Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
NEARING THE END AT ALGECIRAS

he is not ready and he wishes to gain time.
II the conference resulted favorably where
would he find a cause OF aggression against
usf For that reason the emperor does not
wish that the negotiations should be con-
ciuded. He knows full well that a modern
war cannot commence In the same condi-
tfons as formerly. The sudden attack upon
Port Arthur. is It not the best exampleg
Our Port Arthur probably will be Nancy.
At the moment We are least expecting 1t
the German armies Will have crossed our
why have we not already been attacked
and why has Germany provoked the con-
ference? Because William
Germany II Is not ready. According
Not Ready. to my Information hts new
artillery will not be coinpiet-
ed for three months At that time II viii De
necessary to exercise his men in the use OF
the pieces and firing, a matter OF SIX
| months. II my calculations are correct.
then we may expect the German attack al
the end of the year. But that Will pc WIN
ter, you may object Well, but You should
know that the German army Is being ac-
tually trained for a winter campaignl The
shock--wiH 1t come necessarily, at such
moment? 1t VIII be for us to reply for
William will choose to attack us when we
have fallen back into the errors which
forced our government to expend suddenly
| SU,UUN,VVp francs To fSofSitbES our SUI tS
on the frontier. due to the unfortunate
ministry of General Andre Until then the
emperor OF Germany, as our duellist al
ready cited, Will say to his nation; 10
not trouble yourself Work away. When
the hour comes l will give the signal.
During all this time France, always
disquieted. always on the qui vive, viii
continue to waste her strength and to be-
come each day a more easy prey TO her
enemy
Thus spoke the officer. and the tablea,.
which he traced recalled so many realt-
ties. A few days before contractor said
Because of Algecfras 1 hesitate to
undertake heavy work / have reduced
my working force to twenty workmen in
place of eighty. am waiting better days
| to make further engagements.
In the article in The Star of March
entitled. France and Germany in Mo-
rocco" the writer de-
Working for cIared that Germany
HOLY War. went to the conference
with the purpose of fin4-
ing a pretext for war
and counting upon the attachment of the
tripice She finds herself alone with Tur-
key and Morocco Has the possibility of
holy war been studied by the general staff
of the Germany army with the view to
render this aid effective?
In the Questions Diplomatiques for Febru-
airy 16 there Is publication of a letter from
Cairo. Egypt, dated February 4. 1906, ad-
dressed to the Journal des Debats. The
author says: There is much talk here
secretly of a curious incident which at
taches to the propaganda conducted for
several years by Germany In the countries
of Islam and to which the actual discus
sions at Algeciras lend a peculiar interest"
The letter is too long for reproduction
and may be briefly described as follows
German subject, an official, formed an as
ISOLATION with an Algerian, a very bad
character, and together they had made an
active violent campaign in Musulinan. CEN
tiers in favor of pan-Islamism and an appeal
to holy war. England and France are rep
resented the worst enemies or the khaii-
fat central committee of Islam union
has been formed and incendiary appeals to
Instruction have been printed and distrlp-
uted. The Algerian, who signs these ad-
dresses. il should be stated. is absolutely
unworthy and has been condemned by the
tribunals of Cairo for abuse of confidence.
etc" The letter insinuates that this singu-
lar propaganda is inspired by Germany
The political Islam states consist of the
ottoman empire and its adjuncts-Asla
Minor. Arabia, Egypt, Tripoli and Mo-
rocco. which is independent. There Is no
unity in any of these, but all hopelessiy u
vided.
The Hadramant is In part independent
The Yameu does not recognize the sultan
and is in open revolt. The HedjaZ Is under
Mecca Egypt has adopted the device of
Egypt for the Egyptians and is a liberal
and progressive Moslem state, and not only
cannot be melted to revolt against civiliza-
ton but seeks only to break the double
yoke of tyranny of Turkey and England.
The Tripolitan Is not a force, but rather
a source of weakness to Turkey. Turkey
herself is in q preearious situation. sur
rounded as she is by such neighbors as the
Servians, Bulgarians, Albanians and
Greeks.
The Russo-Turksh war barred Turkey
from the Balkans The Trans-Caucasus
has become Russian, Tunis is French,
Cyprus is English Crete in spite of Thes-
saly is allied to Greece. Turkey In Europe
for a fact occupies position almost eccen-
trio by comparison to the ottoman empire.
Very soon Turkey will be only an Asiatic
empire IL she does not disappear COM
pletely.
The authority Of the Sultan of Turkey
and the Sultan Of Morocco are questioned
by the powerful confreres.
Sultan Not Neither OF these may group
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