Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11

interest and secured this by a mort
4 'dg" on the custom receipts OF IN
iori Towns. That money vas quickl
pent. and the sultan was about e
borrow moro. giving additional con
otsslnnS. when he was prevented by
| The noiables of his own country. who
| warned hin that such an action nigh
cost him his throne and his life. Not
see the Moroccans are very indepen'
don't They did not want their country
morlgaged To Europe, aud state neal
| akin 10 anarchy was the result. II
was only little after his that mS
capture took place.
WHERE GERMANY CAME IN.
About this time Germany came into
| INC field continued Mr.. perdicaris.
The world thought that the reason
I for iis entrance vas the fear that the
foreign trade of Morocco might be cap
/ tured by France. This may have been
one incentive. but the real milk In the
cocoanut Wss the extraordinary mill
HrS possibilities Of Morocco. The
Germans had learned the plans Of the
French and they did not propose to
have a hundred thousand extra troops
added To the French RAINY They feared
possible European war at some time
In the future IN which those Berbcr
troops might turn the scale and cause
Germany the loss of the Rhine The
kaiser Is a great commercial drummer.
but he is a great soldier as well, and
he appreciated the military situation
when he objected 10 the annexation Of
Morocco by France"
when did Kaiser Wilhelm realize
that situation. Mr.. Perdicaris -
No one knows outside himself aud
his counselors. Indeed he never init
mated that such a situation existed,
but he probably became aware Of II
through the Paris newspapers. when
the Anglo-French agreement was pub
lished the French editors began to
crow over the possibilities OF the fu-
ture. They pointed out the enormous
strength that their army would have by
the addition Of Morocco. and ventured
that with England now at her back
France had a fair show IN new strug
gle with Germany. There is no doubt
but that the kaiser was alarmed. for
We know he sent his agent. Count Tat
tenbach 10 Fec 10 say that German
banking institution would loan money
10 the sultan He hoped I'm this way
20 Offset the French and acquire merit
himself. Later on the kaiser stopped at
Tangier on his way through the Strait
Of Gibraller and then made the state
ment that he would hold Morocco to
its treaty stipulatiOns with Germany.
This prevented any further progress In
the French scheme and eventually led
TO the conference.
POLITICS MAKES STRANGE BED
FELLOWS.
How did the nations stand al the
| asked.
That would be difficult 10 say II one
the matter from a news
paper point Of view only The reports
presented the situation far different
from what II really was. and 1t Is inter-
esting 10 look behind the scenes and see
how matters really stood. In the first
place, France had Spain and Italy as
her friends. The Spanish were pro-
French because they had an under
standing with France that any gain she
might make in Morocco was not 10 IN
terfere with SPANS historic rights
there. The French had the support OF
Italy because the Italians are among
their chief customers. and also because
the two countries are closely associated
In business enterprises OF many kinds.
Italy also hopes TO acquire Tripoli
through the aid OF France. She failed
as you know, to gain Abysslnia as a
colonial possession, and her territory
on the African continent IL small. Tri-
poll lies Just over the way, and while
not OF great material value. the Ital-
lans look upon II with hungry eyes"
How did the English stand there?"
Great Britain was supported by Por-
iugal, Belgium and Holland. BY Portu- |
gal because the Portuguese bonds are /
argely held IN Great Britain, and II |