Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14
EVE OF The MOROCCAN CONFERENCE

| White Book of Germany. The White Book
| appeared January s. and is
| The white reported by eabegrams as
Book - consisting of forty-two pages
only, with extracts from
/ twenty-seven documents already published
| together with newspaper extracts, which
| prove that NJ. Rouvier had quite exhausted
the subject. Emperor William, indeed. APP
| pears to be convinced of the fact that Ger
| many has no case on the published records.
/ and with characteristic versatility he has
| suddenly changed his warlike notes to
| peaceful pipings. AS late as the 18th Of De-
cember the Temps of Paris, quoting the en-
/ peror's words on the conference at Algeci-
| ras, says:
ut is an error to- say that there exists
| around me a war party; no such party
| exists.
Even did it exist. it would not be impor-
| tant. for it belongs to me only to make a
| decision.
II do not wish war, because I would con-
| slider war as contrary before God and Wis
| Wis to my people.
| II have been set on edge by certain often
| sive proceedings of M. Delcasse. But l rem
| der full homage to the tact and firmness Of
NJ. Rouver.
Il Will do nothing to create any difficult
| ties, and have given to Count Tattenbach
| the most conciliatory Instructions
The e1pperor's change of heart, as the re-
| suit. certainly, of M. Rouvier's publication
| of the yellow Book is an apt illustration of
| the lines in .Rabelais:''
| The devil was sick the devil a monk would be
| The devil was well, the devil monk he"
| Germany has the reputation of being SUI
| periatively, the autocrat In all matters mill
tary. but we have been taught by experience
| now iliusory are appearances There may
be cited In Illustration: Austria, which oc-
| cupted a preponderant place in the Ger
| manic confederation before the loss of Lom-
| hardy in 1859; Venice which In 1896 was
| crushed by Prussia at Sadowa and
| excluded from the confederation; France,
| which was crushed in turn by Prussia in
the war of 1s7O-1S71; England, which was
| almost wrecked in her struggle with the
Boers; spain, which was beaten by the
| United States in Cuba and the Philippines
Russia, the military Colossus, has just
emerged from a disastrous conflict with
| Japan, which little more than a half GEN.
! fury ago might have been classed with the
Amos or obscure Indian races whence they
sprang; Germany, finally, which has for a
| fact been severely punished in it's protracted
war with saVages in the CAMERON country.
| which has cost it great loss of life and the
| expenditure of vast sum of money far be-
! yond the value of its conquest, If such sit
| uatlon may be so entitled. There is per-
| maps. another factor in the kaiser's change
| or front on the eve of the conference at
| Algeciras.
| We know with what art and consummate
| subtlety the japanese concealed from all
the foreign military and
| Is france naval attaches at Toxic the
| PreparedP perfection of Japan's army
| and navy. But how France
| has been able to deceive Germany as to the
true condition of her army, when an extra
| ordinary sum is appropriated for the intel
| ligence Of the German army and the main
| tenance of the countless agents in France,
| is all the more extraordinary that the So
| cialists and acknowledgements in
| France by Juares. Gohier and Amilcare
| Cipriani-constitute a constant menace to
| the French army. recent interview by a
| writer in the Figaro with Sir Charles Dixie
| is probably a revelation to the French pub
| lie and doubtless surprise to the Ger
mans. Sir Charles says:
Since a long time have written that the
| German army, which / know, has, in face
| of it. in the French army, force at least
its equal. Today If I had to compare the
two armies my judgment would be more
| favorable to the French Do not forget
| that the Germans themselves have always
| recognized that the French possessed mill
| tary qualities superior to their own 1t was
| Bismarck who said from the tribune of the
| reichStag that 1t was very rare in history
| that the French were inferior in military
| point of view to Germans. Bismarck had
also very high opinion of French officers
| lOQav tneTe is no one except IN
| who doubts the admirable instrument
| of security which France possesses. In
| the incontestable value of the French army
| l see the most solid foundation for peace.
| William II does not ignore the fact.
IF deceived myself If there was on the
part of Germany the least desire to make
| war on France, believe me that Berlin
| would not choose as a casus belli the Mo-
| roccan question. For in that question Eng
| land, having accepted the French point of
| view has tied herself to France. But as
for me, the desire for war does not exist
in Germany. 1t is possible, for example,
| that the hope Is nourished the other
side of the Vosges to separate French pol
Icy from that of England"
|
| x x
Nor is it true that all Germany is in ac-
cord with Prince Won Bulow to admire the
| policy of William II. The
Germany Not evidence is found in the Die
un;+ad Zukunft (The Future), the
| most important weekly re-
view published in Germany. Herr Maximil-
ian Harden has studied with care the Vel
low Book and he declares that not only
the book is a success, but the speech of
M. Rouvier is a complete victory over the
diplomacy of M. Won Bulow.
Here we are" says Herr Harden, zone
hundred years after Jena. For the first
time since then France has conquered Ger
many anew. She has conquered this time
under the eyes OF humanity RADIANT Win
joy. She has conquered too with loyal
arms eve can't deny it, What will hap
pen now? We have more reason to ask
today the retirement of NJ. Rouvier than
we had il the spring to ask that of Nj.
Delcasse. NJ. Rouvier has led our excel
lencies and our princely highnesses so
many school boys, but 1t does not appear
so easy to cause him to fall, nor indeed
| there does not seem a desire to make the
attempt. The revelations of the Yellow Book
(this time they are real revelations) are
coupled with the manifesto speech of M
Rouyier. The speech is passed over in
silence by the Berlin press and treated as
entirely unimportant.
1.-The response OF the Gazette d Allie
magnue du Nord, the official organ of the
chancellerie of the empire, is a lamenta-
BILE piece of chattering; as for the serious
press, it is silent. There are insinuations
In some journals that the Yellow Book lacks
essential elements and that M. Rouvier
has given us phrases only to cover his
retreat. To that it may be answered
that we should esteem ourselves happy II
we may soon hear a speech as clear as
courageous and clear of deceit in the
| mouth of the chancellor of the empire.
| But perhaps some scribe has not yet I'M