Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14

/ some one who does not understand TO what
| extent the nimbus which encircled the Ger
| man name has paled. AT present the Gull
! prits seem to have vague conscience of
| 1t, for they announce that White Book
| VIII appear and presently refute the yell
| low Book
| Let US wait and hope that this wicked
avatar will not renew his coming. II the
| Prince Bernard Won Bulow does not prove
| IN most irrefutable fashion that NJ. Rou
vfer has lied falsjf1ed he may continue
/ to administer Off e for which he lacks
| talent and the necessary clearness OF vision;
| ne can continue to attribute to himself VIC
| tories complain of being misunderstood:
! no sincere man who has seen him at work
In the north or the southwest of Africa
| Will hesitate to Judge him as follows:
| Never a minister has brought in such
short time so many disasters upon r. great
and wise people. never minister has
| mass of printed paper the vicissitudes of
| his political action.
IAN unexpected Intervention of Germany
| in Morocco win surely be followed by an
| English summons
| Since this written the White Book
| has appeared and Immediately thereafter
| the emperor's declaration of peace.
|
The rapprochement between England and
| France has directed the attention and sym
pathies of the world to the
King Edwards personality of King Ed
| Position ward VII, uncle of william
| II. The Gil Bias publishes
an article entitled: king Edward VII. Diplo-
| matst and Politician" which is reproduced
in the London Times of December 2s. The
| author. NJ. Honfroi. characteriZes the king
as perfect type of modern monarch. with
! out bluff and solely by means of his adj
| mirable courtesy and his personal charm
| this dfplomatist adapting old traditions to
| new requirements has known how to win
over to his country those formerly in
| spired by deeply rooted antagonism and to
| assure the grandeur and development of
| his country in all directions without Of
| Tending anybody whomsoever. The COM
plete change of feeling toward England
| which has occurred during the past few
| years Is attributed entirely to the per-
| sonality of the king combined with his
| clear perception of the absolute necessity
| of peace. Above all the entente cordiale
| IS his work and to him must be attributed
| the complete and spontaneous change in
| the feeling of the English people for France.
| SO far as Germany is concerned the
| king has himself given the example of a
| moderation which Is all the more meri-
! torious his part as his character and
that of the German emperor form the
| most absolute contrast"
| The writer is pleased to subscribe to this
| merited note of praise of King Edward. An
| American officer in the Egyptian army he
| was in Cairo in the spring of 1876, returned
| from the Indian ocean expedition when the
| Prince of Wales was visiting the Khediye
| Ismafl, He was detached aid-de-camp.
| and thus had the honor of meeting the fu-
ture King of England, for whose character
| and qualities he formed a high opinion.
| The Gaulois of the Sth instant invites at
| tention to the significance of the announce
ment that an American
| The American squadron will be present in
| Souadron the Bay of Algeciras dur
| ing the conference The
| Gaulois and the Figaro recite the story of
| the first treaty of peace and friendship
| signed by the United States with the Bar
| barry states in almost the same words as
| already recounted in The Star of April 80
| in article entitled Morocco. a Menace
| to Europe's Peace" These journals sug-
geSt that because of these relations of an
| hundred years ago the American govern
| ment will claim right to interfere in the
| questions affecting Morocco.
| If the theory of these respectable jour-
| nails We're admissible the United States gov
| eminent might find cause for interference
| in other questions not remote as
| war with the Barbary states, among 9TH
| ers at Alexandria, Egypt, in 1882, when a
| deta chment of United States soldiers and
| marines, at the request of the acting United
| States consul, landed in the bombarded and
| burning city. saved from massacre hun
| dreds of lives, including the khedive and
| the khedivat. and the city itself from en-
| tire destruction.
| Senator Bacon. whose fears have been
| aroused lest the American government find
| itself in a hornets nest by undue interior
| ence in Morocco, has introduced a resolu-
| ton in the Senate requesting the President
| for a detailed account of the negotiations
| resulting in the appointment of delegates
| from the United States to the conference at
| Algeciras. In the interest of the honor and
! prestige of the United States government
| and its consequent commercial interests the
| writer would suggest to the honorable sena-
| tor that he ask the Navy and State De-
partments for information of the part played
| by Americans at Alexandria in 1882 with
the view of securing recognition for acts of
| bravery and devotion of officers and men of
| the United States navy and Marine Corps
| an. the acting consul, actors in that drama
| The British government has confessed it's
| sense of the Importance of the heroic serv-
| ices of the Americans on that occasion. A
| tablet in bronze should commemorate and
perpetuate the American name in Egypt,
| and d communica ton with that object was
| addressed to the Navy Department May %.
1903.
The sultan, Muley Abd-el-Aziz first sug-
| gested Tanger and then Algeciras as the
place for the meeting of the
Possible conference, refusing to assent
Dan,er to Madrid, as proposed by
| the Spanish government
Both the provinces of Tangier and Alge-
| ciras which latter is in the department of
Andalousia, are in a turbulent state. There
is a strike among porters and boatmen at
| Tangier, resulting in great inconvenience to
| foreign commerce, while in the province OF
| Andalousia acts of brigandage the
| increase NJ. Figueroa, a near relative of
| Count de Romanones and rich land pro-
| prietor,. while on a visit to his country eS-
tates in Andalousia, was seized by bandits
| and is actually held by them for a ransom
of $4,000. These incidents may explain
the preference of the European delegates
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