
cited men. II soon became evident that
trouble vas brewing fer the government.
A. strong force of military was on hand
30 prevent trouble and preserve sEder in
the Chambers. NotWit standing this
Elrecauiion the galleries we're crowded
with people. wko plainly showed their
irritation over the FreRch defeat at
Langson by ksepin2 NO a noisy discus
sion and hurlinR denanciatory epithefs
at the members of the cabinet and their
supporters as they entered the cham
beFs. When Jales Ferry, the Premier,
arose to announce the decision OF the
Cabinet Council this morning he was
loadiy bissed by the galleries, He had
hardly anished his declaration when a
number o. Deputies of the Right spranR
to their feet Yelling, a Down With the
wretoh r while above tbs din could be
beard the voice Of CisTnsncean as be
fairly screamed. Traitors" IL Was
some time before order Was restored3
and I'd IL not been for the pFeseaea of
troops. there can be hardly do1bt bat
that violence wonld have been done.
Daring the scene IN the cha aiber the
crowd en- the outside becoming howl
ing mob, made several attempts 10 pass
the guard in order to get inside, but they
vers kept back by the detefsnined aitt-
tade Of the military.
FOURTEEN PR oEsT.
PARrs. March 30-3 u m.-isentes
have fallen 90 16 from 80 on reports that
there vii be q popular Demonstration
ontside she Cbambsr OF Deputies.
Fears are entertained OF = serious dis
turbanee.
ExrESsTvE PREPARATIONS.
General EegrieF, wounded in Fridays
engagement AZ LanRs0n. has been pro
NOTED - he a general Of division.
The newspapers generally urge the
country 10 aci With energy and csol-
ness, aad % expect Of all men that at
snoh crisis party feelings and preiu-
dices shonld siuk into insisnificance,
aud thai there should be uuznimity OF
sentiment in demanding that a q neral
assionsl EFFORT he pat foEsh 20 relieve
the army in fonquis.
Orders have been issued direetine the
izamediate mobilization of all the
Fourth bastalions 81 infantry. Tue
Government has decided 20 ask for vol
unseers from eaeh regiment and 10 call
for $4,000 maritinae eoascEipss.
pnc1aox eE TEE cGHExET.
LoxpoS, March S0.-A dispatch from
PARIS Gays thai President Grevr pre-
sided al abe eoaacii Of Ministers today.
He insisted on i1sns1iats action being
TAKEN fer pseuaps and vigorous prose