Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01
A SICK MAN
france Takes Heroic Measures to
Collect Small Bill of
the Turk.
SENDS wARsHIPs TO MAKE A CALL
And Stay. liz Necessary, Long Enough
at a Port to Procure the
Money.

! Paris. Nov. 1.-The Toulon dispatc
announcing the return of Admiral
Caillard's division of the French
squadron proves To be incorrect. The
admiral is now on his way to Turk
ish waters.
Paris. Nov. Late last night the
following diSpttch was received from
ToulOn: The complete Mediterranean
squadron returned to TOuIOn this even
ing and anchored in the roadstead''
This would include Admiral Gail
lardS division. whose departure has
thus either been cOuntermanded OF
postponed. II the dispatch be correct
ii would imply that the government
las received news from ConStantinopIe
since morning which has not yet been
divulged and which has induced Il
change of plan.
Paris Nov. 1.-The decision to make
Il naval demOnstrat ton against Turkey
was taken AT Il meeting of the cabinet
Tuesday. at which NJ. DelcasSe, the
minister of foreign affairs, explained
the Sultan'S procrastina tiOn regarding
The French demands. Admiral Gail
lard's squadron consists of the armored
cruisers Admiral POthuau. ChanZy and
Latouche- TreVille. the SecOnd-claSS
cruisers Du Chayla and Cassard. and
the third-claSS cruiser Gaiilee. The
crews aggregate 2.2S6 men, but the YES
sels will also carry landing parties.
Newspapers Approve the Move.
The newspapers approve the govern
ment's decision. The Journal des De
bats says: Every one at Constantine
pie and the other capitals must bc
-.
completely in accord on this matter.
Under these circumstances il iS diff
cult to believe that the Ottoman GOV
cIEment will not come to its sense. ana.
recognizing its error before il is too
late. relieve us of the necessity of us
i1g other means than those of diplO-
macy and courteous discussion Li
I.iberte remarks that the fact that Ad-
niral Gaillard has embarked 2.0O0 ma
rineS is Il warning To the porte that
France Will not stop before = slight
show of resistance. but viii go 10 the
end. even though war should enSue.
y" Danger of Amy Trouble.
Washington Nov. IN. Margerie.
the charge d'anaireS of the French en-
bassy here had short interview with
Secretary Hay yesterday afternoon.
after which the secretary left at once
for the White House. NJ. Margerie
may he considered an expert in mat
tors pertaining To the Levant. having
spent several years at CouStantinOple
recently as an attache of the French
embassy. He feels confident that there
i not the slightest danger of a dissolu-
ton CT the Concordat owing to the ac-
tion of the French government in send
ing warshipS to make a naval demon
stration i'm Turkish waters and TO seize
customs port The other nations
parties To the c~concOrdat understand the
situation perfectly; and. in fact, most
OF them have grievances and claims
themselves like the French complaints.
So they may look with cOmplacency
upon the effort to make the porte meet
its obliga lions.
Precedent for the French Action.
There also is precedent for this aC-
tion. for a few years ago Austria seized
Il Turkish port in the gulf of AleNali-
dria and held it until her claims were
paid. yet the incident did not cause pro
test by the other powers. or even at
tract much attention. 1t is confident.
ly expected that it will not he neces-
sary for the French admiral to proceed
to any great length before the Turks
viii meet his demands.