New-York tribune., 1886-08-04
n DtUMONT's FAMOUS BOOK.

ticn &C lie :rcuch press, ana, III lact Oh t'c "ii'
O. pag..:a soc ETY.. is the silence which has ooeh
o,,e r.cl ,y rev sranc:s in cohncci on win VI.
u. ,u,o,' > .c,,.a. kahl,. WORK La France Ju'vr
y Is, X IA. :!s,a,!v run tnr,urh eral hundred
o ei,,t. ihc i.,Ii proceeds o! the sale beng de-
yo: ~ =. .ic s,p3nre of wei-known ciarHa'e
iu.iit,t o.. ,'pIr los cIi ;n'' mora ene'l a"'"-
do,r,s" rlis Kind - bavcpot Is scarce SurpH'-
inp " n il 5 cln ilbn.eI #. viii the cXcept""
o. C,.l .dc. N JHI'c. .iG oi tie TEMPS. WHci i
~, r!e:' o. -. of :ac Pto.c3'ant party III france
all o: o." lcNsD@pc-S Published IN the re'r"p'''
arc .~l8si ~ journalists who are avowedlY ei'"o'
ocIe ,.,h cred OF dc3c,ns. Ih IS Hlo,t diieci tao
I,5t,+ i,cxrov the .aqps. ie! !iach tie hepRb' q'1
Isrect;.c. Laurent the TariS, MavnMd ara A'oo''
Woll t,e f,rw,; Arthur Meyer mana IS 'he
Go,iGis, TIC ifoa and the whole ut the 'fiea'','
pre-. N'lis' Leon say, VINO Is the u" ''n, "o
pale, aal accor linz to universal V ci'1'''" re-
port, Che lueeirnt'c br 'th'r OF Baron lo''c VIC
Ro,h,clIld. owns the P@ite fcp'6'i1"' IA pa'er
wrch has an eno:uous circulation III 'he
provinces.
Anhoash ii is impossible to approve OF the vlo-
,e,.e aud faratlc,s,n on the suijecV OF Juia'Sm
~ ,o,, o.rt,iniv detracts rom th' value o' RI
molts book vet II mast be adnltIe tla' IL Is per
hans tie most remlflabio Work when ms ever
besn pl alished on the present state OF anars III
France; AMI the fact that in nearly every ca me
aIi.sti aIe declared 10 Oe basrdon Official docn-
meltS to WIiicl the .iuDlc can rct'T HidhtS 'ho "
easy 10 be verified or sprovod. Ii should be an
drrs,ool that the following particulars are th'
staten ,nts OF Drumont for which he and no; the
present writer Is responsible, tlouGh some of them
are true by comm1p KNOWLEDGE and onscn'.
Notnins can oe moro instructive than the secret
history OF the rouquin expedition. Hithcr'o no
body has been able 20 understand the roii ou 'ct
which Frcn n states urn h III III view wIeh tiev
lie an this disastrous war which cost ffauce
8 600 O00O aud the liyeso 15,000ot her soldiers.
France Il the last Nation III the word llch re-
qurcs colonies. Its population Is not increasing
nor is the country over populated. and within two
days' journey of Mar,cilies 1t has the magnificent
colony of Algeria. iich still awaits proper de-
veloru.lt. The French have no Taste for coloniz-
ailon. In one dcpartm of Algeria a.one there
are S3, )oJ spanish - $500 Frelcn luhlbltantS;
AMI whist Frclcl TIA le with Sauth An'rc1
amounts TO cl 80 upon S20O01O,0l0 per amin,
The tcal imports into the Fr lch co,onlc from Jhe
mo.her county do noi cvea reach The sun OF
$4,000 900 wear. II may be ADDED that rot
more talu 5000 persons on an average ci-israte
eyerr year.
