Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11

/ easily see that they would be made
quate 10 any Kind Of protection. tn,
number Of foreign officers Is too small
and 60 is u question whether they ca
control the native troops. JUDGED
| should not advise foreigners 90 attempt
10 travel through the interior Of Moroc'
co.
THE SITUATION IN TANGlER
How about TaugIer?'
"U was ~ my country home "lhh
| I've miles ~ Tangier that ! was cap
! tured bad 10 servants with me AZ
| my house ana considered myself per
I fcctly safe Tive truth il that radl-
/ cal change over that of the past mas
| taken place m Tsngler caused by me
Anglo.Frcnch agreement ui 1895. \
| few years ago We considered Gibraltar
nur chief defense. knowing that We
could cali for the English troops 10
come over iu case NJ an outbreak anu
have strong force ON land Wlihln u
Few hours. This b. prevented now bF
that agreement You may rem'mbel
how ID arose The French who mad
hammered the English in the admins
tration Of Egypt made an agreement
tn give them free mana ihtre.
ther. iu return. would allow llance
90 have q free hand in Morocco. Great
britain ;hon said that France ought 20
assist bod the administrative. economic.
financial aud military reforms Do MO-
rocco. aud practically agreed lo Keep
her hands oh Ancr that she Woula
rot have dared send troops scros.
from Gabraltar. Tor the French Wouia
have considered such am act a Nl'lH,
lion Of the sp.l ~ the agreement ana
might have resented a. When ! re-
turned from my captivity ! saw the
governor ~ Gibraltar, Sir George
White. and he told me he would have
been powerless 90 have defended Tan
gier I'm case 81 assault You may nave
also noticed that the English govern
mcnt recently sent word to the Glbral-
tar offices that they must be careful ~
going about Tangier aud must not rlsh
making expeditions NJ any Kind mo
the interior ~ Morocco.
WHY FRANCE WANTS MOROCCO.
oWhot has been the position OF
France bon regard to Morocco
"It has for years been looking upon
II with greedy eyes, and that not only
as a commercial but as a military pro-
position Among the best Of the
French soldiers are the Berbers OF Al
geria. There are many ot the same
race IN Morocco. and II France could
control that country as II does Algeria
and Tunisia. it could add al least
100. 900 Berber soldiers TO its army.
That is strong incentive for a nation
situated as the French are.
What plans had they made 10 get |
that cOntrol?"
Their scheme was TO avail them
selves Of the sultan's absolute neces-
sity for money. They intended TO |
proner loans and In connection there
with 10 secure a lien upon, first, me
custom houses. secondly, the foreign |
relations and, thirdly, the entire adj
mlnistrative mechanism OF the govern
rpent II order 10 secure those results, |
some display Of military force might |
have been necessary, but NJ. Delcasse,
he author Of the scheme, was not
able 10 command the support Of the
chamber Of deputies and II temporar-
lv failed. Then the other nations ob-
iected and we had the Algeciras con-
But did not France loan some
money 10 the sultan?'
"Not as government. but a loan
was made with the support Of the gov
eminent and in a way Il was partly a
government scheme. The money was
furnished by The BanSue de Paris a
des Pays Bias At the time II was Civ
en- the sultan was attempting 10 put |
down a pretender TO the throne, Jilala
81 Zarbouni, VINO falsely claimed to be
his brother His majesty lacked money
10 pay his troops and he had TO re-
press that rebellion or lose his throne.
lie thereupon borrowed $4,000, 600
francs. or about Sl0,OO0.0o0, Of the
bank ] have mentioned at per cent