Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-01
FRENc CHI SHIPS FOR TURKEY
Demand to Be rlade on the -
for Payment of Claims Forte

Paris, Nov. 1.-THE official, IL
French foreign Office confirm ~ ne
port that division of the M M re-
Mediterranean fleet, comnosea ench
three battleships and two c,.n;s u
under the command of Admiral 60
lard. has proceeded from Tonlon
the Levant, to make naval dew %
stration against Turkey. ''h'
A foreign office official, in co,nn,,
icating the foregoing to the corra
spondent here OF the Associatsa
Press, said: "The squadron sa;lea
with sealed orders and proceeds s.
to a Greek port, the island of Syr,
/ think, where the admiral win ~ -,
ceive definite instructions as 70 an ~
rying out his sealed orders. an, na.
at liberty to say what the sealed -,
ders are, but the seizure of the an,
toms at Smyrna would probably ba
very effective way of CONVINCING ~
sultan that Frances patience IS CIV
hausted, and that we have decided -
enforce an Immediate execution ~
the Turkish governments enooaa'
ments. We, however, are very hone-
full that the sultan will not comn,t
us to go to that extreme.
sour squadron will not reach Tho
Greek port before Sunday. The Tnr,
ish government has thus still thraa
days grace and we trust. in the mean
time, to receive complete satisf,c-
ton. We have acted very consider.
ately toward Turkey, hoping. up !,
the last moment. that she would carr,
out her engagements. and it is onl,,
now, when we find that there is no
serious indication of her doing So
that we have reluctantly resolved ia
put stronger pressure to bear, in tie
shape of q naval demonstration. II
is now two months since the French
ambassador, NJ. Constans, left Con-
stantinople. His departure failed la
produce the desired effect On the
contrary, even the Quays and Tuhini
questions, which were settled by the
sultan's trades. remain unadjusted.
| The internal situation in the Turkish
empire deferred US, for some time
from taking drastic measures to en-
force our demands. But the dignity
of France could not permit the pres
ent state of affairs to be prolonged
indefinitely. We sincerely hope the
sultan will fully appreciate the fact
! that we cannot any longer be trifed
with, and relieve us of taking further
steps to safeguard our interests"
| The official was asked what would
| happen in the event of the French
squadron being ordered to seize the
! customs and if the Turkish authors
ties resisted. and he replied; THAT
! is very unlikely contingency, but
F! if that is the case, [ suppose we shall
| have to lombard the port. We do,
| not want bloodshed and l do not he
lieve there viii be any occasion for
| it, .-..-
Paris, Nov. IA dispatch from
Toulon to the Figaro confirms the
report of the return of the entire
squadron, and adds that ADMIRAL
| Caillard's division is still held in read
| mess to sail at a moments notice.
Editorially the Figaro and other
morning papers express surprise at
this perplexing and unexplained
movement. after the dispatch of Nd
miral Caillard to the Levant had beer
officially announced. The Marseile:
correspondent of the Matin says TIT
return was due to the fact that tht
| squadron was supplied with only twl
| days ratiOns.