Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-04
DON'T FIRE, Mr.. BOONE
I'll Come Down." Said the Coon
---and the Turkish Sultan
Says Likewise.
TRANCE, HOWEVER, Is SUSPICIOUS.
Been Fooled That Way Too Of.ep-
BensOn's Fight with Botha
Bad. BOer Repulse.

Paris. Nov. 4.-The dispatch OF Al.
Iniral Caillard's squadron from TouiOn
TO Turkish waters has already had it,
| effect. The French foreign office ha,
received n telegram from NJ BapSt.
councillor of the French legation nj
COnstantinople. announcing that the
sultan has sent him message accept
in@ all the French claims, including the
Lorando claim.
The porte also telegraphed to th,
French minister of foreign affairs. NJ.
DelcaSSe. informing him that the I.O-
Tando claim had been settled and that
the sultan had signed an trade accept
ing the figure fixed by France for thG
payment of the claim.
France Not Entirely satisfied.
Yesterday morning NJ. DelcaSse min
lister of foreign affairs. telegraphed Nj
Rapst. councillor of the French embas
sy in tanrinOple. directing him-sr
the correspondent of the Associated
Press is authOFitatively informed-tu
present yesterday to Tewfk Pasha. OF
tonan minister of foreign affairs. i
note asking how the Turkish govern.
nient proposes 10 pay the LorandO
claim, and demanding the execution or
the sultan'S trade dealing with that
Riatter. The note also requested salts
faction resardinf the rights OF France
which are defined in the various Sap,tu-
lafious and treaties. which i'm some
eases have not been respected and in
others have been encroached upon hy
Took Precautions Against signaling.
ADMIRAL Caillard iS expected 20 reach
his destination today. The foreign or
fec has received no news from him
since his division left the other diVi-
Sjuns Of the Mediterranean squadron q:
route for Turkish waters four days
ago. 1t i pointed ont that the absence
or news X not surprising. as he IN
Struc.ions 10 Admiral Caillard were IL
stheRr due south ard to avoid passing
in sight of BOuifaciO. Corsica. or trav
ersing the straits Of MCSSiua. i'm order
10 prevent mis- movements being sig
I-3led.
More war>hip> To Join.
II ~ expected .hat Admiral Caillard
will be Joined on route hy the torpedo
cruiser Condor. which * stationed in
Cretan waters. and may lie met by the
torpedo dispatch boat Nautour. whicn
is stationed nj ConStantinoplc. Ii Is
also probable that the armored cruiser
ADMIRAL Charner. which arrived ut
Port said oct. 81 from the far east.
is being held there in order to Join
ADMIRAL Caillard. il needed. Ii is fun
ther reported that three other warships
are held in readiness at TOulon to rein
force him should their presence he
necessary.
All Europe Concentrating Fleets.
Dispatches from Rome assert that
the second division Of tho Italian Med
iterranean squadron. which left for
Turkish waters with the supposed OBJ
iect OF counterbalancing the French
naval demonstration. will join the first
division. which has been cruising in the
eastern Mediterranean for some time.
1t appears also that the Greek war
ships Psara. Hydra. Spetsai and Euro
tas are now at Smyrna. where is also
the Russian Mediterranean squadron.
II is believed that the British squadron
now at Piraeus. Greece. will be ordered
TO proceed to BeyrOut. Syria.
VICTORY WAS WITH FHE BRITISH.