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FERRy's DOWNFALL.

. PENN - SSVvsNU V6e
The Recent Reverses In China Bring on q
Crisis in French Anairs-Premier Fer,
rand His Colleagues In the Cabinet R:.
!. .,rn-A Stormy S~cene-General Nexrjer.
: Leases Estimated at 1900 Men
ACTION OF THE FRENCH CABINET.
LONDON, March s1.-A dispatch from
Paris SAYS: president Grevy presided at
the Council Of Ministers yesterday. He in.
.isted on immediate action being taken for.
q prompt and vigorous prosecution of the
war in China. The Cabinet decided to-
mobilize two divisions of TROOPS, to be com.
manded by four Brigadier Generals, for i'm.
mediate service in Tonquin; also, to send
10000 men to reinforce Admiral COurbet.
THE MINISTRY RESIGN.
PARIS, March Sl.-At the opening of the
session in tho Chamber of Deputies YES.
terday Prime Minister Ferry presented
tho Governments request for a credit Of
$40, OoO, 900 on account of military on
erations in China. Mr.. Ferry at once
moved for the appointment of a committee
TO examine and report upon the credit, and
he demanded that the motion be given pri-
ority. Tho motion was rejected by q vote
of sos to 1G1. Mr.. Ferry Immediately an.
nounced the resignation of the entire Minis
try, President tirevy at once accepted the
resignation of the Cabinet.
II is generally expected that De Frcy.
Genet, at present Senator, or Ribort, the
great French jurist, and now a member Of
the Chamber of Deputies, will be called
D to form a new Ministry. It Is also be-
lieved that Waddington, the present French
Ambassador, will be rendered the Office of
Minister OF Foreign Affairs in place of
Ferry, and that Leon Say, the great politi-
cal economist, will be asked to accept the
post of Minister of Finance in theSnew
Cabinet
THE SEEM IN THE CHAMBERS.
LONDON, March 31.-A special from
Paris gives tho following account of the
opening scenes at the meeting of the Cham
Der of Deputies yesterday: Long before
the hour for converting for the Cham
Der the streets in the vicinity were
packed with crowds of excited
men. 1t soon became evident that
trouble was brewing for the Government.
A strong force of military was On hand to
prevent riot and preserve order in the Cham.
Der. Notwithstanding this precaution the
galleries were crowded with people, who
plainly showed their irritation over the
French defeat at Langson by keeping up
noisy discussion and hurting denunciatory
epithets at the various members OF
the Cabinet and their supporters, as they
entered the Chamber. When Jules Ferry.
the Premier, arose to announce the decision
of the Cabinet Council this morn,
ing he was loudly Missed by the
galleries. Hc had hardly finished
Deputies of the Right sprang to thei,
feet, yelling: Down with the wretch:
While above the din could be heard the
voice of Clemenceau as he fairly
screamed sTraitors!' It was some time
before order was restored, and had
it not teen for the presence of the troops
there is hardly any doubt that VIC
lence would have been done. During the
scene in the chamber the crowd outside be
came a bowling mob, and made several at
tempts to pass the guards in order to get i'll.
side the building, but they were kept back
by the determined attitude of the military:
The vote against Ferry included the Re
publican Unionists, the Extreme Left and
the Monarchists. No group appears strone
enough to insure q compact ministry. All
sections are determined to bring the wal to
a successful issue. In the plan submitted by
General Lewal and Admiral Peyron,
and adopted by Ferry. it was pro
| HOoCNN ludU tO,OOV tlOOpS UC SClU l(
Tonquin, and that a simultaneous attack
be made OH the gate of China. Admiral
Courbet, at the same time, was to attack
Canton. When the rainy season stopped
operations in Southern China an expedi
ton was to be sent against Pekin. The
new ministry will probably adopt this
plan. ff
After the resignation of the Ferry Minis
try, President Grevy asked Henry Brisson.
President of the Chamber of Deputies, tc
form new Cabinet. Brisson declined. The
President then asked NJ. Freycinet to forE
a Cabinet. He asked twenty-four hours tC
reply in.
Lie Figaro says that Ferry has appealed
to his friends to gather to his support. He
declared he would send 100, 600 men te
China, If necessary.
COMMENTS OF TIE FRENc PRESS.
PARIS. March 31.-L'Intransigeuni de
mands the trial and execution of Ferry Ii
Siccle says IL Frenchman dares to men.
lion withdrawal before the Chinese.
II future OF oar Eastern possessions
depends upon the maintenance OF
the French name. We must CONQUER
China at Pekin." La Pals appeals to the
patriotism OF all France, and a y this crisis
abolishes party distinctions. Lc Journal
tics Debuts advises the consideration of the
question whether it would not be prudentto
change the policy of the Government to
ward China, and to reflect before deciding
under the impulse of anger occasioned by 8
reverse.
wAR TIC BE DECLARED.
PARIS, March Silt is confidently as.
serted that war with China will be officially
declared at once. Fifty thousand reinforce
lnents will be forwarded to Tonquin at once
and a march upon Pekin begun. 1t is ex.
pected that Admiral Courbet will lombard
Canton.
THE FRENcH LOSSES.
fARIs, March 31.-The losses of Gen.
eral Negrier's forces are now estimated al
l,sOO: Negrier was wounded in the breast
by a bullet. and one of his aides-de-camp,
Colonel Berge, received a b%ulletrwound III
.le head. Lie Gnulois, says that one
French force at Lang Son was left
on tho battlefield. One hundred thou