Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1901 — ABDUL HAMID IS FOR WAR. [ARTICLE]

ABDUL HAMID IS FOR WAR.

Sultan of Turkey Regards Demands of France aa Uureaaonab c. The Vienna Tageblatt publishes mail correspondence from Constantinople which says the Sultan will go to war rather than yield to unreasonable demands, that he is studying plans for defense and that he has ordered 300 guns from Germany. The French flag was hauled down from over the embassy of France in Constantinople after the departure of the ambassador, M. Coustans, and it will not be hoisted again until diplomatic relations are restored. The staff of the embassy remains there, but there is no charge d affaires. The French consuls in Turkey have been directed to continue to protect French interests. Besides the immediate causes of the disagreement, it is pointed out that constant difficulties were placed in the way of French commercial interests iu Turkey, which contribute to M. Constans’ resolution. All the embassies complain of vexatious interference with trade.