Show A FRENCH ROUT The Chinese Forces Overwhelm Ncgriers Column Inflicting Heavy loss Most Tremendous Excitement in France Fears of a Riot in Paris War Declared Fifty Thousand Men for China On to I Pekin I Reinforcements for Tonquin PARIS March 30General De LIsle in a dispatch says General Negrier is at Dong Dong It is expected that he will recover Col Herbunger is with a column at Thannai The French evacuated evacu-ated their positions without molestation from the Chinese The telegrams maintain main-tain absolute silence regarding the French losses The Cabinet has decided to dispatch dis-patch reinforcements to Tonquin imme diatelv and asked in the Chamber of Deputies today credit for forty million dollars half for the Ministry of War and half for the Ministry of Marines M Clemencean called a meeting of the members of the extreme Left for today Ii to decide their course Several deputies who support Ferry are in favor of a jlenaiy meeting of all republican groups PARIS March 30A correspondent of the Times considers the fall of the French Cabinet near and irrevocable Nobody is able to predict who Ferrys successor will be THE FRENCH DEFEAT The Chinese forces gained a victory over the French forces at Langson on Friday They carried the key of the posItion po-sItion and the entrenchment The French troops retreated beyond Dong Dong They are falling back on the Long Koi The French loss in guns and men is unknown The Chinese are estimated to be 50000 strong They menace the French line of communication with the south It is reported re-ported in Paris that General Briere De Lisle has asked for 20000 Ieinforcements The French reverses have increased the political excitement in Paris It is expected ex-pected that the ministry will be defeated in the next Tonquin debate and then resign re-sign The Radical and Monarchist organs or-gans predict the early fall of Premier Ferry PRAYING FOR REINFORCEMENTS PARIS March 30The following dispatch dis-patch has been received from General De LIsle dated Hanoi March 28 I regret re-gret to announce that General Negrier I has been severely wounded and obliged I to evacuate Langson The Chinese in I three large columns made an impetuous attack upon our position before Kilua Col Herbunger in the face of a superior number of the enemy and exhausted of ammunition was obliged to retreat to Dong Dong and Thannai I am massing forces on the Chu and Kep roads If the enemy still increase I shall retire to Long Koi Whatever happens I hope to be able to defend the whole delta Please send reinforcements as quickly as possible The Cabinet met at 8 oclock this morning and will have another meeting this evening The Journal Des Bats says France will make necessary efforts in behalf be-half of her sons in Tonquin Reinforcements Reinforce-ments will be sent not tomorrow but today to-day Tomorrow however we shall see with whom the responsibility rests ON TO PEKIN Siecle urges a French expedition to Pe kin and says Premier Ferry will make a statement in the Chamber of Deputies tomorrow to-morrow MORE OF THE FRENCH DISASTER LONDON March 30A dispatch from Paris says it is officially announced that II the Chinese troops on the Tonquin frontier fron-tier made a desperate attack upon the entrenched en-trenched camp established by General I tfegrier between Langson and Kilnaand from which General Negrier was making a reconaisanse beyond the frontier separating sepa-rating Tonquin from China proper The Chinese drove the French back beyond Langson and recaptured that town During Dur-ing this series of lights General Negrier was grievously wounded and the French casualties very severe Latest accounts represent the French troops are in full retreat reat with the Chinese vigorously pursuing pursu-ing them Vast quantities of the commissary com-missary and other stores are lost General Gen-eral Negrier received a gunshot wound in he chest He was brought from the field hut his recovery is doubtful The total French loss in killed and wounded is not yet known General Briere de Lisle who is in chief command in Tonquin tel raphs for assistance in an imploring tone which leads Parisians to expect further fur-ther disasters A council of war was hold today with General Lewal Minister of War presiding Intense excitement prevails pre-vails wherever the bad news has become known in France GENERAL NEGRIER REPORTED DEAD A report is in circulation tonight that General Negrier died from his wounds PARIS WILD WITH EXCITEMENT PARIS March 30fhe excitement over the French defeat at Langsou is intense the government is so The feeling against strong that an outbreak is feared It is refloated that France has officially de iov0fi wnr This with the fear of a se rious u riot nu and the downfall of the Minis on the Bourse All try caused a panic request the impeachment the radical newspapers peachment of the Ministers Rochefort demands the head of the French Premier Ferry for his many blunders in Tonquin AN OUTBREAK OF FURY PARIS March 30When Jules Ferry finished announcing the decision of the Cabinet he was loudly hissed by deputies their Members of the Right sprang to yelling Down with the wretch I feet Clemenceau fairly screamed Traitors I mob outside made several attempts Ito I The but were kept back I to pass the guards MOBILIZING ERFNCH TROOPS LONDON March 30A dispatch from Grevy presided at Paris President says the Council of Ministers today He insisted action being taken sisted on immediate for the prompt and vigorous prosecution of the war in China The Cabinet decided to mobilize two divisions of troops to be commanded by four brigadiergenerals for immediate services in Tonquin also to send 10000 men to reinforce Admiral Courbet THE CABINET RESIGNS Ferrys cabinet has resigned owing to the adverse vote in i the Chamber of Dep thtieadversa uties |