Show france is preparing for a military demonstration paris august 24 the ministers under the presidency of premier held a lengthy special session today it wa principally devoted to a consideration of the disciplinary measures to be taken against morocco should the sultan not yield to the demands of the government for redress for the recent arrest of a franco al gerian citizen an official communication says that unanimous approval ws given to the instructions to be sent to the french minister at fez astrene and to the subsequent motion to be taken to compel sultan to make complete satisfaction the nature of this action is not disclosed but it is known that it contemplates the military occupation of a moroccan town near the algerian frontier probably owing to proximity to a large french garrison in algeria and to if stra getic importance as it commands the route to the interior of morocco and the capital fez the latest of the advises advices from fez show that the sultan continues to hold the algerian a prisoner the communication muni cation does not refer to the peace negotiations although it is understood that the minister generally discussed tha prospects of war following the meeting premier ron ale sent instructions to the french minister to demand the immediate release of the prisoner informing him that a military demonstration would be made in case of a negative response later it was announced that the ministers had decided that in case morocco refused the french demands the entire personnel of the french legation would leave morocco simultaneously with the military demonstration |