The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-06
ADMIRAL CAILLARD DIRECTED
TO ISLAND OF MYTELENE.
NO REPLY TO NOTE OF NOV. 3
Trench Government Considers Occupa-
ton Of Turkish Territory Neces-
sary to Compel Sultan to
Concede Demands.
(By Associated Press.)

Paris. Nov. 6.-Admiral Caillard's
squadron arrived off the island of syria
(Grectan archipelago), yesterday and de-
fached a dispatch boat which entered
the port of syria, and received from the
telegraph station batch of dispatches
containing definite instructions from the
French government regarding carrying
out the sealed orders which were handed
to the admiral previous to his leaving
Toulon.
These dispatches directed Admiral
Caillard to proceed to the island of
NMylene, where he will seize the GUS
toms Of Midilli and at another port.
The foreign office here has not yet re-
ceived the sultan's reply to the note
presented by M. Bantiste, counsellor of
the French legation at Constantinople.
following the instructions of M. Delcasse,
the foreign minister, under date Of Mo-
vember 3.
A correspondent here Is enabled to
make the following statement:
Delcasse Selects Smyrna.
"When the French government decided
to send a French squadron to Turkey,
1t debated whether to seize the customs
at Salonica, Beyreut or Smyrna, as it
was realized that the receipts of one of
these three big ports would be required
to produce a sufficient sum to pay off
the French claims without a long occu-
patton. which was considered inadvis-
able.
"The choice Of M. Delcasse fell on
Smyrna. which offers equa! advantages
to the other ports, without having their
political drawbacks.
Saturday, however, came the dispatch
from M. Baptiste, announcing the is
suing Of the sultan's trade accepting the
Lorando claim in its entirety, as France
demanded.
This dispatch slightly modified the
aspect Of the situation. inasmuch as NJ.
Delcasse came to the conclusion that the
sultan would now settle the money
claims and would, within few days,
produce the guarantee which France
demanded for their payment.
Occupation Of Territory Urgent.
1.-THE necessity for selling big GUS
toms, therefore, became less pressing,
although the necessity for occupying
Turkish territory, in order to exercise
pressure and compel the sultan to con-
Cede the demands respecting Turkeys
disregard Of Frances treaty rights, still
remained urgent.
1.-The government, therefore, decided
that Admiral Ca1llard should occupy a
couple of ports on the island of Nifty
lene, which is conviently close to
Smrna.
$50. should the governments impress
sion that the sultan will satisfactorily
settle the monetary question without de-
lay, prove unjustifled and the custom re-
ceipts at Mitylene prove inefficient to
meet the French claims, Smyrna can yet
be occupied.
I'm the meantime the occupation Of
The ports on the island of Mitylene, is
convenient from a military point Of
view. as the French cannot be easily dis
turbed on that island, whereas Smyrna,
being on the mainland. its occupation
might have more serious developments
than desired. -
1.-THE French government trusts that
the whole difficulty will very shortly be
arranged to its satisfaction and hopes
that the treaty stipulations will be car
tied out by the issues of trades, such as
giving certain French schools permission
to open, which, thus far, has been with
held and also by giving official recog-
pltion throughout the Turkish empire,
TO diplomas issued by the French medi-
cal faculty at Beireut, etc."