Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-06
SQUEEZING THE TURK /.
france Prepares Herself to Do Her
Own Collecting on the
Sultan's Soil.
ArTIRAL GETS WHAT HE WENT FOE
And Nows Waits TO See the Ottoman
Ruler Plank Down the Cash
That Is Claimed.

! Constantinople. Nov. 6.-The Porte
has sent note to Councillor Bapst
of the French legation enclosing
monthly drafts on customs. in pay
ment of the Loranio and Tubini
claims and embodying certain decis-
ions of the Turkish government re-
garding the quay's difficulties.
Bapst forwarded the communication
TO Paris.
Paris. Nov. G.-The following is a
dispatch received from Admiral Gail
lard yesterday:
''Mitylene, Nov. ). IL 40 a. m.-Arm-
ored division arrived at Mitylene"
The dispatch does not mention any
Incident attending the landing. bUt il
seems certain that the French COM
nCandeP carried out his Instructions
which were TO occupy three ports or
the island and TO seize the customs
One cruiser and three torpedo catchers
got separated from the squadron. ow
ing to the speed of the latter. The
dispatch boat Mouette. which had
joined the squadron. was sent to meeu
them and TO accompany them 10 Mity-
lCnC.
CaiIIard Gets Further Instructions.
Admiral Caillard's squadron arrived
of the iSlanu of Syra UGrecian archi-
pelaGCl Monday and detached n dis
patch boat. which entered the port OF
Syra and received from the telegraph
station batch Of dispatches contain
ihg definite Instructions from the
French government regarding carrying
out the sealed orders which were hann-
ed To the admiral previous TO his leav-
ing TOulOn. These dispatches directed
Admiral Caillard TO proceed TO the ISL
and of MitylenP. where he was 10 SeiZ,.
the customs at Midilli and at another
port. The foreign office here has not
yet received rhe sultan'S reply 10 the
mere presented by NJ. BapSt. councillor
Of the French legation at Constant
nOple. following ont the instructions OF
II. DelcaSSe. the foreign minister. I'LL
der date OF Nov. 3.
Policy i'm a Change of Ports.
The correspondent here of the AsSo-
ciatsd Press is enabled TO make the
following statement: when the
French government decided TO send ::
French squadron TO Turkish territory 81 .
debated whether TO seize the customs I
at Safonicn Beyrout or smyrna. as n /
was realized that the receipts OF one
of these three big ports. would be rt.- (
CURED To produce a sufficient sum TO /
pay OFF tho French claims without u
long occuDation. which was considered /
inadVisablc. The occupation Of Salon |
ica was at once dismissed, because IL 1
might create the false impression that /
France was aiming to reopen the Mace /
donian question.
smyrna Finally selected.
The Ocucpation of Beyrout was also 4
set aside. owing TO the French position /
and interests i'm Syria. where the pOpu- /
lation locks upon France as it's pro
tectOr. The occupation Of Beyrout /
therefore. was certain TO create effeI-
veScence, and perhaps even rebellion.
The choice OF NJ. DelcasSe consequently !
fell on Smyrna. which offers equal ad-
vantageS to the other ports. without
having their political drawbacks.
Changed by some Later News.
Saturday. however. came the dis
patch from VI. Bapst. announcing the
issuing of the sultan's trade accepting
the LOrandO claim in it's entirety. rs
France demanded. This dispatch
slightly modified the aspect of the sit
UatiCn. inaSmuch rs VI. DelcaSSp came
IL the conclusion that the sultan would
HOW settle the money claims. and
would. within few days. produce the
guarantees which France demanded
for their payment. The necessity for
Seizing big customs. therefore. became
less pressing. although the necessity
for occupying Turkish trritory i'm on
der to exercise pressure and compel
the sultan to concede the demands re
srectin@ Turkeys disregard of French
rights. still remained urgent.
VIII BE Ready for ANYTHING.
The government, therefore. decided
that Admiral Caillard should occupy
couple OF ports on the island Of Nifty
lene. which is conveniently close 70
Smyrna. So. should the governments
impression that the sultan will salts
factorily settle the monetary question
without delay prove unjuStitied. and
the customs receipts at Mitylene nor
sufficient to meet the French claims.
Smyrna can vet he occupied.