New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-01
THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.
NO NEWS RECEIVED FROM ToNoUIN.

FIRST IYsTAIMENT OF THE CRFDIr-A NEW CAB
MET NOT YET FORMED.
PARIS, March 3l.--Much alarm is felt over tne
fact that no news has been received for upward OF
thirty six hours from the French army.
The Chamber of Deputies this afternoon unani-
mousy voted the first instalment. amounting 10
$40. 600 OOO of the Tonquin credit OF $4O'oooooo'
asked for by NJ. Ferry Yesterday before the resgna
tiou of his Cabinet The Deputies voted to reserve
action the remaining $3O.oOo,ooo uh'n 'no
formation OF the new Ministry.
Tne majority of the newspapers here express the
belief that ihe change in the Ministry will not aect
the foreign relations of the Nation.
The RepubHque Ffancaise says that the new CaD-
met should represent all the groups in the kepuo-
can majority.
In his speech in the Chamber yesterday. M.
CIemenceau said that the members OK tue Caonet
were not Minister'S but culpris, who ought 70 he
dealt with by the law. Ibis speech was loudly ap-
pauded.
1t is reported that NJ. Leon Say declines the port
folio of Finance in the Cabinet. Great excite
ment prevailed in the streets after the resignation
of the Ministry. Frequent cheers we're given Tor NJ
Rochcfort. NJ. Clovis-Hugues and other ex-
tremists. A Cabinet Minister'S fall was never more
igno,ninious than that Of M. Ferry. He was hooted
and branded as a liar and a traitor. The President
Freauent cries of Turn him outp were directed
against the Prime Minister, and the greatest uproar
prevailed throughout the sitting
NJ. do Freycluet is trying to form Ministry 20
represent the Democratic aud Republican Unions
and Republican Left. 1he following Cabinet has
been proposed NJ. de Freyci'ct Minister OF
Foreign Affairs; NJ Rouvier Minister of Finance;
NJ Fallieres Minister of the Interior; NJ. spuller,
Minister of Public Instruction; NJ. Floquet. Minis
ter of Justice Gencral Blot, Minister of War;
Admiral Jaureguiberry. Minister Of Marine.
The War Department continues preparations to
hasten the dispatch of troops to T"nqnin. Ten
thousand men and four batteries of artillery VIII
leave Marseilles next Saturday. Al! the available
transports at Boideanx Iiavre and MarseIlles hav
been chartered by tho Government. The hrst rch
forcemeuts are timed to reach Hanoi on Nav IL.
when the rainy season. which begins about April
20 will be it's height Ii IN Hoped that the rains
will assist General dc lIsc IN his measures OF do
fence aud will permit French gunboats to gcnoirate
tie canals OF the Delta. Tue French troops III FOR
mosa will eyacuate the island aud 90 10 Hanoi.
Advlces from he lung say that the Chinese have
completed tie desttuct on OF the coal mines near
that place. having exploded the galleries with
dynamite and Hooded the mines with water.
A dispatch froia l'anoi ~ tho Temps. under date
of Yesterday. says In consequence of troubles In
the Commi. sariat. General Negricr's brigade was
obliged to evacuate Lang-Son aud retire To Ihann'o
and Dong Song. The present positions are salts
factory suite pro, lsOns being assured aud the
morale of the troops is excellent. Rrinf0rcements
however are urgently needed TO stop the Chinese
invasion aud the intrigues ut Hue
Owing 90 the lack OF transports considerable de-
10y will occnr before the necessary reinlorcements
can be forwarded IL is possible that tue Min nS.er
Of Marine when the new Cabinet has been for,ued.
may charter a number of steamers belonging 10
private Iersons
1t Is rumored that the ADamese have risen against
French authority The rising is attributed to the
French reverses and the intrgues of the Chinese
Mandarns
The Government has received dispatch from
General de EIslc in watch lac eutreats the War
Office to send him reiniorcehents Immediately
Eight thousand men have been ordered TO proceed
Immediately to ronQun.
LcNDoS, March 81. A dispatch from Paris says
that NJ. de Freycinet who has undertaken tho
tusk IL confident that he will succeed III forming a
new Minls1ry The dispatch ad"s that the general
be ef parls tnat General BlllOt Will be the new
Minister Of War; NJ. RouvIcr the new Minister OF
Finance aud NJ. Constant tue hew Minister OF the
Interior.
I he Paris correspondent of The Times says that il
il impossible for NJ. dc treycnet To think OF
French advance to Pekin. Tho arsenals arc empty
and the state Of the country is uniavOrable for
such "a resolution. He will only be permitted To
send 10000 men t. Tonquin. lie Will thereby
compromise the free action Oi tho army IN France
and will parayze national life in Europe III order o.
annex the ard soil of Tonqniu. NJ terry would
have done the same thing. The only object was TO
overtnrn the Ferry Ministry. The situation re-
mains the same except for the removal OF the abest
Republican statesman N France. IL Is generally
clicved that Gencra NegreTs dispatch on Sunday
concluded with the sentence. ." am expecting most
serious events but that sentence was suppressed.