The sun., 1901-11-10
FRANCE Is WELL PLEASED.
SUCCESS IN TURKISH DISPUTE
REVIvES NATIONAL PRIDE.
Day Of Fashodas Past English and Con-
tinentai Observers Not sure France
VIII Give Up Mityiene Island-Ger-
man Desire for British Interference.


Special cabls Ds,pafeh to THE SUN.
LONDON Nov. e.-Acoording to to-day's
official advioes from Paris the Franco
Turkish dispute Is as good as settled, but
this Is not considered In well-informed
circles here to be really the case. M. Del
oasse. the French Minister Of Foreign
Affairs. has declared that France requires
substantial guarantees for the fulfil
ment OF all her demands. and these. II IL
believed, the Sultan IL almost as little will
ing as he rs able TO give. Therefore, while
still hoping that the present affair will end
In the usual way, English and Continental
opinion 10 strengthening In the view that
Frances present naval movement will
result In the retention Of Mitylene for an
indefinite period.
The French Government. Of course.
declares that it has no such intention,
but the cases OF England In Egypt and
Russia In Msnchuria are widely quoted az
showing how little value should be placed
In such declarations. Hitherto England,
in common with the other great Powers,
has abstained from interference, but one
Of the most striking features In the de-
velopments OF the past week has been the
attitude Of the entiro German press. which
exhorts the British Government not TO
suffer France to hold a great position,
threatening at the same time the Darda-
nelles and the Suez Canal. besides gen.
orally weakening the British position In
the Mediterranean. Not long ago Great
Britain would have needed but little pres
sure to induce her 20 interfere, but to-day
affairs are different. With her hands
tied in South Africa, England has no appe-
tite for additional trouble, and while she
still holds Egypt the fate OF Constantinople
Ii not a matter of such concern TO her as
1t once was.
The general attitude Of the English press
on the subject is indicated by the following
passage from to-day's Spectator: If Ger
many is annoyed, which is possible, espe-
oally as Austria thinks that she is concerned
in tho Independence OF the Turk, let Ger
many and Austria resist IT, 1t Is not our
duty to pull chestnuts out Of the fire for
william ii. Nothing would rejoice the
Germans more than to see England and
France quarrelling over Turkish islam d
while they themselves are posing as the
protectors and friends OF Islam. We shall be
told that the whole ah air Is plot by Russia a
TO recover her supremacy In the near East,
but we must lend suspicious ears to that
tale. II il be false 1t is an invention to
deepen the cleavage between us and Russia
which German diplomstists desire to mako
deeper Hit be true. what does 1t signify TO
us?'
II ts plain that Germany s anxious on
this situation for. other reasons than that
Of embroiling England with Russia and
France. II does not suit her TO interfere
at the present juncture with Russia. Ger
many has long been striving for influence
and concessions in Anatolia. The Kaiser
has been systematically ingratiating him
self with the Sultan. and II now the influence
OF France revives, and she is once more
regarded In Constantinople as a power
10 be dreaded the Kaiser will receive a
setback In the course he has been pursuing
80 successfully.
Mean while. whatever the eventual out
come really be. France II now delighted
with herself Her press declares that the
day OF FashodAs is now past and that her
reputation is now ret~tablished In the eyes
Of the world.