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Show RELATIONS OF TURKEY AND FRANCE STRAINED Germany Captures Contract for New Artillery, and Her Gaelic Neighbor Refuses New Loan. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 8. Germany's Ger-many's victory In capturing the contract con-tract for the rearmament of the Turkish Tur-kish artillery threatens to result In a serious disturbance of Franco-Turkish political relations. The French Embassador here, M. Constans, proposes to leave Constantinople Constanti-nople soon for Paris to consult with Foreign Minister Delcasse. Meanwhile the Embassador has informed the Turkish Tur-kish Government that the French market mar-ket is closed to any fresh Turkish loan. Tewfik Pasha, the Foreign Minister, tried to compromise the matter, offering to settle the Syrian railway question in a manner satisfactory to the French claimants and to purchase military equipment to the amount of $2,300,000 In France. The Embassador, however, demanded the expenditure of $6,000,000, being one-third of the value of the new armament with French gun factories and the complete satisfaction of the French demands regarding the railroads. rail-roads. These terms the Embassador declared to be final and not having received a reply February 6, the Embassador Informed In-formed the Turkish Government that he refused to continue negotiations, adding that the French Government was closed to further Turkish loans. As a result of this notification the Ottoman bank withdrew Its proposals for the projected loan and notified the Minister of Finance Reshad Pasha, that it would not entertain any request of the Government Gov-ernment for advances. The Deutsche bank then came to the Porte's aid with an offer to assist the treasury. The Germans are thus for the moment In complete possession of the financial field and an trade has ' already been promulgated ordering the purchase of all the new guns In German factories, but It has been decided only to rearm sixty batteries at present. Instead of one hundred and forty-two as originally proposed. |