The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02
KAISER HAD AN
OBJECT IN VIEW
Visit to Tangier Was Political, Afte1
All.
IRRITATION FELT IN FRANCE
GERMANY'S MOVE WAS ENTIRE
LY UNEXPECTED.


Moroccan controversy is founded on a
treaty OF which article one reads!
continuing and unchauging friend
ship shall exist between his majesty.
the German emperor. and his majesty,
the Sultan Of Morocco, also between
their empires and their subjects Be
tween both empires shall the present
freedom of trade continue aud for this
purpose each OF the high contracting
parties bonds itself to give and to
secure to the subjects Of tho other all
rights advantages, and privileges now
or i'm the future held by the most IA
Vorcd nation"
Without Limitation.
This is the treaty of 1881. which. uu-
der its terms might have been revised
Ign 1896. but was not revised and runs
without limitation ana without any pro-
vision for its dcnunciatiou. Such a
contract with Morocco cannot Of right
bc dissolved or impaired, il is asserted
by the German government, by the
agreement between France and Great
Britain, TO which Germany is not
SignatOrv.
Germany declines altogether to recoE-
MIC France as having any more dom
iuIut position i'm Morocco than Ger
many.
~ To whether France informed Ger
many Of the agreement with Great
Britain has been fully discussed i'm tho
French and British press The Ger
man foreign office regarded Foreign
Minister DelcasSe'S conversation with
Prince Won EadoliU. the German am
bassad"r, us being no more than tea
table talk very interesting, but not
supplying the place OF dU official re-
ply
Did Not Give Consent.
Prince Won Radolin's passive and re-
spCctiyg attitude towards NJ DelcasSc
cannot. il rs said. at the foreign office
here. be accepted a the German GOV
CrumcUtS assent to the FranCO-tiCU-
man agreement. Germany does not
trust To- France to protect German
trad" she pruffcrs rather to deal with
the sultan
The German amba ssa do 10 the Unit
ed states, Baron Speck Won Sternburg.
under Instructions from the foreign of
flee. has explained to the state depart
ment at Washington that Germany
stands Tor tho open door i'm Morocco
Germany has not asked tho United
states to do anything. nor have ne
EOtiatiUuS of any sort been begun or
proposed. Germany does not expect tho
United States to do anything. but she
desires that il should b0 known in
Washington that the Ia SIS or ner ION
i'm Morocco is the open door to trade.
This phrase open door has become q
part of Gormany's speech. It is used
i'm the reiChstag with the definition
Secretary Hay gave it.
Gcrmany's Attitude.
Behind this legal attitude as it may
he called, Of the German government
are diplomatic motives which are not
easy C. measure. Germany is disin-
cliued To sec France spread further i'm
northern Africa and would check and
delay indefinitely if possible that policy
OF peaceful penetration" which would
add strength to France. Probably also
Germany Is willing so embaTra S. France
and gain a diplomatic victory ut the
time Frances ally is fully engaged else
where. These motives are. however.
obscure. one obvious thing is that
Germany does not consent to have her
old relations with Morocco modified by
an agreemeut TO which she is not =
party and after remaining passive for
a. year chooses this moment to object
by diplomatic activity mt FCz
Privy Councillor Rosen, now spccia
envoy Of Germany at the court Of King
NeUciik OF AbySsiuia will. il is unoffi-
cially reported. be German minister tu
Mocpcro i'm succession to the dCcCa Sod
Baron Won MentzinEOn. Herr ROsen
began as "A dra CONAN tho German con
sui general at smyrna, served at Teh-
cram and was consul at Jerusalem
Whcn Emperor William visited that
~ Herr Rosen was transferred to the
foreign Office. He has the great gift OF
speaking several oriental languages in
Guiding Arabic.
What the Kaiser Said.
Berlin. April t.-Thc representa- tive
OF the NOssisChe ZeitunE at Tangicr.
under yesterdays date. gives another
version of Emperor Williams utter
auces there He says the emperor. re-
plying to the address of the members
of the German colony. said.
I'm an independent country such as
Morocco commerce must y" free / Will
io my best to maintain its political and
economic equity There is no prcdom-
ating influence here
n hcCmpcror'S Significant words have
produced a lively impression here
FRANCE SURPRISED.