Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-01
THE PROPOSED ADVANCE TO PEKIN

order to annex the arid soil of Tonquin.
Ferry would have done the same thing.
! The only object was TO oyerturn the Ferry
Ministry. The situation remains the same
except forShe removal of the ablest Repub-
lican statesman in France.
RISING OF THE ANAMEsE.
PARIS, March 31st-It is rumored that
. the Anamese have risen against French
authority. The rising is attributed to the
French reverses in Tonquin and to the
intrigues Of Chinese mandarins.
ABSENCE OF NEWS.
PARIS, March 31st-Aluch alarm is felt
over the fact that no news has been received
for upwards of thirty-six hours from the
French army in Tonquin.
THE NEW CABINET.
LONDON, March 31st.-A dispatch from
Paris to the Exchange Telegraph Company
says that De F'reycinet who has undertaken
the task is confident that he will succeed
in forming a new Ministry. The dispatch
adds the general belief in Paris is that Gen
eral Billot will be the new MiniSterO OF War,
Rouvier the new Minister OF Finance,
and Constant the new Minister OF the In
| terror.
CREDIT VOTED.
PARIS, March 31st.-The Chamber OF
Deputies has unanimously voted the first
installment, amounting to 81 100000 of the
Tonquin credit of $1,000, 000 asked by Fer
ry yesterday before the resignation of his
Cabinet. The Deputies voted to reserve
action on the remaining s., 600 900 until the
formation of the new Ministry.
EFFECT ON THE TEA TRADE.
New YORK, March 3lst.-The war be-
tween France and China is affecting the tea
trade. Prices are low at present, but the
stock in the city is 3,500,000 pounds less
than at the same time last year. importers
seem willing to hold what they have. For
mOsa, which furnishes two-thirds of ell the
Oolong teas brought into this country, is
cut off, and the entrance to Foochow, an
important station is filled with torpedoes
Several tea firms were interviewed ycster-
day, but they seemed at a loss to determine
what course the market would take.
REINFoRcEMENTs WANTED AT ONCE
PARIS, March 31st.-The Government has
received dispatch from De Lisle com
nrnder of the French forces in TOnquin
He entreats the War Office 10 send him
reinforcements Immediately.
OPINIONS OF FRENCH STATESMEN.
New YORK, March 31st-Special cables
present the opinions of French statesmen
on the crisis, which are widely divergent
NJ. Duclerc, eX-Premier and Minister oil
| Foreign Affairs two years ago, affected q
supreme absence of alarm about the situa-
ton. He said: - have 70 anxiety, and
trust no Frenchman fees any France has
gone through more than one crisis in
Algeria, and come out with honor. Why
not in China?
Another eX-Minister of Foreign Affairs, a
distinguished Senator and a dear friend OF
N. Theirs, said: THE situation is grave
1t is difficult to foretell what will come OF
it. To retreat from Tonquin now we cannot
do. The bankers to-day feel that France
has now made headong plunge into
the unknown. War, tie Commune
Everything is liable to happen al
any moment. The stock brokers, however
are confident The fall in values is purely
fictitious, and there never was better
| opportunity offered for capitalists TO buy
French securities"
A prominent banker, however, said to 8
Herald correspondent " This is merely the
prelude. hepolitical movement now tends
directly to the Commune. We shall pass
through all the gradations of Liberals unit
we have as Prime Minister Clemenceau OF
Rochefort. Then we shall have Il a,alraj,
quart d'heltre of the Commune; then a sud.
den reaction to royalty, and then the pen
dulum will begin To swing again
Count kergaradic long u resident in Ton
quin, who probably knows the country
better than any one in Europe, took non
alarmist view of affairs - am convinced
that ere many days we shall have reassur-
ing news which will show the present panic
to be absurd and senscless. The colony is
well worth great sacrifices. 1t is rich, peo-
pied by an industrious race, has a great
future and though at first Hongkong chat
Is England) may reap most of the benefit
OF the conquest, eventually we shall be the
winners, for all experience teaches that
trade follows the flag of the nation which
owns the colony"
IMMEDIATE REINFoRcEMEHTs.
PARIS March 31st.-Eight thousand men
have been ordered to Immediately rein.
force the French army in Tonquin.
ADOPTED WITHOUT DEBATE.
PARIS, March 31st.-The Senate to-day
adopted the Tonquin credit of 100000
without debate.
PRESENT POSITION OF THE FRENCH FORCE
PARIS, March 31st.-A dispatch from
Hanoi to lie Temps, under date of yester-
day, says: " In consequence of troubles in
the commissariat General Negriers brigade
was obliged to evacuatc Langson and retire
positions are satisfactory, sufficient pro
| visions being issued, and the morale of the
| troops is excellent. Reinforcements, how
ever, are urgently needed, to stop the Chi
nese invasion and intr;gues at Hue"
COAL MINES DESTROYED.
PARIS, March 31st-Advices from Ke-
| lung say the Chinese completed the de-
struction of the coal mines near that place
4 having exploded the galleries with dynamite
| and flooded the mines
! DIFFICULT JOB.
Paris, March 31st.-De Freycinet visited
| President C;revy this evening, ana informed
him that he was unable to give a definite
reply regarding the formation OF the Min
| istry. Rentes are now quoted at If.
THE PROPOSED CABINET.
PARIS, March 31st-Dc Freycinet is try
ing to form u Ministry to represent the
| Democratic and Republican Unions and
| Republican Left. The following Cabinet is
proposed De Frevcinei Minister of For
eign Affairs Rouver. Finance; Fallieres,
| Interior; Spuller. Public Instruction; Flau-
quet, Justice; General Billot, War; Admit
raj Jaureguiberry, Marine.
ENERGETIC PREPARATIONS.
PARIS, March 3lst-The War Depart
| iIlSil SoiihIiueS us preparations 10 uslSteIl
| the dispatch OF troops to Tonquin. Ten
| thousand men and four batteries of artil-
lery leave Marseilles Saturday. All the avail
able transports at Bordeaux, Havre and
| Marseilles have been chartered by the Gov
| eminent. The first reinforcements are
! timed TO reached Hanoi May 18th. when
| the rainy season, which commences about
| April 10th. will be at its hight 1t is hoped
! the rains will assist General De Iisle in his
defense, and permit the French gunboats TO
penetrate the canals Of the delta The
French troops in Formosa will eHcuate
hat island and go TO Hanoi
| THE FRENCH POSITION CRITICAL.
| EoNGKoNG, March 3lst.-The position of
| the French at Chu is extremely precarious.
General Negrier's wound has assumed a
| dangerous character The recapture of
Langson will be difficult, if not impossible,
until next year.