The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-16
POWERS DELEGATES ARRIVE
STATESMEN AT AGECTRAS FOR
 MOROCCAN CONFERENCE.

Henry White, the American Ambassa-
 dor to Italy, Who Heads the Ameri-
 can Delegation, Reached City Yester-
 day---FOrmal Exchanges of Greetings
 Cassini at Head of Russian Mission.
 Algeciras, Jan 15.--Nearly all the del egates of the powers represented in the international conference on Moroccan reform arrived here to-day. The main body came from Madrid by special train. while Henry White, the Ameri- can ambassador to Italy, who heads the American delegation came over from Gibraltar after brief stop there. Sir Arthur Nicolson, the British ann bassador to Russia, who heads the British delegation came from Gibraltar later in the afternoon
 The party from Madrid comprised the Spanish delegates, the Duke of Alnlo- dovar, minister of foreign affairs, and Don Bernardo Jacinto de Cologan, minister to the United States the Ger man delegates, Herr von Radowitz, am bassador to Spain, and Count von Tat tenbach, minister to Portugal; the French delegates, M. Revolt, former governor of Algiers, and M. Regnault; the italian delegates, the Marquis Wis., conti Venosta, former minister of for eign affairs, and Signor Carlos Sforza, the Austrian delegate, Count Welser- sheimb, former minister of defense and also part of the delegations of Holland, Belgium and Sweden.
 As the delegates descended from the train they were received by the Duke of Almodovar, on behalf of Spain, who presented them to the governor general of Andalusia. The governor general accompanied the delegates to their re- spective hotels.
 The French third class cruiser Galilee left this morning for Tangier to bring the delegates of Portugal and the re- maining members of the Belgian dele
 
 the membership of the conference will practically be completed, as the Rus sia ndelegate, Count Cassini, ambassa- dor to Spain former ambassador at Washington, and Baron Bacheracht, former minister to Morocco, and the Moroccan delegates Mohammed el Tor res, minister of foreign affairs, and Si el Mokhri had previously arrived
 To-day was chiefly occupied in form al exchanges of visits by the delega- tions.
 The opening of the international con- ference on Moroccan reforms has def initey been fixed for o'clock to-mor- row afternoon.
 As the delegates assemble there is no outward evidence of tension, but on the contrary there is a notable change of amenities between the German and French delegations. There is, however, an undercurrent of sentiment that a supreme diplomatic struggle is immi- nent, with France and Germany occu- pying the center and the other powers ranged in varying degrees around them.
 The French count upon Great Britain, Spain, Italy and Russia as sure, and consider that the ties between the United States and France and Great Britain warrant them in expecting the support of the American delegates. On the other hand, the prevailing senti- ment is that Germany can count on Austria, Holland and Sweden and per haps on Denmark, with Germany also expecting that the United States will support some of her contentious.
 Now that the delegates are here the scene before them is suggestive. Plain- ly visible three miles away rises the gigantic rock of Gibraltar, like a lion guarding the straits, while dimly out lined to the southward are the low mountains of Africa. Algerciras lies in the center of this panorama. Thus the powers of the world are gathered al the southernmost point of Europe, and their looks to ward Africa give the key note to the meeting about to begin,