The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-18
GERMANY WANTS
THE OPEN DOOR
Moroccan Question Summed Up by
Won Sternburg.
FRENCH ARE SUSPICIOUS
CONFERENCE OF The POWERS
MAY BE HELD.

NERLIN. June Il, 1856 p. m. The
D foreign Office has, the Associ-
ated Press learns. photographed
to Prince Won Radolin, the Ger
man ambassador at Paris, during
the last day or two in a sense
that VIII be reassuring to French ap-
prehensions, if such were felt in the
French cabinet. Germany. still presses
France automatically for her accept
ance Of the proposal to hold confer
ence Of the powers on the subject OF
Morocco.
Due to Weakness.
The Undoubted disturbance of feeling
in Paris over Germany's policy is not
tracea ole TO anything actually aggTes-
slve that the German government has
done or is preparing TO do. 1t is prob
ably due to the feeling of weakness
that has suddenly arisen in France
since Admiral RojCStvensky lost the
sea fight and the corresponding relative
increase i'm German confidence since il
mas become evident that Russia need
not for the present be reckoucd with
The thought in the government in the
army and in the press Is that Germany
IN a military sense has now become
master of the continent. and that being
so. France and every other continental
power should recognize that in diplo-
macy also Germany has risen TO the
first place and must be dealt with as the
paramount power.
Confidence in Germany.
So fully do the German ministers feel
1 the strength Of Germany-S military and
political position that the cautious. cir
cumspeCt policy of the recent years has
[ been replaced by q more definite posi-
I'd
and toward Great Britain also. The
spirit of confidence in the army runs
UNNECESSARILY high The young officers
. long for war That is the constant talk
in the Tegimental casinos. The foreign
attaches here have recognized the
! change in the bearing of the German
office since Russia has been iuextricahIy
. involved in the far east in that its CuI-
victiOn Of the perfection Of the Ciermsg
military machine is expressed w5-E
deeper and quiet assurances. The sen
timeuts of the military body are no.
likely to influence the emperor aiI
Prince Won BueIOw. but they are ev-
tTemely interesting and to these conf
dent opinions. expressed perhaps some
what bOastfully, are probably due The
TumOrs Of German military designs.
Condition of the Army.
\ foreign officer said to the CORE
/ that although II is a favoTite UtteraUce
of the German officer that Germany Is
always ready for war and that nothing
could be done today that is not already
done except actual mobilization. Yet
the new rife has not been issued to all
the army, while the entire reserves OF
rifles are of the old model Of 1855 50
. that if Germany were at war today she
would be using an sntiQUated weapon.
This foreign officer also said that the
German field pieces fired seven shots a
minute to the French twenty-one or
twenty-five, but that the rearmament OF
the artillery was going forward fast.
The correspondent inquired why the
German officers should be so confident
Because" he replied. they are
aware of what they regard as more i'm
p0rtant defects in the French and other
continental armies"
Tension Somewhat Relieved.
The tension OF the Fra1co-GerInan
situation was somewhat relieved dur
ing the later hours of the day the
bOUTse rejecting the improved senti-
menJ by Steadiness and an advance of
French rentes- The Improvement re-
suited in the belief that an agreement
may still be reached concerning the
proposed international conference. The
French official view, while not vet
definitely accepting the conference,
shows evidence Of examining the Ques-
ton in order to learn what the meeting
viii consider, and if Germany is pre-
pared to give adequate assurances that
French interests viii not be seriously
disturbed. there are prospects that the
conference may prove acceptable
Moreover. there is reason 70 believe
that exchanges between the capitals
have satisfied the authorities here that
France would have a good case before
the conference, and that probably 4
jOTity of the powers would take
sympathetic view of French aspirations
in Morocco.
Conference in Paris.
Both the German and British am
bassadOrs conferred with Premier ROU-
vier this afternoon. The conference
dissipated the view that diplomatic ne
gotiatiOns had been suspended and
gave the assurance that the two gov
ernments continued to discuss the
question normally. Careful inquiry
made in the highest official and diplO-
matte quarters subsequent to the calls
of Prince Won RadOlin and Sir F L
BERTHE showed that the general feeling
prevailing is that the situation has
materially improved