Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

l Inc dissolution OF the conference AT Aiee-
| ciras Is presaged by the inexpressfble ennui
OF IT'S members. all save the
Weary Germans and the Moroc-
| Deleratea cans who are imbued with
the idea that they may Inn
pose indefinitely upon the good nature and
| patience OF their colleagues.
The German and the French delegates
have presented their plans in the matter OF
the Moroccan bank and police. and the d.
| vergence between these propositions Ia 80
absolute that they are frreducible The Sud
| Deutche Reichscorrespondex organ of the
German ministry OF foreign affairs, 1t Will
be recalled. promised US something new.
frsomething startling. but. It added signih-
| cantiy, We shall see later that among the
possible solutions. those which have been
announced up to this time will not be
chosen. One win be chosen very different,
land which In any case cannot be other than
| a compromise" The German project COM
posed OF seventeen articles. briefly resumed.
eonciudes BY the INSTRUMENTATION of
both bank and police. and the something
new and startling promised by the Reichs-
correspondez L. the proposition that the
1 capital 81 the bank shall be In pesetas.
Now IL this were not an abject effort. a
crafty msneuyer, to seduce Spain by
manifest fattery, it Is sufficient to show the
fmpossthility of the acceptance of such a
proposition when the fluctuations of the
! pesetas render stability of the bank capital
1 impossible.
The French proposition in the matter of
| the bank established the complete equality
/ OF the powers and the creation of commit
tee of discount, composed OF the most i'm
portant commercial personalities In Moroc-
| co, who would be charged with fixing the
terms by which credits would be opened to
them for commercial enterprises and with
out distinction of nationality
In the matter of the police France pro-
! posed, as already announced, that its estab-
lfshment should be committed to France
| and Spain. Germany's answer was a re-
| fusal to accept the proposition of France.
Inc Temps of Paris, commenting on this
! action, says:
| THE moment has come to explain the
reasons of that proceeding, notwithstanding
| the long patience and proof of cordial good
humor, the pacific spirit and good viii
| shown by France.
There is, besides. such contradiction be-
tween the words and acts of the govern
ment at Berlin that it is inconprehensible.
| That is not only our affair; there is the
conference. there is Europe. We cannot be
| lodged in Morocco stingily and in in
ferior place. If Germany pretends to set
herself up mistress in Morocco the as
sent of France will not suffice, and there
with less facility. Many things may be
| modified before the conference closes. very
soon. from all appearances. One thing Will
not be changed. however, and that is the
state of our conscience.
Germany has had much to say about
being partisan of the open door in
Morocco. There is every
Open-Door reason to believe that she
Deluson has exhausted every means
in her power, automatically,
through the press and through private per
sons to create the impression that Germany
was the special defender of that policy.
The delusion of an open door in Mo
rocco is even more illusory than an open
door, In China, which the United States
may possibly be obliged to maintain peace
ably if we can forcibly If we must" The
Figaro of the 21st contains caricature of
the open door, which merits mention be-
cause suggestive and instructive. A guar
diam a Moroccan, is seated beside an I'M
mense money chest with many padlocks
with significant labels showing eXorbitant
tariffs on all imports: the guardia ans Is pro-
with a malicious laugh says: And now
! gentlemen. you Christians, give yourself the
trouble to enter.
instant announces that Germany IS willing
to accept the Russian proposition that
France and Spain shall police Morocco II the
proposition proceed from the sultan and
proyided that France furnish guarantee
that the police shall be controlled interna-
tionally and also reduce her demands as
TO the Moroccan state bank.
Germany adds the cablegram, is opposed
TO the clause in the Moroccan agreement
between England, France and Spain which
forbids the fertifcatfon Of the African side
of the Straits of Gibraltar German banks
hold mortgages on large tracts OF land OPP
posite Gibraltar and it is secret German
plan to fortify that side heavily. Germany
is thus planning to alter the situation which
gives Great Britain control of both ends OF
that sea This dispatch may prove one or
the many irresponsible rumors rife. but II
only a suggestion it has the value at least
of an appreciation.
I,'Intransigeant of Paris of the 23d in
slant. the journal of Count de Rochefort,
prints interview of its
A French correspondent with the
yiau Count Charles de Mouy, for
mer French ambassador and
who was secretary to the Berlin congress.
He said:
TT Is very unfortunate to see this Moroc-
co question take this turn, but no one can
deny that the conduct of France has been
frank and dignifled since the commence
ment of the conflict. Our pretensions are
lust It is quite natural that should ask
that we be accorded the right to control the
police In a country adjacent to French ter
ritory for distance of fifteen hundred klio-
meters 1t is not excessive, the more so
that we have been very quiet and respect
the rights of all the powers. Why is ii that
Germany evades an arrangement IN which
she is interested well as France? That
is the question. / know Radowitz.
learned to esteem him at Berlin, then in
Greece, where he held the same functions
for hts country as / did for mine He is
a man of talent and spirit: calm and well
poised who certainly has no wariike tnten-
tons. Is he now secretly ordered by the
German government to refuse all concilia-
ton? We cannot affirm 1t.
do you believe in an aggravation of
the conflict"
Not precisely 1 do not understand why
we In France should see war because the
conference has failed. The entente having
ceased, every one will go his way, and 1t
will be finished. Later / do not say that
complications will not arise"
ut has been reported that the Germans
proposed to seize fort. Do you think
there Is anything In the rumorf
DO you think that William II would drag
his country into a disastrous war for him
as for us? No. no. There is an eel under
the rock, and we will very soon be assured
as to the veritabe intentions of Germany