The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-08 00:00:00

No. 2..

Mr. Buchanan to Lord J. Russell.—(Received October 12.)
Madrid, Oct. 7, 1859.

My Lord,—Having made Mr. Calderon Collantes ac-
quainted with the contents of your Lordship's despatch
of the the 22d ult , instructing me to ask the Spanish Go-
vernment for a declaration in writing, that if, in the event
of war between Spain and Morocco, Tangier should be oc-
cupied by Spanish troops, they will be withdrawn!imme-
diately after the ratification of a treaty of peace it was
agreed between us that I should address to his Excellency
the note of which I enclose a copy herewith for your lord-
ship's information ; and I received this day from him an
answer, of which a copy and translation are enclosed, and
which I trust may prove satisfactory to her Majesty's Go-
vernment.—l have, &c.,
(Signed)

ANDREW BUCHANAN.

Inclosure 1 to No. 3.
Mr. Buchanan to Senor Collantes,

_ Madrid, September 27, 1859.
Sir,—During the discussions which took place last
winter between Spain and Morocco respecting the claims of
Spanish subjects upon the Sultan's Government and the
zone round Melilla, I did not fail to report to my Govern-
ment the frequent assurances which I received from your
Excellency that the only object at that time of her Ca-
tholic Majesty's Government was to secure due protection
to her Majesty's fortress and to her Majesty's subjects re-
siding in or trading with Morocco, and that they had no
intention whatever of making the questions at issue a pre-
text for territorial aggrandisement in Africa.
These assurances were entirely confirmed by the
event, and I have been happy to learn from the declaration
contained in your Excellency's note of the 26th instant,
and from the verbal explanations which you have afforded
me, on repeated occasions since the new difficulty which
has arisen with the Government of Morocco, that no change
has taken place in the policy of the Spanish Government,
and that they seek for no conquests in Africa, but only pro-
pose to obtain reparation for offences which have been of-
fered to them by the Moors of Ceuta, and securities from
the Government of the Sultan for that fortress, and her
Catholic Majesty's other possessions in Africa, which will
effectually prevent a repetition of the conflicts which have
taken place, and maintain hereafter the relations of Spain
with the Moroccan empire on a satisfactory and honourable
footing.

The reports of my conversations with your Excellency
will thus have already acquainted the Government of the
Queen my Sovereign with the sentiments of moderation and
justice which animate her Catholic Majesty's Govern-
ment ; but it would, notwithstanding., be a satisfaction to
thorn, considering the interest which they take in the empire
of Morocco, and the importance which they attach to the com-
merce of Tangier with her Majesty's possessions in the Me-
diterranean, to learn from your Excellency that the great
preparations at present making, with a view to military
operations in Africa, have not arisen from any change in the
views of her Catholic Majesty's Government, and do not
indicate any intentions on their part to make conquests in
Morocco, oz to occipy permanently any portion of the Sul-
tan's ten itory.

Feeling assured that your Excellency will readily com-
ply with the wish which I have the honour to express to
you on this subject, I avail, &c.
(Signed)

ANDREW BUCHANAN.

Palace, October 6, 1859.
Sir,—l have received the note which you had the good-
ness to address to me on the 27th of the month last year.
The Government of the Queen my Sovereign, while
adopting the measures necessary to obtain, if requisite by
force of arms, the just reparation which they have de-
manded from the Moroccan Government, continue in their
invariable intentions with regard to that country—inten-
tions of which you are cognizant by means of the verbal
statements which I spontaneously made to you last year
with reference to the question of Melilla, and which have
been confirmed by my subsequent notes to you, and by the
circular which I addressed on the 24th of September to her
Majesty's tepresentatives at the Court. of Europe, with the
contents of which Don Xavier de Isturiz will have ac-
quainted her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
The Cabinet of Madrid, as you are aware, do not yield
in this question to the impulse of a pre-existing desire for
territorial aggrandisement, but are influenced alone by the
sacred duty of defending their dignity and the honour of
the nation.

They still preserve hopes that the conflict which has
arisen from the unprovoked aggressions of which the for-
tress of Melilla has been the object, may terminate peace-
fully ; but if their conciliatory desires should not be realised,
they will endeavour to obtain, by other means, the punish-
ment of the aggressors, the satisfaction which -is due, and
the conclusion of agreements which may tend to give effica-
cious material guarantees for preventing the repetition of
similar outrages._ _

It is to the's'e objects that military operations, should they
commence, would be directed. In this point of view it is
easy to understand, knowing the intentions of the Govern-
moot of the Queen my Sovereign, that whatever diminu-
tion the active commerce which Great Britain maintains
with Tangier might suffer in consequence of war, would
be of a transitory character ; since, when once the Treaty
of Peace which should put an end to the hostilities between
Spain and Morocco should be ratified, and the questions
now existing should be settled favourably, and therefore
definitively, the Spanish Government, in the fulfilment of
their intentions, would not continue in the occupation of
that fortress, on the supposition that they should have
found themselves obliged to establish themselves there, in
order to secure the favourable issue of their operations.--I
avail, &c.,
(Signed) SA.TURNINO CALDERON COLLANTES

No. 3.
Lord J. Russell to Mr. Buchanan.
Foreign- office, Oct. 15, 1859.
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on the 6th of October, of which a copy was inclosed in
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your despatch of the following day, in reply to the demand
for explanations which you were instructed by my despatch
of the 22d of September to require of him respecting the
intentions of the Spanish Government in the event of the
occupation of Tangier by the Spanish
the forces
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You were instructed to apply p
ment for a declaration, in writing, that if the Spanish
traops should, in the course of hostilities, occupy Tangier,
that occupation would be temporary, and would not extend
beyond the ratification of a Treaty of Peace between Spain
and Morocco; and in your note to Senor Collantes of the
27th of September you said that it would be a :satisfaction
to her Majesty's Government to learn that the military
preparations of the Spanish Gavernment did not indicate
any intentions on their part to make conquests in Morocco,
or to occupy permanently any part of the Sultan's territory.
".:,Senor Collantes, in his reply of the 6th of October, states
that when once the treaty of peace which should put an
end to the hostilities between Spain and Morocco should be