The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-04
PREPARING FOR WAR
French Officers and Men on Furlough
Ordered 10 Report.
CRUISERS READY TO SAIL.
Three Transports are Now Ready TO
Receive the Troops.
CAILLARD NOW NEARING TURKEY.
French Squadron Expected TO Arrive
OTHER NATIONS SQUADRONS MOVING
italian Squadron, Reported to Have
Started for Turkey, Is Now Said to
Be Merely Cruising.
CAILLARD NOW NEARING TURKEY.
French Squadron Expected TO Arrive
HER NATIONS SQUADRONS MOVING

Paris, November According TO dis
patches FROM Toulon, all the officers and
men OF the garrison now on leave OF alb
scncc havc been ordered to reioin their re.
spccttye commands Immediately.
Three transports are preparing TO receive
troops.
The cruisers Du Chayle aud Cassard are
ready 10 sail at moments notice and the
battleships Bowel and Jaureguiberry will
be ready Tuesday.
The work Of repairing the docks was con
tinucd throughout yesterday Sunday,
This morning NJ Del Case. minister OF
foreign Affairs, autographed NJ. Baptistc
counsellor Of the French embassy at Con
stantuopse directing him SO the CORE.
spondent OF the Associated Press is author
ltativeiy informedto present today 70
rewflk Pasba. Ottoman minister Of foreign
affairs note asking how the Turkish
government proposes 10 pay the I.orando
claim and demanding the execution Of the
sultan's trade dealing with that matter.
The Hote will also request satisfaction re
gardtng the rights OF France, which are
defined In the various capituations aud
treaties, and which 10 some cases have not
been respected. and 10 others have hssn
encroached upon by Tnrky.
Admiral Culllard Is expected to reach HIS
destination tomorrow The foreign office
has heard no news from him since hIs
division LETT the other divisions OF rho
Mediterranean squadron en- route for Turk
sh winters four days ago.
Is Is pointed out that the absence or
news Is not suHrising as the instructions
Of Admiral Caillsrd were to steer due south
and to avoid passing IN sight OF Bonl.
facie. Corsica, or trayerslng the strait
OF Messlua, In order to prevent his move.
mcnts being Sgnalled,
Tho yskSels az the division carried nnly
. normal supply Of coal, but this would
| be much more than sufficient 10 enahic
yAcm 10 steam 1ooo miles, the estimated
distance they must cover before reaching
their destination.
! 1t is expected that Admiral crrDlard viii
he Joined On route By the torpedo cruisci
! Condor. wuIcn Is stationed in Italian
waters and may hc mot by the torpedo dis
| patch boat NantouE which Is stationed
at Constantnoplc, 1t is also probable that
| the armorcd cruiser Admiral Chaucr
| which arrived at Port Said October n
| from the far Ea<t, is being held there u
order to join Admiral Calllard II needed,
II ia further reported that three other
warshlps are held in readiness Mt Tnulon
to reinforce him should their presence be
| necessary.
Dispatches from Rome assert that the
second division or the Italian Mcdtsrra.
mean squadron, Thlch, as announced yes
terday. left for Turkish waters with the
supposed object Of counterbalancug Mt
French naval demonstrations, will Join tho
| hrst division which has hecn cruising I'd
the eastern Mediterranean for some time
II appears also thar the Greek warship,
Para, Hydra SpetAai and Euroks ayr now
at smyrna, which IS also the Russian Med
tcrrsIsan squaafon. II rs believed that
the British cruisers Piraues and Greece
viii he ordered to proceed to Beirok
J smyrna.