The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12

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out the enormous strength that their
army would have BY the addition OF M. ND
rocco, and ventured that with England
now at her back, France had a fair show
in a ew struggle with Germany Ihere
is no doubt but that the Kaiser was
alarmed. for we know he sent his agent,
Count Tattenbach. to Fee to say that a
German banking institution would a loan
money to the Sultan. He hoped IN this
way to offset the Trench and acquire
merit himself Later on the Kaiser
stopped at Tangier on his$Wny through
! the Strait OF Gibraltar, and then made
Z the statement that he would 4 hold 2 No..
rocco to its treaty stipulatlons with Ger y.
many. This prevented any further pro-
gress In the French scheme; and A eev emit
ually led to the conference.
Politics Make Strange sBedfelloWs.
How did the nations stand. at the
gconference?'' I asked. III b
.'That would be difficult to say If one
considered the matter from a. newspaper
point OF view only The reports pres ented
the situation far different from what 1t
really was, and 1t Is interesting to 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 II they
had an Understanding with France that
any gain she might make in Morocco
was not to interfere with Spain's his
jtoric 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 Ssbusnesst enterprises Of
many kinds. italy also, hopes to acquire
4TrIpoli through the aid Of France. She
failed, as you Sno to gain - by sina as
a colonial possession. and her territory
3on the African continent IS small. Tripoli
lies Just over the way, and while not of
great material value, the Italians look
upon 1t with hungry eyes. $ .33a
How did the English stand there?
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.ss.==..ss the Portuguese bonds4are largelI
held In Great Britain. and If the English,
should foreclose Portu gal might be bank
rnpt S5 558Jt 65 "A. 4
$55..By Belgium and Holland because they
are closely associated with England in
business, and also because they want to
rctard any advances by Germany, fear
Ing that Germany, on some pretext, may
at some time take possession Of their
territories and annex them to the German
Empire" Si3
:" How about Russia? ~ NJ ii & q
s$g$''She was too much engag ed with her
troubles at home and her war in the Far
East to take q great part in the confer
ence. but she voted with France, much
to the disgust Of the Germans, who had
hoped she would be with them. AS q
result Of that move the Kaiser had no
help but from Austria 4 Ii # W. y.
Where did the United States come
in ~ ~ y
1T took the part OF q peacemaker.
~ j, n ictC 11Iy
for equal rights for all nations as TO
the foreign trade in Morocco.
The Sultan Of Morocco vs.. the
Sultan of Turkey.
"aow does this conference leave Mo-.
rocco ~ a. I. Il
"It seems to me that It puts her in
much the position that Turkey holds to-
day on account OF the jealousies O. the
nations. Tho Sultan Of Morocco Will be
strong In the same way.
"No one nation viii be permitted by the
others to 40 any great thing In con--
trolling, exploiting or developing his
country, and such developments II they
take place. will be largely on the part
OF individuals. The Sultan will now get
money from the bank and he will per-
haps Introduce reforms Of one kind or
] another In the way OF taxation
How about the people OF Morocco Will
| they allow foreigners to build railroads? p
! Yes, think so, II the roads can be
built without endangering the loss OF In
dependence, Many Of the Moroccnns want
to see the country developed. They realize
that railroads Will bring In money, and
men like Rnisuli would welcome such
| institutions because they will make peace
more stable and the people better on.
| / look for the Germans to organize sypdi-
Gates to introduce modern improvements.
also expect to see them pushing thelp
trade more than any other nation" f4
fare the AIoors anxious to have an In
crease of foreign trader
Eyes. indeed" replied Mr. Perdtcarls.
"rhey are now dependent upon outside
countries for almost all their manufao-
tured goods In the past they had many
| industries. They reared silkworms and
| made most beautiful cloths of gold thread
and embroidery. They also did weaving
OF other kinds. They had their own de-
| SIGNS and their Stunts were considered
| especially beautiful, Then the European
| factories copied the Moroccan patterns
and made cloth OF the same character
out OF cheaper stnffs and undersold the
| native goods In the domestic markets.
AS a. result, the beautiful old cloths are
passing away, and the people are
changing to farmers and shepherds. The
most of the manufactured articles come
from abroad, ana the people rely upon
| their cattle, sheep, fruit and farm pro-
ducts to pay for them
nWhat does. the foreign commerce
amount to-" a X
SIT Is now only about Sll tooO, 900 a year.,
1 but 1t might DO considerably increased.