The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24
IS A SLUMBER|NG
VOLCANO A! \ ] THERE 2.
The Moroccan Question.
Has Very Dangerous
Possibilities.
WHY FRANCE is
REMAINING CALM.
81 -5fis "a
The Press, BY Mutual Agreement,
Refrains From Stirring Up
Feeling Against Ger--s.
There Are
Fears of
Crisis.
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5 PARIS, september 22.-All the week.
Dr. Rosen, special counsel for Germany.
conferred with NJ. Revoil, Frances rep
rcse n tatiye. The French public opinion
IS calm In the face Of these irterinlnab abie
Z tetc -a-tetes between persons who evil
IDENTIFY don't agree. The calm is part y
due to the attitude OF the press, which
doesn't print all 1t thinks, and WHICH,
because OF II mutual understanding, dls-
plays serenity and patience. II Is 8certal y
however, that there is something irri-
tatious In the difficulties raised by
Germany III question where that which
& we Is may call lhe8rights OF France # Is
written OH the surface OF Africa and on
all geographical maps, and when we In
terfer. In Morocco II is in virtue of8right
OF Il neighbor disturbed by dangerous
= environments. 57sT 5I a
"a n S1LLUSIRATlON.s 8. s,
Suppose. for instance. that at the side
ofBoui.J house there be tublished some
Sinsalubrious industry. or powder fact ory,
+ or immoral enterprise? Then It lis evil
dent that the nc:hbor has the right I o
+ Intervene; also that the inhabltant of.
another quarter who disputes with him
! this right accompllshcs an act Of hos
& tllity. fiis ig5
This is the history Of our relations WITH,
4 Germany regarding Morocco. The Ger
\ man Emperor hnd no license to intervene
= tho difficulties which he caused 4'us.ts4lt
will lend in calling US to a reaity $ Of the
stua lion. Then France will have to
choose between two policies, one Of which
consists In regulating ourselves and our
affairs with The Sultan ut the risk Of
what may happc,lin Europe. The other.
!, consists In ignoring the Moroccan qucs-
4 stIon, and thus leave Germany face to
z face with England and Spa In at4 II
K Rouvicr, who is a man OF warm tenn,
pcrament, deserves great credit for his
4 restraint up to the present, and also
for concealng from the public the deep
Irritation he must have felt and which
s finally lll France Will feel. Il
Y REPUBLICS DECORATION.
Last Sunday there were patriotic cere-
monies at Saintdizier, which in f54t was
%besegcd by. the troops OF Charles Fifth.
4 The city has Just been honorcd by au-.
( thorlzntion 10 place the Cross OF the
Legion Of Honor on its cscutchcon.
y prefer not to attempt TO sound this
+ problem Of a republic bestowing deco.
ration invited by an empire to :ecom-
4 pensej a feat of arms accomplished in
Ethc sixteen century and the fidelity of
u the city TO the Valois. rs "a sIs
That which Is ccarest Is that three
ministers profitel By the occasion To go
.to Santel!zicrEnnd make speeches, accord :
Y Ing toia Sunday Gust ON which distributes
the members OF the cabinet throughout
the provinces to preside over ceremonies
and give out decorations. This CUSTOM
however, Is not bad, as 1t warns over
lukewarm enthusiasts and stirs UP the
faithful.
It is probable that the Chambers viii
! be convoked for October GOTH. Last week
I there was talk OF the nth, but this date
ut once became q battle-ground because
It appeared to pleasc5Com mbes, who recon-
mended it In n speech Mt Lyons. ID
We have had u visit from Witte re-
turning from America and going through
Paris to see I.onbct before calling on
\ the German Emperor, jtB
We have followed the congress held at
lena by German socialists with all the
1 greater interest because these socialists
have assumed Il policy opposite a TO lat
+ of our own socialists In approving Their
4 governments foreign policy and In show
Ing by their dispositions that they We're
ready to follow the government IN all
its adventures.