Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-18
THE MOROCCAN
CONFERENCE.
Mohammed ell Torres Rather
Looks to See ii End in
Disagreement.
ASKS SOLAR PLEXUS QUESTION
"Wby Don't They Hold Il conference
Upon Russia and Establish Or
der There" lie Queries.

Algeciras, Spain, Jan. 1.-THE dele
gates OF the Moroccan conference today
took a day of leisure in order to enable
! the secretaries TO get ready forther
work. and INDUCED IN private CONVEX
satlons among themselves or spent the
time preparing with their junior coli
leagues for the discussion OF the sur
velllance OF conSraDand arms in Moroe-
co, the first question TO be discussed al
the next meeting.
Ambassador White visited Gibraltar
after he and Minister Gummere mad
gone over the political situation IN
Morocco regarding Illicit trade In arms.
When the conference shall agree on
regulations Tor the punishment OF for
eigners engaged in smuggling arms
into Morocco, most OF the countries, in
Guiding the United States, viii have to
legislate on the subject, as only Great
Britain and spain can by orders In
council pendlize theiI subjects abroad.
While the talk among the ambassa-
doris is all of Cancellation and harmony,
Mohammed ell Torres the Moroccan
foreign minister and head OF the mis-
sion OF Morocco, and Mokri, the sui
that the conference will agree
Budget Meakin. an eminent author
ity on Morocco, had a prolonged con-
vefsatlon today In Arabic with Moham-
med cl Torres and repeated to the AS
ISOLATED Press the Moorish views as
follOws
"Mohammed el Torres will be a pas
siye observer at the conference until
II enters the last stage. II the powers
do not agree the conference will fall
to pieces OF Itself without the Moors
lifting Il finger. II. however, the pow
ers accept Il general plan OF control of
Morocco. the sultan cannot be asked
to submit to anything that will insult
the faith or provoke "a rebellion among
his own people. The powers will hest
tate before facing an international mill
itary occupation of Morocco to impose
scheme Of administrations.
The Moors expect some power to
take their viewpoint even were a gem
eral agreement attained. They pray
much of the time for the Almighty to
protect his faithful, and they trust that
the powers OF evil viii fall into confu-
sion. The whole Of the Islam world Is
somewhat excited over the fate of Mo-
rocco, as It is the last independent
Mussulman kingdom of Africa.
hoHdHllleu Ell torres expresses sat-
isfactlon at the fact that the confer
ence will begin a dicusslon OF contra
band arms, since this Is one question
on which Morocco Is anxious to secure
the intervention OF the powers. The
Moroccans contend that while the
| French and German governments
nomnally restrict contraband arms
| from entering Morocco, the great man
ufacturers OF arms IN France and Ger
many reap harvest by the Illicit In
| deduction OF arms. thus fomentng an
| archy and instruction. Therefore Mo-
rocco Is prepared 10 have the powers
| decislvely stop this contraband trade.
ION the other hand some Of the am
bassadors fear that the contraband
question may precipltate a crisis over
the main Franco German controversy
az the surveillance of contraband arms
| involves the determination whether
| France alone shall patrol the coast or
whether the powers shall establish an
international patrol The determine
| tion OF who shall establish the patrol
may therefore bring up the principal