The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-01-31
ALIGNMENT OF THE POWERS.
The Morocco Conference Seems Doomed
10 Fail.

Algcciras (By Cablc) The confdcn.
tial exchanges now going OH among til,
representatives of the powers in tho Mo.
roccan conference disclose the extreme
difficulty Of arranging an agreement thai
both France and Germany would accept
The German delegates put forward
the attractive principle Of disintercsted.
ness and the equal privilege for all coun.
tries. The French delegates, on the
other hand. maintain that France cannot
be disinterested They affirm that, hav-
ing followed an active policy in Morocco
for eight years and having obtained num-
erous advantages, France should not
now be asked 10 take the same posi-
tioh as all the rest of the world
France virtually ennunciatcs in a mod.
fled form the principle of the Monroe
Doctrine in Northwest Africa. She has
acquired and holds position toward Mo
rocco that, according 10 her view, makes
equal political influence with other pow
ers impossible. On tie question of eco
nomic equality she says yes" but on
that OF political equality she answers
no
Germany insists on political equality
with even more tenacity than she does
on the question OF economic equality
The real struggle, however, is over
the political future Of Morocco. France
would rather Withdraw from the confer
ence than tie up the political destiny OF
Morocco by international control.
While this is not an authoritative Off
cial utterancc, it unmistakably represents
the feeling OF the French delegation.
France refuses to be excluded from what
she holds to be the legitimate expansion
of her influence III Northern Africa.
The French delegates appear 10 realize
that the current of the conference is
against them because neutral powers,
such as the United States, lean toward
the idea OF dsinterestcd equality rather
than toward Frances special gcographi
cal and historic paramountcy
France therefore may strive for neg
ative result, so far as political questions
60 accepting fully commercial equal
ity and joining in the effort to reach just
economic conclusions but resisting sug
gcstons for the ntcrnatioHalization OF
any OF the publ. services Of Morocco.
Germany will press ior the information
alization Of the police 1t should be un
derstood that this question OF police does
not refer TO the ordinary force for the
maintenance OF local order, but, in The
larger sense. to the scmi-military body
which IS 10 exercise powerful general
control.
France still counts upon Great Britain.
Russia, Spain and Portugal, but her car
hest hopes that the United States would
be with her are beginning 10 diminish,
Germany believes that her view as 10
international control has been accepted
in principle by the United States, Aus
tria and Sweden
Belgium is noncommital through fear
that either France or Germany will raise
the Congo question into an international
issue after the conference If either should
consider itself offended.
The foregoing tendencies are the out
growth of constant private meetings Of
the delegates. The British villa is one
Of the centers for these meetings and
the French and American delegates are
frequent visitors there. The American
delegates have also conferred with the
Germans and the French.
The conference accepted all the articles
OF the report OF the committee on con-
traband relating 10 the prevention OF the
trade in contrabrand arms and passed
to the consideration OF economic ques-
tions.