The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-01-22
TINE ERANCu-GNlNEsE TROUBLE.

lhe news we gave III note tiie
other day, about the resignation of
General Campenon as French Min
ister of War, was incorrect in the
cause assigned. \ despatch in mn
Australian paper was the source of
our information. Instead of Cam
penon rcsigning because the Ministry
refused 10 send rcinforccmcnts TO
Tonquin, the cause of variance was
the Ministry's persistence in the
Tonquiu invasion contrary TO the
Minister of Wars advice. Prime
Minister Ferry, in answer to an
interrogation in the Chamber Of
Deputies on Jan. Nth. is reported
as follows -
He (Campenon) contcnded that
the task would prove Improbable
and unworthy the republic, which
could not, he argued, afford to
spare 10000 French soldiers, essen
tial to the success of the enterprise,
in view of the European situation
and the pressing necessity of the
more perfect mobilization of the
army in Frace. General Cam
penon's idea was that the mobiliza-
ton was the immediate and supreme
duty of the hour, and it should at
once be undertaken with a view of
giving the republic an available
military strength of 5000, 900 men.
General Lcwal Of the Seventeenth
Army Corps, who commanded the
Rhine army during the Franco
German war, and who was in thor
ough sympathy with Fcrry's views,
was at once installed as General
Campenon's successor. Ferry went
bluntly to the point at once. He
announced the Government intended
Immediately to increase its energies
in Tonquin, and would not stop until
it occupied the entire country up to
the frontier Of the Chinese Empire.
This declaration produced Il pro-
found sensation, and was received
with cheers and considerable disap-
proval. Among the distinguished
visitors present TO hear the Minis
terial announcement was Prince
- Hohenlohc, German Ambassador.
Ferry, continuing, said the opera
tions necessary TO the proposed con-
quest of Tonqun would in no wise
compromise the French military
strength at home or interfere with
the necessary general mobilization.
In saying this the Premier fortified
himself with the authority Of Gen
eral Lewal, than whom there could
be no military authority more res
pected by France, There were
100000 men in the republic, the
best soldiers in the world, ready TO
march at n moments notice in the
cause of France. 1t was impossible
to longer keep an army in Tonquin,
crouching idly like hunters, with
their eyes fixed upon single point.
That was unworthy an army OF
France. That army must be at work
and Tonquin must be entirely oc-
cupied. The task was not difficult
= it would require but an insignificant
mobilization. Ferry's speech, be
sides producing great sensation in
the chamber when delivered, has
astounded Parisians generally and
made them quite serious. The gen.
eral impression that it has made may
be describefas bad; people discuss
it as if they dislilled to be forced II
contemplate the probability o.
trouble. After this the Chamber
adjourned until January 10Th,
So France is, TO use u yulga
phrase, bonnd TO 80 the whole
hog" in Tonqun. News from tina
quarter in the near future pay b'
expected to be of an exciting nature
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