Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-31
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
PARIS IN AN UPROAR.
Premier Ferry Forced to
Resign.
GENERAL GRANT SLOWLY DYING.
Henry Irving Lectures
at Harvard
THE BOOMERS TO BE ARRESTED.
Indians Swell the Forces
Under Riel.
THE BOOMERS To Be ARRESTED


FRENCH DISASTERS IN CHINA.
Negrfer Beaten On Every Hand--ParIs
Goes wild With Excitement--M.
Ferry's Ministry Resigns and PresI-
dent Grevy Making Up a New Cabinet.
PARIS, March 3O.-There has seldom been
a day of such intense excitement as this
Mobs of excited men have been parading the
streets. calling down all sorts of excavations
on the government for its shameful Chinese
campaign and crying, ''Down with Ferry"
The mob assembled in special force in front
of the Chambers of Deputies and repeatedly
endeavored TO enter, but was each time driv-
en- back by strong force of military. In
the meantime the cabinet had met to consider
the situation, President Grevy presiding in
person. He insisted on prompt and vigor-
Gus action to satisfy the people. After an
excited discussion the council decided to ask
the Chambers for a credit of $40, 900, 600 It
was also decided to Immediately mobilize
two full divisions of the army, including
four brigadier generals for service in Ton
quin. Admiral Courbet's fleet is to be rein
forced at once by ten thousand sailors and
marines and several more vessels of war
In the chamber the scene was one of wild
est confusion. Members of the right fercely
attacked the government for its duplicity in
keeping the country in ignorance of the true
state of affairs until it could no longer be
concealed and many brave Frenchmen had
been sacrificed on the battlefield The
tumult on the floor was greatly intensified by
the occupants of the gallery who loudly ap-
plauded every speech against the ministry,
and interposed cries of Resign Resign, ,,
"Down with the ministry In the midst of
the tumult M. Ferry rose to announce the de-
cision of the council of ministers held this
morning He was greeted with storm of
Kisses from all parts of the chamber. Silence
was finally restored, but the Premier had no
sooner concluded his remarks when the tu-
multi broke out again. The right arose almost
in body and yelled, "Down
with the wretch" Hardly had this ut
terance escaped the lips of the former sup
portsrs of the government than M C1emen-
ceau, the chief leader of the Radicals, was
upon his feet and, pointing in the direction
of the right, denounced them as traitors.
The noisy scene was momentarily brought to
an end by motion of one of the deputies
that they at once proceed to a vote on the
governments proposals, which was adopted
and the question put. The proposals were
rejected by vote of 38 to 161 which, be-
ing announced, NJ. Ferry rendered his resig-
nation and that of his colleagues. This was
greeted with wild and tumultuous applause
and the chamber was then cleared. Later
President Grevy accepted the resignation of
the members of the Ferry ministry and i'm
nediately went into consultation with some
1ao1 4a
cabinet.
It is generally believed that President
Grevy will call upon either M. Freycinet of
the Senate or NJ. Robot of the Deputies to
form new cabinet. The former won great
popularity by his administration of the min
istry of public works under former cabinet,
and has on many occasions displayed much
in craftsmanship. He has been at
the head of two former cabinets
NJ. Robot, one of the most dis
tinguished of French jurisconsults,
has been prominent in politics of the higher
order ever since he was summoned to an
active participation in the government of
national defense after the battle of Sedan.
1t is also a matter of general expectation that
NJ. Waddington, now ambassador to Lon
don, will become minister of foreign
affairs, which Office is now held
by NJ Ferry in addition to that of the pres
ident of the council. A rumor that the
great political economist and fnancier, Leon
Say, will be asked to accept the post of min
lister of finance causes most profound salts
faction. It is proverb in France that in
times Of financial uncertainty the knowledge
of the fact that NJ. Say was to become minis
ter of finance has always been sufficient to
cause a rise in the price of rentes on the
bourse
The comments of the Partisan newspapers
upon the unfortunate events in China are
vigorous and many of them are so excited
and even wild as to be amusing. L 1ntran-
sigeant heads its editorial with the words
IA L'Assassin and NJ. Rochefort then goes
on to denounce M. Ferry a canaille who
''kills by telegraph and assassinates our
children by means of the submarine CABLE
and as worthy to be treated as a bandit by
the knife of the guillotine. Both LIE Gaulois
and l. Intransigeant accuse N. Ferry of filing
the bureaux with his incompetent friends and
relatives. LIE Radicale protests against bury
ing soldiers in China who will day be
needed on the Rhine LIE erie du Peuple
snsers at M. Ferry's statement that the
honor of France calls for reinforcements.
Figaro denounces NJ. Ferry's "grotesque ruses
and bombastic Machiavellism," but says
these sink beneath the gravity of the national
and it is necessary to throw more
men and money into the abyss. LIE Petit
Journal says: stOn to Pekin, after which
honor being safe we can withdraw from this
deplorable venture"
Further official dispatches are made pub
lie, which show that not only Langson but
all the strategic posi- tions in its vicinity have
been recovered by the Chinese. General
Negrier's disaster, as seen by the light of the
latest dispatches, seems even more complete
than had been suspected from the details
first published.