Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

delegates of the powers In
| 1storic yited. including the United
City. states, have assembled and
| the discussion Of questions
| before the conference has begun. Thus
Algeciras. after an undisturbed sleep OF
more than century. Is awakened to sounds
| and scenes that recall the assembling there
| in the fifth and sixth centuries of the
| fleets of yisigoth and yandal, and there.
| again. Of naval battle between French
and English in the commencement of the
nineteenth century.
Algeciras is situated on the Strait of
| Gibraltar, six miles west In the department
! Of Andalousia and province of Cadiz. A
seaport city Of 14.OO0 inhabitants, it Is CO.
quettishly built with low but picturesque
houses and wide, airy streets. La Plaza
Mayor, on the east side of the city. con-
stitutes its joy and pride, and under the
wide-spreading branches Of its grand old
trees 1t Is the general rendezvous Of those
| Of both sexes who seek the grateful shade
and the daily military concert.
It was at Algeciras that occurred the
first conflict between cross and crescent.
when the Moors from Morocco besieged and
| took the city in III: there the foundation
was laid for the fame of the Arab chief
bou-Amer- Mohammed- el-Mansour, sur
named 'the Terror Of Christians" there
Alphonse XII. King Of Castillo. yanquished
| the Moors and took Algeciras; there, in the
commencement of the last century ds0D,
the intrepid Admiral Linois of Brest defeat
| ed the British
The United States has had a very sad
experience with Morocco. recited under the
head of Notes on the Barbary States In
Treaties and Conventions Between the
United States and Other Powers Since July
4, 1778."
The United States executed a treaty Of
peace and friendship with Morocco in 1887.
and Count de Vergennes, writing the
,irto Of ooI,i,1 fn1 sold ON
can assure the Congress that the king Will
seize with eagerness all occasions to facili-
tate their good intelligence with the Bar
barry powers. The treaty which has been
recently signed with Morocco will be the
best refutation of the suspicious which
many public papers are willing to inspire
against our system Of policy" The Count
de vergennes alluded of course. to what
was said in the British press Now.
French policy in Morocco is arraigned by
the German government and press.
ION the death Of the emperor, who con-
cluded the treaty" recites the notes "twen-
| ty thousand dollars was appropriated by
| Congress to the purpose of erecting
recognition Of the treaty with the new
| emperor and instructions were sent TO
secure the recognition for the twenty thou
sand dollars if possible; II not, for twenty
| five thousand
The treaty was renewed, or, rather recog-
nized by the new emperor. who wrote to
President Washington: Eve have received
fine present at his (the consuIs) hands with
satisfaction Continue writing let
ters to US = We are at peace, tran
ouillity and friendship with you in the same
| manner as you We're with our father VINO
Is in glory
There is no little shame and abasement
In the reflection that the Moroccans who
were bandits and pirates in 1892, and who
enslaved American citizens then and sold
them in slavery or held them for ransom.
are little If any. better in 1905. as we are
reminded by their recent capture and ran
som of the Greek Perdicarfs, and the re-
forms which all the world agrees must be
| imposed And this reflection came to the
writer just now. as he read of the arrival
at Algeciras of Moha mined Fl Torres. the
minister for foreign affairs of Morocco, ac-
companied by brilliantly attired escort of
sxty-one persons. all of whom were well
coined with exceptional honors Carriages
| of state were brought from Seville to-trans-
port them from the pier to the villa re-
served for them alongside of the French
and English delegations. Truly. the Chris
| tan seems to have poor idea of what is
| fitting under the circumstances
The United States. we are told. follows a
precedent established when II Joined with
| twelve other powers at Madrid in 1880 to
| insure protection to life and property I'm the
domains of the Sultan of Morocco. This
convention was concluded on the Sd of July.
| 1880. al Madrid, and ratified at Taneier
May 1, 1881: was sfened by the United
States, Austria. Belgium Denmark Ger
many, France. Great Britain. Netherlands.
Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Norway
The reader has already been made famil.
| far with the incidents which provoked the
conference at Algeciras.
The French which require only brief
Position. mention. and which may be
authoritatively stated by cit
| ing from the declaration of NJ Rouvier, the
minister for foreign affairs, in the chamber
of deputies
1.-THE government of the French republic
has not consented to participate in this con-
| ference until after coming to an agreement
with the German government on the prfn-
ciples which constitute an indispensable
guarantee of the interests of France In Mo-
rocco and of its special situation with re-
gard to the Cherifian empire.
''The yellow book which has been dis
tributed will permit you to appreciate the
policy followed by France in Morocco and
| the incidents which marked the last phase.
"Since sixty years the neighborhood of
Morocco has been for Algeria a permanent
cause of trouble and agitation The securi-
| ty of our communications and our frontier
posts of our Algerian subjects, menaced by
excitations Of every nature; the constant
presence on our confines of rebels and fugi-
| tives from every Instruction; the continued
aggression not of isolated marauders, but
| hordes of thousands of men, all of which
| that the country on our border fulfill its
| obligation TO us.
1--WE have hoped since a long time and
concluded at a certain period that we would
obtain from the Moroccan government the
| efficacious aid and the collaboration we de-
sired. The agreements of 1901 and 1902
seemed to us proper to assure that result.
| But the Moroccan government, left to itself.
| showed that it. was unable TO accomplish
T! these elementary duties toward strangers.
| The interior disorder has increased; rebel
| lion exists in large part Of the territory,
| and the makhzen (governmenD is come to
| such a point of weakness that it makes no
effort to guarantee the security of Euro
peans.
1.-The danger of that contagious anarchy
| and the legitimacy of our complaints have
| been recognized by the powers whose inter-
ests on divers accounts are, with our own,
| the most important in Morocco. They con-
| fess that the grave responsibilities of the
makhzen toward us add to our special posi-
| ton authorizing US to go to him, not only
as complainants, but as counselors. and
agree that if our advice were followed the
general civilization would profit thereby.
"Such was the situation when Germany
| interviewed.
Germany has not deemed it sufficient
| that she was informed of our agreement,
| Int that Sbe Should have been directly con-