The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-19
FL TORRES TALKS
OBJECTS TO FOREIGNERS ADMIN
 STEERING FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Why should Not the Powers Call Conference to Pass Upon the Hn- ternational Affairs of Russia,
 He Asks.

Algeciras, Spain. Jan. 1T.--The dele gates to the Moroccan conference to- day took a day of leisure in order te enable them to get ready for their work and indulge in private conversatlqh' among Themselves or spend the timS in preparing with their junior col leagues for the discussion of the sur yeillanee of contraband arms. the firsi question to be discussed at the next meeting.
 Ambassador White visited Gibraltar after he and MT. Gummere had gone over the present situation in Morocco regarding Illicit trade in arms, When the conference shall agree on resula- tions for the punishment of foreigners engaged in smuggling arms into MO rocco most of tho countries, including the United States. will have 10 legisiate on the subject. as only Great Britain and Spain can by orders in councii penalize their subjects abroad.
 Harmony.
 While the talk among the ambassa- dors is all of conciliation and harmony, Mohammed. Fl Torres, the Moroccan Foreign Minister and head of the mis- sion Of Morocco. and Mokri, the sui- tan's principal agent. do not pelieVe that the conference will agree.
 Budgett Meakin. an eminent author-
  versation today in Arabic with Moham- med Ell Torres and repeated to the As- soeiated Press the Moorish view, as toi- lows;
 "Mohamned Fl Torres will be pas sIve observer at the conference until It enters the last stage If the powers do not agree the conference will fall to pieces of itself with out the Moors lifting a finger If however. the powers accept a general plan of control Of Mo- TOGO the Sultan cannot be asked to submit to anything that will insult the faith or provoke a rebellion among his own people
 some Power May Help.
 ''The powers will hesitate before fac- ing an international military occupa- tion of Morocco to impose scheme of administration. The Moors expect some power to take their viewpoint even were general agreement at- tained. They pray much Of the tune for the Almighty to protect his faith ful. ana they trust that the powers Of evil will fall into confusion. The whole of the Islam world is somewhat excited over the fate of Morocco, as u is the last independent Musselman CTS In concluding the conversation Kingdom of Africa"
 Mohammed Fl Torres expresses sat- 1SfacLlOn aL fHH tdC1 NhoN .tiAO ~o+-N~~ ..s ence will begin with the discussion or contraband Arms as this is one ques- tion with which Morocco is anxious 10 secure the intervention of the pow CTS. In concluding the conversation, Mohammed Fl Torres used the follow expressive sentence as indicating the inconsistency of the powers:
 why don't they hold conference upon Russia and establish ordeF there?"
 want Contraband Stopped.
 The Moroccans contend that while the French and German Governments nominaliy restrict contrahand arms from entering Mo- rocco the great manufacturers of arms in France and Germany reap harvest by the illicit introduction of arms. thus fomenting anarchy and iHsurreetion, Therefore MO rocco is prepared to have the powers aecis- iyelv stop this contraband trade.
 On the other hand some of the ambassadors fear that the contraband question may pre- cIpitate a crisis over the main Franco-Ger- man controversy as the surveillance Of con traband arms involves 'tlTe determination whether France alone shah patrol the coast ar whether the powers shall establish an patrol The determination or who shali establish the patrol may therefore bring up the principal Franco-German issue over France having a special position war ranting her ta direct the maintenance of order.