Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01
A SICK MAN
rance Takes Heroic Measures to
Collect a Small Bill of
the Turk.
SENDS wARsHIPs TO MAKE A CALL
And Stay, III Necessary. Long Enough
at Port to Procure the
Money.

Paris. Nov. 1.-The TouIon dispatch
announcing the return of Admiral
Caillard's division of the French
squadron proves Ia he incorrect The
admiral is now on his way to Turk
ish waters.
Paris. Nov. Late last night the
following diSpttch was received from
ToulOn: The complete Mediterranean
squadron returned to TOulOn this even
ing and anchored in the roadstead."
This would include Admiral Gail
lardS division. whose departure has
thus either been countermanded on
postponed. If the dispatch be correct
il would imply that the government
las received news from COnStantinopIe
since morning which has not yet been
divulged and which has induced u
change of plan.
Paris. Nov. 1.-The decision to make
Il naval demonstration against Turkey
was taken AT Il meeting of the cabinet
Tuesday. at which NJ DelcasSe, the
minister of foreign affairs. explained
the Sultan'S prOcrastina ton regarding
The French demands. Admiral Gail
lard's squadron consists of the armOred
cruisers Admiral Pothuau. Chanzy ana
Latouche Treville. the second-claSs
cruisers Du Chayla and Cassard. and
the third-clasS cruiser Galilee. The
crews aggregate 2.2S6 men, but the YES
sells will also carry landing parties.
Newspapers Approve the Move.
The newspapers approve the govern
ment's decision. The Journal dies De
bats says: Every one at Constantine
pie and the other capitals must bC
aware that France and Russia arc
completely in accord on this matter.
Under these circumstances il * diff
cult TO believe that the Ottoman GOV
eminent will not come to its sense. ana.
recognizing its error before it is too
late. relieve us of the necessity of MS
Ing other means than those of diplo-
macy and courteous discussion La
I.iberte remarks hat the fact that Adj
miral Gaillard has embarked 2.OUO ma
rineS is Il warning To the porte that
France Will not stop before = slight
show of resistance. but will go to the
end. even though war should enSue.
No Danger of Amy Trouble.
Washington Nov. IN Margerir
the charge datfaireS of the French en-
tasSy here. had a short interview With
Secretary Hay yesterday afternoon.
after which the secretary left ut once
for the White House. NJ. Margeric
may be considered an expert in mat
tors pertaining To the Levant. having
spent several years at COnStantinopIe
recently as an attache of the French
He feels confident that there
i not the slightest danger of dissolu
ton Of the cOncOrdat owing to the &C
ton of the French government in send
ing warshipS TO make naval demon
stration i'm Turkish waters and 10 seize
customs port. The other nations
parties To thc>cCncordat understand the
situation perfectly; and. in fact, most
OF them have grievances and claims
themselves like the French complaints.
So they may look with completeness
upon the effort to make the porte meet
its obliga lions.
Precedent for the French Action.
There also is precedent for this &C
tion. for few years ago Austria seized
Il Turkish port in the gulf of AleNal;-
dria and held it until her claims were
paid. yet the incident did not cause pro
test by the other powers. or even at
tract much attention. 1t is confident
" expected that it will not be neces-
sary for the French admiral TO proceed
to any great length before the Turks
will meet his demands.