New-York tribune., 1905-12-17
NEGOTIATIONS CONCERN
ING MOROCCO.
lsOscial by French Cable to The New-York tribune
Copyright 1905. by The Tribune Association)

Copyright. 1905. by The Tribune Association,
paris, Dec. 16.-The French Yellow Book.
.-hch was distributed to the members of ParIja
n,ent yesterday. narrates the negotiations he
tween France and Germany concerning Morocco
from March 1901, to December, 1908. and forms
the most critical page of history recorded tv the
Third Republic since the threatened invasion bv
germany in 1919 Stripped of diplomatic eu
phen1isgn. what the German Chancellor. Prince
yon Balow demanded OF France on June Z 1905
zas conference or war 1t was practically an
uldnlatum emanating from Emperor William
10 that effect N. Rouviec yielded. and the
agreement for Conference YES signed on .Tulv
It is the unanimous op:rson N diplomatic
circles here that had N. Ro.,~.er ssassaed the
proposal for conference his refusas Eou;, have
been Immediately followed ny deciarat IN Of
var and an advance Of the German army upon
Nancy. The 800 pages of the French Yellow
Book prove beyond question the moderation and
sincerity Of the French government in the face
Of what is considered by fair IaJnded Frenchmen
as a series OF snares, traps, obstacles and pre-
rarications, enanating at one moment q she
ngotations from the German ChanceIlssr At
another moment from Prince Radon the Ger
nan Ambassador at Paris. and always from the
seni-disavowed acts and operations of Count
Tsttenbach. the German Minister at Fez To
the French mind the diplomacy Of Wilhelm
stasse from the outset Of the negotiations re-
earding Morocco bristles with unwarranted ac-
cusztions and quarrelsome quibbles The yell
low Book, which has been facetiously surnamed
The Yellow Peril" shows that the charges reit-
Grated by Chancellor Won Btlow. that the French
Minister at Fex. NJ Saint Rene Taillandier had
3isloyaIly used his influence with the Sultan
en- the false pretext that France had received
iTom Europe mandate to institute reforms in
Morocco ere without the slightest foundation.
The Yellow Book, by more than fifty official
documents and dispatches emanating from the
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs. affords the best pos
SHY evidence that France to-day is the most
peacefully disposed nation in Europe
GERMAN MALEVOLENCB.
The Impression caused in France by the reve-
auons of the dispatches OF Prince Won BtiIow is
hat Morocco was mere pretext for Germany's
nalevolence toward France. Had it rot been
Morocco it would have been something else.
Considerable apprehension prevails here lest the
Ageciras conference may turn out to be another
occasion for the venting OF German dissatisfac-
don- On the other hand information received
IN Paris from Berlin from trustworthy sources
indicates that Emperor William rather reuents of
bis meiodranatio part played In Morocco. and
hat Germany VIII come TO the conference In q
sunc1istoTy frame of mind; but this is not yet
disclosed In the bristling aggressiyeness Of the
encial dispatches Of Chancellor von Bulow. M
Arthur Meyer, Editor of the "Gaulois" blames
e Detcssse for not having avoided the quarrel
so1e issue with Germany. and criticIses the ex-
Minister OF Foreign Affairs for having. TO use
Ge words Of Deputy Denys Cochin, practised
ssrcad The policy OF Derculede, while the Cab
nst 70 which he belonged pursued at home the
sncy CT Dreyfus
THE WRTTE HOUSE WEDDING.
D portraits CT Miss Alice Roosevelt and her
4snoe, Nicholas Longworth- Twenty-six of the
Pststan daily journals publish graceful and
arupiEr1srta=y app=eciadons OF Miss Roose-
~. and the "Gaulo1s' points out that the
AEning marriage VIII be additional bond Of
UmpAthy between the United States and France.
bscsuss, 70 quote the "GauIois" ''this union will
taw the daughter Of the American President
Hso family relationship with French citizens. for
e.. Longworth is a brother OF Corntesse de
Csmbrun, who is the sister-in-Iaw of Comtesse
Esvorgnal DIS Brazzas and Mr.. Longworths
marriage with Miss Alice Roosevelt viii thus
htng President Roosevelt, whose friendly feel
ngs toward negroes are well known. into family
relationship with the widow Of Count de Brazza,
ths African explorer and defender Of the black
races Of the Dark Continent"
WHISTLER STATUE.
Il Rodin, the sculptor. is busily engaged in
making small sketches of the project confded to
him Of a statue of Whistler to be erected stimuli
sneously in New-York, Paris and London. NJ.
Rcdn has before him the late masters eyeglass,
ks walking stick and his top hat, but says he
Is ss yet undecided whether these articles will be
reproduced in the statue or not. Just now III.
Rodn seems inclined to present Whistler semi
nude with one shoulder draped in flowing
gown, with an occasional butterfly aIghting
within its folds.
AMERICAN MUSICIANS.
The young American violinist, Albert Spauld-
ing after giving successful recitals in Paris, is
returning to Florence to give a concert at which
Ssint-Saens viii conduct the violin concerto and
Rll play sonatas himself. After this Mr.. Spauld-
ing goes to Nice to give violin recitals under the
leadership Of Colonne
Miss Edna Hoff, the rising young American
Soprano was highly appreciated by the French
musical critics at her concert on Thursday at
the Washington Palace at which she ap-
paauded in verdrs "RigoIetto" and in several
songs. notably .LAubade" Of Sebastian Schles-
niger. the American composer.
FOR WONEN SEEING Paris.
The Lafayette College an institution for enab-
ling American women and girls to obtain while