Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

| erary and artistic attempts at poetry. paint
ing and hymns more or less symbelical.
The emperor does not like to be criti-
| cfsed. but he detes upon notices that flatter
or speak well of him.
The French Yellow Book on the Moroccan
question was distributed in the chamber on
December Is. 1t is composed
NC Aei'o" of 1863 documents forming
BOOK. volume of 800 pages and en-
| bracing a complete history of
French policy in Morocco from March, 1901,
| to the month of December. 1905.
1t commences by statement of the griev-
ances of France against Morocco and cites
| the treaty signed at Paris In July 1901. by
Nj, Delcasse for France and Ben Slman
| for Morocco, the object being the pacfica-
ton of regions whose relationship was
certain and the amelloration of the relations
| between Algeria and Morocco.
The first difficulty with Germany dates
| from October 6, 1904, when NJ Bihourd,
ambassador of France at Berlin. announced
| the accord between France and Spain. lis
| the accord hostile to the commercial IN
| terests of Germany asked NJ Richthofen.
secretary for foreign affairs, and NJ Del
caSse assured him that the adhesion of
| Spain TO the Franco English decla ton did
| not in any way interfere with Germany's
| interests
! On February A. 1905. NJ Delcasse learned
| of Germany's refusal TO recognize the
Franco English accord and communicated
| with his ambassador at Berlin, but the lat
| ter failed to secure a response to his note
| on that subject. On the 31st of March,
| 1900 the emperor arrived at Tangier. fol-
| lowed later by Count de Tattenbach, the
| German minister at Fez On the 18th of
| April M. Delcasse dined with Prince RADIO
| I'm, German ambassador at Paris, and
| writing NJ Bhourd thereof, thus resumed
| MS conversation with the German ambas-
| Nov. -
| knew nothing Of the conventions OF the
| year before? Do you not recall our con-
| Versation on March %, 1901? On that day.
replying to question (Which you termed
indiscreeO, l made no mystery of our ne
EQUATIONS with the British government b1,+
revealed to you the principal lines of the
| arrangement as to Morocco, namely: the
assistance to the sultan, notably in the
| establishment Of security, etc"
Il recall it,, said the prince "and I have
reported II to Berlin, but the journals have
mentioned apropos an official communion
| ton"
joined M Deicasse, that which had not
| yet been signed 1t was confidential"
On the 18th of April the German govern
ment complained that NJ Saint-Rene-TaiI-
| lander had addressed the sultan in The
| name of all Europe"
| On June NJ. DeIcasse resigned his
| portfolio and was replaced by NJ Rouyier
The 18th of June NJ. Rou-
vier writing NJ. Bihourd,
| Negotiations. said 81 have had con-
| versation with NJ. RADIO
| lin: You have promised, you say, to the
| sultan to maintain his independence We
| have done likewise and have proved that we
| have no intention to violate his sovereignty
nor the integrity of his state. But ,2o0 XII
| ometers of frontier with Morocco creates for
France a situation which interests her more
| than any other in the maintenance of order
| IN Morocco. II seems that from your decla-
| rations you propose to block all our plans
| whatever they be. We do not accept to go
| into conference, unless before we go we
| learn your ideas about the proposed re-
| forms. The prince. at the end OF the con-
| ference. repeated We insist upon the con-
| ference. If it is not accepted it is neces-
| sary that you understand we are behind
| Morocco"
The Goth of July NJ Rouvier laid before
| Prince Radolin the program which France
| would propose to the conference:
First-The organizat ton of the police be-
yond the limits already governed by
| Franco MOroccan accord.
Second-Financial reforms with the view
| of giving stability to Moroccan credit and
| to furnish that government with necessary
| means to maintain the police forces and
| the ameiioraton of its economical system.
NJ. Rouvier, addressing the chamber re-
| Gently, said:
ence. What is our situation and what do
| we propose to do there? We have never in
voked with the MakhZen the pretended man
| date of Europe; NJ. Saint Rene-Taillandier
has with perfect correctness fulfilled his
mission, which never put in question either
| the rights of the sultan or Of the powers.
| according to the treaties. We have already
| traced these limits. We have only TO re-
main faithful to ourselves.
x.
But the particular situation which we oc-
cupy in Morocco does not result alone from
| the contiguity of our from
ne Ifehch tiers; right has a more
Policy. general range. France is a
Mussulman power in north
| Africa. We have to maintain and preserve
| our authority q population Of six mill
| lion natives in contact with 100000 Euro
| pean colonists, whose community Of lam
guage, religion and is like that of Mo-
| rocco, which is sensitive to agitations ars-
| ing in a neighboring state either by the alb
sence of a regular government by the
| constitution of a hostile government. We
| have the right, then, to insist upon the
| istence in the Cherifian empire of a tradi-
| tional power obeyed everywhere.
| I'VE will invoke. besides in the conference
another consideration. that of our interests
| which figure in the first rank of European
| interests; the development OF our com
mer:e; the number of our nationals and our
enterprises and capital engaged justify that
consideration.
The recognition of a special situation
| sulting from evident facts admitted by the
powers the most interested, inscribed in the
late accord concluded with the imperial
| government, cannot bear prejudice to any
| one
M Juares formulated his expression of
opposition in favor of decentralization. But
| NJ. Ribot interfered and said: ''If ap
prove the government let us give it all the
authority necessary to go to Algeciras TO
defend the interests of France with all the
force of France herself And the chamber
amid prolonged cheers voted its almost
unanimous approval.
1t IS scarcely probable that Germany will
go to the conference to array herself alone
against the opinion of all Europe and
America 1t is probable, however, that she
will go with the intention to create a sur
prise a scene. The kaiser may protest to
the conference that the Anglo-French treaty
of April s. 1904, is null for the reason that
neither England nor France is qualified to
regulate the situation in Egypt and by de-
duction in Morocco. because Egypt Is a
province of the Ottoman empire, and SO
bound by existing treaty. Egypt and Mo-
rocco being conditions precedent to the
mob