Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-18
WAR IS IMPROBABLE
Statement of German Mo
roccan Policy.
SEEKS The OPEN DOOR
OPPOSED TO A SPHERE OF IN
FLUENCE.
Statements Of Baron Won sternburg
and the French Am
bassador.

Durg, the German ambassador, yes.erd ly
afternoon said:
The report that the emperors policy in
Morocco Is aggressive Is entirely erroneous
Germany asks that her treaty rights there
and those of the other powers signatory to
the Madrid convention shall be respected
and protected without discrimination and in
strict accordance with article seventeen Of
The Madrid convention. This article reads:
The right to the treatment Of the most
favored nation is recognized by Morocco as
belonging to adj the powers represented at
the Madrid conference
Here is specific guarantee Of the most
general protection to each of the signatory
powers, pledging to each The same rights
and privileges. whether with regard to life.
property or commerce. 1t is interesting 70
note, too, that in the official compilation
OF treaties prepared at the State DEPART
ment this treaty is classed under the head
o. general treaties.
Germany's part in the complica tions
over Morocco arises, not from any attempt
TO seize territory, not from any effort 20
obtain privileges of any sort except such as
are enjoyed by all of the signatories 20
the Madrid convention, but from her ab-
solute refusal to recognize or participate In
any arrangement involving the establish
ment Of sphere of influence in Morocco
Germany stands for the open door in Mo-
rocco as in China; for the maintenance of
the status quo in both countries
I'm the present negotiations Germany's
trade Is matter of secondary considera-
tion. Overriding treaties established by
law was bound to create a most dangerous
precedent and one which might sooner or
later have been followed by a similar con-
~ Pol in ba 20
'If left alone Germany and France will
have no trouble in arranging all existing
difficulties. The negotiations in Paris are
proceeding in the utmost good faith and
with good feeling on both sides"
French Ambassadors Statement.
At the French embassy no cablegrams
had been received about the negotiations,
but NJ Jusserand, the French ambassador,
in the course Of conversation said:
You may be sure that France is con-
Quoting these negotiations with sincerity
and good will. We earnestly hope for
satisfactory settlement The delicacy OF
the situation precludes detailed dis
cussion. however.
Reassuring advices reached Washington
yesterday from official sources regarding
the Moroccan negotiations at Paris, which,
while they indicated that war between Ger
many and France is improbable, indicate
the extreme delicacy Of the situation. Ber-
lin takes a much more optimistic view Of
the situation than Paris. Germany claims
that the negotiations are proceeding with the
utmost good will on both sides, and with
the probability on an early settlement Of all
existing difficulties. Paris also processes
good will and spirit of extreme friendli-
ness, but is unable to foresee the outcome,
and is exceedingly anxious to find out
what is back of Morocco. and what are
Germanys real intentions"
This is the light In which the situation
has been presented to Washington. Diplo-
mats here attach considerable significance
to the promptness and frankness with
which Emperor William and President
Loubet have kept President Roosevelt in
formed of each development in the situa-
ton, and to the care which both have taken
to present their respective positions in fuli
at the White House. In the event of the
failure of the Paris negotiations Euro
pean ambassador tonight expressed the be-
lief that the President may be called on
for assistance
Seeking for Sympathy.
Both Germany and France. who are re-
framing from any direct effort to draw in
the United States, know informally that
this government does not consider Ameri-
can interests In Morocco sufficient to war
rant any initiative on the part of the
President regarding the invitation Of the
sultan to the powers to participate in an
international conference. American ac-
ceptance of that invitation will be on the
condition that the powers sgnatory to the
Madrid convention are in favor of such
conference.
Both Germany and France, however, are
country-Germany on the ground that the
emperor's demand for the open door In
Morocco will appeal to American COM
merce, and France because Of the action
taken by this country In the Perdicaris
case, when the State Department requested
the good offices of the French government
in securing the release of Ion Perdicaris,
the American citizen in Tangier who was
kidnapped by bandits last year.
Only the exaggerated reports to the eff
feet that the two countries are on the
verge Of war has served to relieve the per-
sistent retfcence which has thus far been
maintained about the negotiations.
The Present Situation Described.
The Associated Press is enabled to give
a partial history of the Moroccan question
and of the incidents which have led up to
the present crisis. The trouble dates from
the signing of the Anglo-French treaty
April 4. 1904. That treaty includes a spe-
cial arrangement between France and Eng
Land regarding Morocco which Germany
claims is In contradiction to article II of
the convention of Madrid, negotiated by
the powers represented at the Madrid con-
ference of 1860-16S1. What has especially
offended Germany Is the alleged failure of
France to inform her offlcially OF the An
glo-French treaty. France claims that
seventeen days before the treaty was signed
the articles concerning Morocco were SUBJ
mitted to the German government and that
no objection was raised to them. The Ber-
lin government insists that 1t was practi-
cally ignored by France in tho negotiation
of this treaty and points to the fact that
England, as soon as the treaty was signed,
submitted the articles Affecting Egypt to
Germany for approval. These articles. which
concerned the Egyptian debt. were APP
proved at Berlin with certain reservations.
BY the manner OF M Delcasse when APP
preached on the subject by Prince Radolin, !
the German ambassador at Paris M. Del