Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-18
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VAR R Threatened
REVELATIONS OF AN ALLEGED
PLOT BETWEEN ENGLAND
Il S5s:= AND FRANCE.

AND FRANCE.
BRITAIN is Fooled
az MOVE or KAISER
Italy Plays Prominent Part IN Com
sx plications Of tho Powers-Edward
Denies the Plan-Paris Paper IN
earths Secrets. ;.z5z !.
Paris, Oct 1.-THE French govern.
ment continues silent concerning the
alleged revelations OF Great Britain's
offer Of naval and military aid to
France II Germany assumed . bel
ligerent attitude over the Morocco
case. Meantime the newspapers add
new phases to the disclosures. The
Figaro gives detailed version even
more. sensational than the previous al
legged disclosures of the Matin. It
says that the report Of Great Britain's
Offering to mobilize her navy and land
British troops In Germany is not cor.
rect, but that the actual facts are as
follows: @,>=H.+#E ..s.|
Before the Moroccan crisis became
acute the British government made
three distinct overtures to learn it
France was disposed to conclude a
treaty Of defensive alliance France
declined to consider the question.
Later, when the Moroccan crisis be-
came acute, Paul Cambon, the French
ambassador to Great Britain, reopene1
the question and obtained a verbal
assurance from Foreign Secretary
Lansdowne of Great Britain's etrec.
tive support in the event of hostilities.
NJ. Cambon thereupon was able to an
nounce to M. Delcasse, who was then
foreign minister, that if casus
foederis lease coming within treaty.
was desired Great Britain would re,
iterate her assurance in writing.
Counter Move by Kaiser.
The German ambassador in London
Count Wolff-Metternich, learned OF
these assurances and informed Berlin
Emperor William decided on a coun.
ter move and made Italy the medium
of its execution. He informed Italy
that any treaty whereby Great Britain
gave France enilitary support relative
to Morocco would constitute a casus
belli. The Figaro asserts that this
amounted to an indirect ultimatun1
and that the Italian government com
municated the situation to M. Bar
rere, the French ambassador to Italy
who Informed Paris June 4. +
Immediately thereafter NJ. Delcasse
resigned as a result of a violent scene
in cabinet council. During this
council M. Delcasse is alleged to have
said: Il have formal assurance OF
Great Britain's support" Premier
Rouvier is represented as answering
''And i have M. Barrere's telegram
proving that this means war If we con
tinue your policy. l refuse to indorse
what you seem to treat SO lightly
The other ministers are said to have
upheld NJ. Rouvier, whereupon NJ. Del
casse resigned. .;,,."A" - ''-''>
Sought to Oppose Germany.
The foregoing version is important
chiefly, because of the allegation thai
Great Britain sought and promised {
military defensive alliance agains
Germany. ..l......
The Foreign office has received from
the Spanish government it's official &C
ceptance Of the proposition that al
geciras, near Gibraltar, be the place
for the Moroccan conference.
i, Later a semiofficial note was ISSUED
saying that the published report:
upon the incidents accompanying the
resignation of M. Delcasse, and nota
bly, the details regarding the cabinet
council preceding his" resignation, are
inexact." The issuance of this denia
steadied prices on the bourse, which
showed uneasiness over the agitation
Britain Denies Plan to Aid.
London, Oct. A. -, With refernce tc
, the Paris Mathis alleged disclosures il
is authoritatively declared that the Brit.
ish government does not intend to Issue
formal statement on the subject. but
the correspondent is in a position to an
nounce on high authority that the Brit
ish government has communicated tt
Germany statement to the effect tina!
Great Britain did not offer to assist
France in the event of an attack by Ger.
many and that France did not ask fol
such assistance.