The real object of the Tonqnn expedition was "a
follows: In the first place NJ BavcI. VINO Is
first cousin OF Jules Ferry and nephew OF NJ. fo-
ouet had purchased from the King o. Ana,n tbe
wnoe of the Isiand of ke5oa and the coal fields of
II lrai. llc had paid down sum OF II .O)o on a.
ecu It, aud it had been agreed thai the lance "i
100000 should Oe l.aid the 3ls, of August. 1856
Secondly, jules Ferry, whilst Prime Minister had
signed document granting To a unanclA' slhdF
CAFE composed of Xessrs. Dietz Mouin, BozenIan,
Cntrles Ferry and other Senators and Deputies. a
concession for ier.D of nlnety-nlne wears oi ali
doua.nia lands, forests and mine, III Cochin-Chlna
Anam T1nquin and Camb nlia; turl her. the eXclu-
sive right TO establish in the countries just
,I al 50 tha ilOlONOlV OF
all the railroads to be built Of all transportafi
hv water and by land, and Of all the docks,
ca ais aud harbors 10 be constructed. Lastly, the
syndicate, which bears the pOmpoUS title OF " La
Soci6te Francase G6n6rale de llndO Cmne,' Is in
trusted for a term OF nnetl -nne years with the
farming of the land tax in al the countries IN
question. 1t WI h the object OF enhancing ana
putting a definite value TO these concessions that
the expedition was un lertaken. and that 50 many
lives were lost Needless 10 add that Fcrry's
warmest supporters this patriotic PoIcg were
DctZ MOnin and the other diSnteres' ed Senators
and Deputies. one Of Ferry's principal newspapers
actually had the impudence to declare thai
gold was so plentiful IN the new colony that the
natives bred ducks solely for the purpose OF
collecting il their gllno the gold winch the
birds had swallowed with the river mu L.
Thi, prep iserous story reminds one fOrcby o. the
Toulousen who stated that he had let a match
drop in the field aud that the next wear lie found
there aforest; whercuDon a Marseilai, replied that
that WAS nothing, sncc nc having dropped a trOuscr
button had found a whole pair Of trousers on the
SPOT lust week later. Charles Ferry. whom his
constituents have Just declined to re-elect. recently
purchased magnificent house IN he Rae ST George
for the sum OF 500 600. Though only few yeas
ago L. was mere travelling salesman OF the great
artificial flower m1nufactnrer Watel
One Of the most dlsyracefu financial ira lsactlons
which hay f.L ken nj ace "A France
is the Honduras l,an. This small country. possess
ing no resources, with population OF about
500 900 inhabitants, OF which scarcely one-thirl
are white, had during the past i;ty years been
able TO paw a single cent IN crest Oh its national
debt of $4,000 when Suddenly group of Par's
financIers and statesmen TOOK the m alter III hand
and succe s,fully noated Honduras loan of
$350O0,000. Oh TINS sum only S3,0)0OOO over
reached the Honduras treasury, the remaining
$4,000, 900 being swallo We up by the syndicate
under the head of commissions brokerage. etc. The
prncIpal members of this rag were Leon say,
BlschoifsieIm. Dreyfus and S;heger, al1 # any
oae hesitates about believing the exacttuIe of the
facts related above, saws NJ. lrumon let him con-
suit the records of the French Chamber of Deputies
Of 1881.
The students of French history will lie grateful
to ". Drumont for hS valuable notes the terri
bic insnrrect,pn of the Arabs in Algeria in 1s72
when France almo,t lost her great dependency.
The revolt WAS entirely due to the action of NJ.
Cremlcuy, president of the Universal lsTaelitc
Alliance" VIII, made use OF his temporary power as
member Of the Government Of National defence TO
issue decree Tor the emancipation of The JcNs N
the colony. In order 10 comprehend the full sIgnit-
cance of tnIs act 1t must be borne in mind that
naive troops of Algeria had just been fighting III
the most brilliant manner against the Germans at
Bazeilles Weissembourg etc, many beng deco
,.,r hr,- nh he field M haffle
the right OF French citizenship was refused to tlcse
soldiers who had been shedding their blood OH The
French bait teieds, VI. Cremicuxs decree extended
TIC surage tn the .Ie VS.. VINO are more tnOrlnghlY