New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-05
,,rpRy'S DEGRADATION.
,rcx OF OpPORTUNISM-yICT
TIE AND BISMARCK.

lt"'" ;, which evolved the forward Colonial
Oppo'' IN. delste on the report of Select Com
pono,' on the Franco-Chincse treaty was the
hl' tou on appeal of the Judgment passed on
ann On on the ex-Premicr. Ferry appeared to
", II as such, and still more his leading
.oe The speakers were NM. Dubost the
oaoA. de Freycinet. LockrOy, George Perrin,
p,onl Duval. Bonapartlst ana O'eihehccau,
nap" ia an intriguing pushing, thirdrate sort of
pu Ucis n Positivist and was one of those
ps;nss of Ittre who IN the last illness of that
u' man watched by his bedside to prevent
;od,nc TO the solicitations of his wife and
us. Of Charity while he In the enjoyment
he intellectual faculties, and sending for
-, Du5ost in 1870 was Project of the Orne
p" nv the zeal he showed in blowing up bridges
.nl forcing all liable to serve as Mobiles to enter
chat militia corps, threw the Department into the
lids Of the Orleanst Due dAudfret Pasquier,
Tho had been unpopular there LockrOy is the
husbaud of Victor Hugos daughter-iD-law. Before
the sitting began Ferry came up to mm ana
;ocoseIy said: Although you want my head you
will not. hope, refuse to shake hands with me-"
"you mistake" replied the other, in supposng l
,,;sb TO send You to the gullotine. But l think
your policy detestabe." Byisson walking by, the
sx.Prem,er stretched out his hand to him. He
rerelv shook it with the tips of his fingers, kept
silence. and passed Freycuet, "the little
white mouse" was civil but very cold. He allowed
himself to be earwiggcd. and it appears entered
into an ambiguous kind of pact. Raoul Duval Is
Bonapartlst of considerable ability. and one OF
tho clearest aud most hard-headed men in the
Chamber.
After the report had been read the Minis
tcrlal statement of the existing relations between
France and China was made. 1t was done In
fluid and almost colorless speech by NJ. de Frey
dam lx-
eetlc. He nsinuated that he was merely an as
sgnce who had been appointed to wind up an
affair in bankruptcy, and had done all that he
poss,bly could to extricate France from the mess
the last Cabinet got her into IN 1udo China
When Lockroy was speaking Ferry rose and left the
Chamber. He seemed like one who was dazed and
did not well know what he was about In corridor
he threw himself on settee and remained there
for nearly an hour staring straight before MIN.
There was no speculation in his eyes, which have
usually cute" expression. His parliamentary
hackers who have stood by him through thick and
thin and who got orders of the day expressing con-
fidence in him voted when he was in office came
running out They wanted HIM to head forlorn
hope and at least to die fighting He was angrily
apostrophized besought, reasoned with, but re-
manned unrnoved. At last NM. Langlois. an old
gentleman who often under intemperance Of speech
hides great craft Ranc. the chief wire-puller OF
the Opportunists, Thompson. the Deputy Tor
Algeria and brother Of the restless sairap OF
Saigon and Rouvier the ex-dinister OF Colonies
and Commerce. came in q body to summon Ferry
TO return to his post and Idle game" Langlois
told him that he THE ey-Premierl had been dragged
in the mud for the last hour. and those who had
stood by him along with him. He had been walked
upon and held up to ridicue aud hatred. tie was
treated as sinister SELF seeker who if justice was
L. aunt for ha
blood and money which hal been wasted since the
Fourier treaty was rejected.
Ferry said nothing. But he went back. His
aspect was that of prisoner When he was in
his place he kept the dazcd air and did not appear
conscious of what went on abOut him. The hackers
golded him to show resentment and to demand
leave to reply to Clemenccau. who did his best to
second their efforts Rouvier almost foained at the
mouth. Camille Pcetan called ont to him: since
YOU are so anxious for the fallen Ministry to be
defended, why do not Won as an ex'Minlster SPEAK
IN for itf hen Clemenceau had done and saw
that the Cove he had so repeatedly thrown down
was not taken mp. he tried to make Rouver. who
had interrupted him answer. Bat his efforts were
Intellectual Nobody was against the treaty being
voted. Such az il was. il the best that could
be obtained. But Clemcnceau showed that ii was
q great deal worse than the one offered last year by
China and that il was not n complete wind-up OF
mn affair in bankruptcy. He. Perrin, Lockroy ana
Paoul Dnval were agreed in saying that If the
French did not scutte, and give up all claim TO
protectoraie over Tonqun. they might look for
ward to ruinDus campaigns and complications The |
telegram received by General Campenon from IIue !
and read by him at the opening of the sitting |
showed that the peace obtained with the Celestials
was a very deceptive one. Campenon, it may be
remembered retired from the Ferry Ministry |
some months previous to its downfall because he
would not share the responsibility they incurred in
the attemot to take and hold Formosa. He made
great hit by saying that he wonld read faith
fully and "intecrally' tine telegrams he had
received from General de Conrcv from Iine. Ferry.
except on March 60 always cooked ,h9 diispa'cnes
somehow managed to have one ways ready ct
hand which would serve To- hold his majority to-
rcther when he attacked in the Chamber:
Campenon has rnde manner and rough loud
voice. lie tacised the words fdeement Ct infedfe.
ment and was Greatly cheerei by h,ght ana h@ia ana
I,ut tho former Premier was apparently in ensIble
TO This blow which made those around i'm vince.
The present Cabinet has not sufficient authority |
TO semitic because 1t has received q mandate from
n Chamber that is on the point OF extinction:
There is no knowing how deeply it may be INVOLVED
ere the elections can take place. IL is clearly the
iutcntlon of the Chinese not TO eta Protect0rate be
established over the Anamite Empire and natu-
iallv Prince Bismarck does what ne can 70 give
French politicians OF all classes want to be free
from complications there III order TO be ready Tor
events which may take place nearer home: The
Jopnun and Madagascar they have been unable
TO benefit by England's difficulties in Egypt.
think told You that NJ. de Freycnet has
good reason for suppOsng the Gladstone Cabinet
conrtcd defeat" Here is the explanation he re-
c-ivcd from II am told Berlin about the eagerness
OF Queen Victoria to send for Lord Salisbury. Her
Majesty is an excellent mother in this sense. that
che looks sharply to the material interests OF her
children. as she looked to their moral welfare when
they were youthful She has long been anxious to
re. the Dixie of Edinhnrph hOnpht out of his re-