Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-29
Why Agreement Was Pleasing.

This agreement However. although
reached by going through the necessary
5ormalities. is a compulsory one. The
President, III making his suggestions
through Mr.. White. has not counseled, but
he has ordered and both NJ. Revolt and
Herr Won Radowitz had no alternative but
u accent it. In order TO diminish the
tension Duke Almodovar said that the So
luton of the difficulty was pleasing because
neither party had gained a victory or sur
IeIed defeat
because OF this compulsiOn the delegates
fear some other cause for break" said q
prominent diplomat Germany Is prepared
for the worst but so is France. While in
size of army the former has the advantage,
France has good navy, and, what is more,
plenty Of money. The republic does not
possess as does the TeutOniC empire, a
special war fund, but In case OF war France
would certainly tU.u 10 the Bank Of
France FOR assistance, as 1t did in 1870. II
IS known that the Bank of France is ready
10 assist the government on short notice
with 5,uB.OtU,NN francs ,SiVO1,OD.OOD. This
amount the bank is allowed to issue notes
Tor without any special law being passed
as the statutes provide for an issuance in
case OF an emergency for that amount
Should the government need more an order
would be Issued to allow the bank to eX-
coed the above sum. Money would come
without any effort says a French financial
authority, and NJ Picard, secretary general
OF the Bank OF France reiterates the state
wert lie, furthermore, estimates that in
case of war with Germany Frances eX-
Peuscs would be about 3O0O0.000 francs a
day. or about gtrtGOn.UlU francs a month.
The bank could provide funds for the first
year without any trouble.
II see" continued the diplomat, that
there is a conflict OF opinion on the point
OF rights in Morocco, both France and Ger
many Offering their excuses, ana, in my
belief France has the greater right. Ii is
many yeaTs-prOba bly, fifteen or twenty
q
from normal TO bad and from bad to worse
The baCkslidiug has been going on more
proUouucedly than ever since the death Of
Sultan MOulai-el HasSan in sd For some
years Ba-Hamed, known as the Moroccan
Bismarck. preserved some sembiance of
authority over some of the more important
tribes of tine country. such as the Bahamna
and the SDus tribes i'm the south. and some
OF the turbulent ones in the central and
northern provinces. lie succeeded in col
lectiug tribute and taxes whereby the
treasury was able to support an army
sufficiently strong for the preservation Of
Marral,sG, and among the tribes near the
treaty ports from Tetuan 10 Mogador
"Moulai-eI-Hassau LETT an heir. Abd-el-
AzlZ- He was Ba-Ilamed's nominal mas
ter. about fifteen years OF age at the time
OF lis fathers death, and he rarely emerged
from the seclusion of the imperial palace.
Ba-Hamed Suspected.
Some loyal Aloors suspected that Ba-
Haued M To the time Of his death cher
ished the intention of some day making
himself sultan. The conceaImeut Of his
royal lord was taken as evidence of this
ambition. His death. however. and his prI-
vate correspondence. as well as other
proofs. showed that his motives were hon
est After the vizicr'S death the power 70
rule was shared fo~ time between Fadool
Gharuit. champion of the old school 9nd
formerly minister of Mouiai- ell Hassan, and
his younger rival, kaid-el- Meucbhi, who
represented what is commonly known as
the reform movement. IS hich had invaded
even the sacred precincts Of that distant
and lau.Uid country.
'Moulli-el-H aSsau's minister was backed
I'm his struggle for TOWer by the cousarVa-
tive and uItra-reiGious clement. which at
Fez is very strong and passion3La. 81
MenebM. on the other hand. WAS once &C
CtSslble 10 the non oslem Influences and
played the grateful part Of medium be-
tween the foreign adventures who locked
10 the court and the young sultan. This
may be said 20 be the initial step To she
present misunderstanding between France
and Germany.
The foreign representatives,. capable men
who knew their business and their trade,
so TO speak, better than the sultan or the
Moroccan ministers knew their own re-
ceiyed some concessions OF the government
Morocco was TO be made a country which
should become the envy of the world etc
etc. Words to this effect turned Abel
Azizs mind. and he surrounded himself
with chosen friends and advisers. who We're
for the most part Europeans.
But the reform as inaugurated was never