The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-23
AS A CHEsK TO GERMANY
  Deleasse toy>emain in the Fren1sl Cabinet. HE RECONSIDERS DECISION Means a Primer Attitude To-
 wards Emperor. Minister will Now Proceed With Goy- ernment's Previous Policy Re- sarding Affairs In Morocco
 How London Sees It.
HE RECONSIDERS DECISION

| oI TTeSluenI LOuDet ana the leauerS or | the government that his retirement | would be a serious national peril at this time, NJ. Delcasse today advised 1 Premier Rouvier that he would recon | slider and withdraw his resignation as | foreign minister.
 This was after strong assurances had been given NJ Delcasse that the minis try was united in sympathy with and in support of his foreign policy. It was the intention to hold special cabinet council this afternoon at which the united attitude of the ministry on for eign relations would receive definite expression. However, M. Delcasse's per sonal conferences with M Loubet and Rouvier made such an explicit declara- tfon necessary, the proposed council was abandoned and M. Rouvier went to the Elysee Palace at o'clock this evening where he announced to M. Lou bet that M. Delcasse would remain in the cabinet.
 During the conferences today be- tween President Loubet and M. Rouvier and Delcasse, the later said that he would retain the portfolio of his foreign policy, which he would carry out ac- cording to his view. The authority nec- essary to carry on negotiations with the powers was ineffective If such ne- gotiations led to reserves or divergen- cies among the members of the cabinet. The purpose of the intended cabinet meeting was to remove every scruple in the mind of the foreign minister con corning the loyalty and support given him. The conference accomplished the same object showing that there was no divergence of views, and in conse quence M. Delcasse gave as his final answer that he would remain.
 Firmness Toward Germany.
 M. Delcasse's staying In the cabinet Is expected to result in a hrmer atti- tude towards Germany than heretofore shown The foreign minister's policy has been to give Germany adequate as- surances that her interests In Morocco would be treated the same ,as thaAe Of. the rest of the world, but after making these approaches he did not desire to yield Frances entire project concerning Morocco at the dictation of Germany. This appears to have excited fears in high quarters that M. Delcasses cour- teous but firm stand against Germany might lead to dangerous complications. It is said that some members of the cabinet shared the view that d grave issue with Germany might result from too firm an insistance upon the French Moroccan policy, and M. Loubet Is also credited with the desire not to have the Morocco issues drift into dangerous complications. Not ony the socialists
  in the chamber of deputies but the more influential sentiment that was im- mediately surrounding M. Delcasse. He felt therefore that 1t was useless to proceed without the strong support of his colleagues representing the govern Inent, and if a temporizing policy with Germany was desired. some one else should assume the responsibility. Consequently his offer to resign was everywhere interpreted as a triumph for Germany, whereas his determina tion to remain is interpreted as a check to German designs.
 The feeling toward Germany has na- turally become much more acute as a result of the incident. Many deputies who have been interviewed on the sub ject say NJ Delcasses resigning at this time would be equivalent to France making an open and humiliating con cession to Germany M. Denys Cochin (Conservative) remarks:
 At Williams Gesture.
 Tt would be disastrous for us to have our Foreign Minister retire on a gesture of Emperor William"
 M. Gervais Democratic Republican, said:
 M. Delcasse's resignation now would mean that Germany Is dominating our policies"
 Other similar expressions show the prevailing sentiment that M. I)elcaSSe' resignation would be considered a Ger man victory.
 The cabinets course in giving united support to M. Delcasse ensures him a strong moral and material backing in continuing the Moroccan policy. He has already opened conversations with the German Ambassador, Prince von Radolin, designed to give Germany ample explanation. Germany has not yet shown an inclination to respond to these overtures. While continuing this conciliatory attitude. NJ. Delcasse is now in a position to resist Germany's apparent purpose to secure the com plete abandonment of the French Mo roccan policy.
 The strong friendship of NJ. Del case for the United States is every where recognized among the American officials here. His relations with Am bassodar Porter have been peculiarly close. Only recently NJ. oelcasse re- marked that he wished General Por- ter would remain here until he also re- tired.
 Last week General Porter gave large oil portrait of himself by an American artist. w T. Dannat, to NJ Delcasse as a mark of his personal es- teem. The portrait has been hung in NJ. Delcasse's private salon. It shows the general in full uniform during the periods when he was on General Grants stan.