Show The Rumored Defeat Paris 27 Excited crowds have thronged the boulevards tonight until quite late eagerly discussing the rumors of a French defeat in Tonquin The reticence of the government gov-ernment is much commented on Several members of tie committee on Tonquin credits have urged Prime Minister Ferry to abandon his reserve and inform the Chamber Cham-ber of the position of affairs In view of this state of things the following semiofficial communique was sent to the papers h We are authorized to declare up to the moment mo-ment of going to press that the government has received no dispatch dis-patch from Tonquin unfavorable to I the French Alarmist reports may therefore be regarded as false |