New-York tribune., 1901-08-23
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FRANCE EXPECTS NO WAR.
FOREIGN OFFICE BELIEVES SULTAN
WILL SETTLE CLAIMS sg
RECOURSE TO NAVAL DEMONSTRATION OR
OTHER DRASTIC MEASURES NOT LIKE
LY-DIPLoMATIC RELATIONS
NOT SEVERED.
NOT SEVERED.
Copyright: 1901: BY The Nev-York rribune0

Copyright: 1901: BY The New-YOrk Tribune)
tBY CABLE TO TRIBUNE.I
Paris. Aug. 22.-There is every reason 20 expece
that the claims which the French Governmenc
has been pressing upon Turkey will be settled
agreeaby TO French wishes without having re-
course to a naval demonstration or seizure OF
customs dues at one more Turkish ports.
such is the view expressed at the Quai d'Orsay.
where there is no question whatever of a naval
demonstration or of occupation OF Smyrna or
Beyrout. as announced by Paris papers Neither
is 1t true that NJ Constans. the French Am
bassador at COnstantinople, has broken off Dip
lomatic negotiations with the Porte NJ Con-
stans has merely suspended all personal inter
course with the Sultan and with the Porte but
he has to-day received full authority from the
French Government TO break off all relations
with Turkey and quit Constantinople whenever
In his Judgment. he deems such a step ex-
pedient.
The French Government is thoroughly in ear
nest. and is fully aware that at the present
moment no foreign power would raise any OBJ
jections to a French fleet resortng TO most
drastic measures
According to information that has reached
Paris. the real reason for the Sultan changing
his mind and declining to fulfil his promise was
due 10 his hopes that the obstreperous cIamor
OF the Nationalist party in France would in
duce Nj. Delcasse. the Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs. TO disavow Constars.' The Sultan's great
objection TO the French concession is that if
the ConstantinopIe quays were under the con-
troll of a French or other foreign company there
would be disqueting facilities for the landing
OF consprators and their baggage. But Con-
stans gave the Sultan the option of buying back
the dangerous quays by paying 100000
francs for them within six months and pro-
vided the Porte with a scheme for raising the
cash
An important factor of the situation is that
the Sultan Is known TO be in great fear OF the
Young Turk party. whose headquarters are in
France and who have fer years been conspiring
to get rid Of Abdul Ha-ni(.. In fac-. the sole
duty OF Aiunir Bey the Turkish Ambassador in
Paris for the last four years has been to watch
these Young Turks and to send confidential re-
ports TO the Yildiz Kiosk about their dolngs
Munir Bey just is absent from France,
but in case Constans should decide TO exert his
authority break off diplomatic relations with
Turkey. one of the first steps of the French
Government would be 20 inform Munir Bey
that he could not re-enter France. Thereby the
Sultan would be kept in ignorance of the nachi-
nations OF the Young Turk conspirators. and it
is thought that this would have upon the
timorous but crafty character of Abdul Hanid
greater effect than naval iernOnstrat tion-
AZ all events the French Government has sew
eral other trump cards up its sleeve 10 play Ee
fore resortinz to naval demonstrations or acts Cf
hostility. such as the seizure Of customs dues
or bombardments
Neither in diplomatic financial circles here
IS the slightest apprehension felt Of the neces-
sity Of resorting 20 warlike measures. and II is
regarded certain by those who are in the
best position to judge the situation that the
Sultan will come to terms at the last moment.
just as was the case with the United States in
the matter of pecuniary claims of Americans.
c.. I. 3.