Show FRANCE AND CHINA Still Awaiting Further DeTelop ments Prospects that Peace Will Be Restored Re-stored And Chances that it Will Not Baine Airs Himself on the Revenue Strikes The Daily Accidents Wrecked France and China Paris 28 ligaro asserts that Admiral Ad-miral Courbet informed government that he cannot make his projected advance upon Sonlay without additional rein forcomentsj SSffl Paris 28Farry prime minister General Campenon minister of wart and Admiral Peyron attended a meeting today to-day of the committee of deputies on Ton quin credhs Ferry imparted to the committee the text of the Chinese memorandum memo-randum Ihe committee unanimously approved the Frencu reply and decided that it was unnecessary to bring the matter mat-ter before the chamber of deputies prior to tho debate on the Tonquin credit because be-cause first there existed no diplomatic rupture and second government had promised that the yellow book should contain the memorandum and reply The Chinese memorandum stated that France had imposed upon the govern ment of Annam an unjust treaty and had ignored the right ot China France invaded Annam and manifested an intention in-tention to take Bacninh the key to the Chinese empire China desired nevertheless never-theless to maintain pacific relations with France but the Chinese troops would be compelled to resist any aggression The French reply declared that France had no wish to annex < iAnnam or Totquin that the sole object of the Hue treaty was to define the1terms of the treaty of 1874 that in order to consolidate the protectorate protector-ate over Tonq in France consideied it expedient to occupy Bacninh and Sontay but there was nothing to prevent an equitable arrangement of the question on this basis from which France had never swerved and which were indicated in the treaty of 1874 Feiry explained ex-plained that he had addressed n note to Marqui < Tseng t embasadorfor China in which he made a suggestion that speCIal powers be intrusted to the military chiefs for the purpose of t ffcL i insrjsn understanding by wbich China ehouldJEurrender Bacninh and Sontay peacefully to Admiral Courbot and that a definitive settlement could be negotiated negoti-ated afterwards The above note crossed one from Marquis Long drawing attention atten-tion to the fact that French troops wore then present in Tonquin but without defining their locality Maquia Teen afterwards declined the proposal of Ferry t but the latter believes th embaa sador acted without tJ wMting instruction from Pekin General Cnmpenon staged that measures meas-ures had been taken to dirpatcu 6000 troops north through Tonquin without recourse even to their partial mobiliz tiun General Oampenon inform the committee that he had received no fresh dispatcn from Admiral Gourboi whose opnratioro had begun or were on the point of ccmmeocing of the date of his at dispatch November 18th when he antpunced he had completed the concentration ot his forces for an attack on Bacninh He believed that Admiral Courbet awaited the arrival of the transport Correz3 bearing 600 troops She is due in Ton q jin today admiral Courbet has been siren full latitude to act in Tonquin and he Admiral Payron hat every confidence confi-dence In his prudence and energy The committee met again this afternoon It is i believed the report of the committee will recommend that the deputies grant the 9000000 francs asked to be voted aa tbe government has declared it would await the reception of further news from Admiral Courbet before asking for any mere funds for the Tocquin campaign The committee elected Reman Renault reporter The vote in the committee xranting credits WM 9 to 2 in favor of it In the Chamberot Deputies Oiemencaau on behalf of the extreme left requested Ferry to furnish an explanation concerning concern-ing tht Chinese memorandum relative to the proposed attack cn chnjch Ferry declined to reply OUmenosau will repeat re-peat the question tomorrow and if an answer is i not then given hs il bring the matter forward in the shape of an interpellation in-terpellation It is i stated Ferry has requested re-quested the omxmltee upon Tonquin credit to postpone for three Jays the presentation pre-sentation of a repoit to the Deputies |