New-York tribune., 1905-06-22
TROUBLES IN MOROCCO.
I. N. Perdicaris Tells of Interma-
tional Complications.

Ion N. Perdicaris, conspicuous as the captive
of Raisuli, has returned to New-York, after a
short visit in the South. He will remain here
and in this neghborhood until August 10, when
he will sail for Africa, returning to America
late in the aus1mn. While here he will prepare
for publication in the July number Of THE IN
ternationaI Quarterly an article on 1.-THE Causes
of the Decline of the Moorish Empire" To g.
representative of The Tribune Mr.. Perdicaris
gave an exclusive interview on the proposed
Moorish conference and its effect on the Euro
pean situation. He said:
The feeling of the natives in Morocco is that
they need guidance and assistance for the de-
velopment of the resources of their country.
They would like to see the mineral wealth OF
Morocco made available. railways introduced
and law and order maintained. AT present, TINS
is difficult, owing 10 the feuds between the tribes
and the cities Politically, Ine situatlon IA IN
the time of the early Stuart, when every chief 8
hand was raised against neighboring pro-
vincial potentate. At the same time the natives
have national spirit enough to be opposed des
peratey to the loss of their independence ana
the introduction of the absolute control OF any
one power.
For the proposed French scheme to have sue
ceeded, a considerable display of force would
have been necessary to overcome this opposition
but the situation in the French Chambers rem
dered this impossible, owing to the hostile vote
of the Socialist majority. When IN Paris. last
July. after my capture. endeaVored 10 explain
to the French government the danger to which
the foreign communities in the coast towns or
Morocco were exposed, and to make the French
authorities realize the necessity for immediate
action, if they desired to avoid the European
complications which have since occurred. The
government of the French republic was not only
unable to land any force in morocco, but ccnl-
rnftted the grave mistake of antagonizing all the
foreign interests there by insisting on the ex-
pulsior of the various foreign employees in the
service of the Sultan. Among these was Ger
man military engineer, the brother of former
distinguished Under Secretary OF State at Ber-
lin 1t was this incident that primarily irritated
the German government ana led 10 tne Kaiser
personal intervention
It is very possible that when NJ. Delcasse.
ex-French Minister of Foreign Affairs. read the
AnpIo-French agreement of April s, 1904 to the
German Ambassador, Prince Radolin, there was
at that time disposition on the part OF the
German government to interfere with the pro-
Iosed scheme of peaceful penetration TO which
M Delcasse had secured the adhesion of Lord
Iansdowne. But the course OF the French
negotiations at Fee soon disclosed the fact OF
an intention to secure exclusively for the French
syndicate all future concessions emanating from
the Sherifian or Moorish governments. This
was to be done without any corresponding as
sumption of risk responsibility on the part
of the French government in the matter Of
maintaining law and order.
II naturally occurred to the German govern
n1ent as il should have occurred to every other
government animated by reasonable care for
the commercial interests OF Its people. that IL
would be unwise for such governments to dtvest
themselves of the advantages conferred on them
by the Madrid convention Of 1880. This inter
national agreement assures to all Its signatorieS
the enjoyment of the most favored nation
clause with regard TO commercial and other
advantages. The Kaiser Is sovereign who
Is not often found mapping on his throne. More
over, he had been annoyed by the marked re-
lection of his friendly advances and especially
by the pretenslon of many newspapers that since
the death of Bismarck the centre of political
gravity had been transferred from Berlin to
Paris and that thanks TO the Franco-Russian
alliance on the one hand and to the understand
ings which M. Delcasse Lad established with
England and the Mediterranean powers on the
other, Germany now completely isolated
Based upon such allegations Germany's Wishes