The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-10

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PARIS september S.-The most i'm
por,ant-In fact, the only-poitisal event ut
OF the week was the solution OF The
Franco Moroccan difficulty, which swns
made known to the French public
Wednesday evening. .iSis (, sE
Readers Of Tie Paris dispatches are
familiar with the incident. The coun-
scllors OF the Sultan OF Morocco. under lnti,'
General Little. OF Ma ghzen. Il arrested &c an a.;
I Algerian Ausseimnn, a French sulpJeet'
thus violating the Franco Mofo orc GO 2 2
treaty. The French government having
protested the man was set at liberty, b,it
this event, reported by means Of letter,
OF which the terms ure 4elVed, !" a" as
Judged rncceptiDle by the French gov
ernment, and consequently the. french
minister at Fez st. Renc Taillnndier.
sent an ultlnlatum sSto the Sultan de-
nanding, first. public apolosy; sec .
ondly,5 thatSn similar. act do not nap
pen again; thirdly, the removal Of thc
cald who arrested the French subject;
fourthly, indemnity.
The Sultan Yields.
The mirdster allowed tho Moroccan
government until Wednesday TO reply
In default Of which he would break Teia-- eiaa-
t!ons and leave Moroccan territory. In
Z this case, u division OF the French Meal-
tcrranean squadron would make dem-
onstration off Tangier; also, II needed
Algerian troops would cross oyer into
Morocco to assist enforcing the de-.
mands The French government had de-
cided that II d military raid were ef-
fccted. It would not be followed BY any
conquest or occupation. and had made
known these resolutions TO other powers.
Frances relations with Morocco had been
rendered very delicate by Germany 8 at
stitude, " Il be remembered tina .. the
Emperor, aboard the Hohenzoliern, made
demonstration at anglers In April. ~ c
also know that In place of the Franco
Anglo Spanish agreement, the Kaiser.
proposed regulating Moroccan affairs
and effecting necessary reforms ny
means OF an international conference Spro.
gramme. which is still beng discussed
{ between Paris and Berlin. Finally We
also know he sent to Fez German
dlplomatlst Count Tattenbach, who Inn
mediatey completed commercial rela-S
tions between Germany and Morocco ana
aroused French susccptlblitics by his
radical policy One may, therefore Iear
that with Oriental era fitness, the sultan
may try to create rivalry between France
and Germany, in which case the affair
might reach very far. carried on by
national feeling. Germany. however.
maintained an absolutely correct atti-
tude. Not only did she find our claim
legitimate, but her representative uphe.d
It. The result has been that at the
last moment fixed by the French ultima
tum tho Moroccan government came to
terms. The Sultah's mezlr brought TO
the French legation an apology, indemnl-.
ty promises and notice of removal Of
the cad, AZ
This demonstrated the undeniable sue
cess OF French policy, and, although the
Incident and the conference arc not di-
rectly connected, one can assume tEat
the respective attitudes OF the two pow
ers will be fayorably influenced by the
event when the question Of an entente
comes before the conference. We must
consider the conditions even from O
higher standpoint.
Franco-German Alliance.
There is in France considerable group
OF persons who favor a Franco-German
alliance, as being at the same time more
natural and more efficacious than the
Franco Russian alliance Up to the
present time this group has encountered
the hostility OF the genera tlon. which
remembers the disasters of 1870. and
which, perhaps b,ames Germany more
for having Inundated US than for having
mutilated us, This generation Is, grad
ually disappearing. It's last representa-
like for Germany had as accomplicc our
national susceptibility but Delcasse's
policy is ended. and tho day is not dis
tant when cordialty will replace III
humor In Franco-German relations. In
any case, nobody thinks OF lsolntlng
Germany In Europe. as Decasse intl-
mated, since France and Germany are
playing the same game at Fec. This
4 is what gives to the Franco Moroccan
incident an Importance which have
thought best to point out