Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

1 thereof should be made to their colleagues.
| These measures have only a provisional
| character and should be withdraw, subse-
/ quently when the police established. y
| Public opinion at Berlin. In view Of such
| candid declarations, must be treasured and
| convinced that France and Spain have no
other intention than to execute loyalty the
powers intrusted them at Algeciras.
! M JuareS. socialist collectivist deputy as
announced. interpel.ated the government on
! the Nth instant on its action in Morocco
He said: This naval expedition to destroy
| Moroccan anarchy may lead us into a mill
| tary conquest of Morocco. disguised con-
| quest. Notwithstanding the optimistic dec
| iarations. the Franco-Spanish naval demon
Stration in Moroccan waters is grave
act and disauietng problem. The Span
| ish press is wrong in dragging Us into that
| occupation without even concealing her
| covetouSness. And there are also French
! journals which do their best to drag in
| likewise.
The danger in Morocco is yet only in
| the germ. but when perceive the danger
our duty is to signal it.
You are going to remain Mr.. Minister
of Foreign Affairs. within the terms of the
| act of Algeciras. today, tomorrow. always.
NJ. Pichon, minis .er of foreign affairs, re-
| piled: Yes, NJ. Juares.''
M. JuareS said: Il recognize the SophiS-
| try with which you act. 1t is to protect
| national interests; it is a sophstry which
we will not allow to be established
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| The Temps of December says that the
| correspondent of the London Times re-
| ports an interview WILL an
English English diplomat: ..Tangier
! Interest. is near to Gibraltar All that
! interests Mussulmans inter-
! ests England. But since We have recos-
| nized the prior interests of France in the
| Cherifian empire we think that 1t should
| be France above all others to decide the
| conduct to be maintained in the face of
| Moroccan troubles. We acquiesce in ad-
| vance in all the decisions she may take, and
| we accord her our support without restric-
| ton. We have acted in the same way be-
fore and during the Ageciras conference,
! and we will continue to act thus. Our gov
| eminent will do nothing to complicate the
difficult task of France and Spain We VIII
] net send a ship of war to Tangler The
conference confided the Organiza ton o. the
| police of the ports to France and Spain. We
| have not the habit of leaving our people
J to be molested. and if We have tolerated
/ the acts Of pillage and brigandage in the
| interior will not tolerate 1t on the coast
f, in a city peopled by Europeans few
! leagues from Gibraltar. There are some
people who maintain that the gravity OF
| Moroccan affairs has been greatly eXag-
gerated But there is something changed
| in Morocco, the prestige of Europeans mas
| been considerably diminished by the con
! ference. The MOors have understood the
| divisions and rivalrieS of Europeans, ana
| they think that they are greater than they
are The audacity of RaiSuli Is insup-
| porta Bile. He thinks he can do as he likes
| 1t is time to show him the contrary, ana
apply the remedIes prescribed by the con-
| ference. In leaving matters as they are
serious events may happen.
! The Moret ministry in Spain, which came
| into power on the LIST of December, resigned
on the I'D. 1t is the seventh within TWO
years. 1t beats the record, having lived
only two days,
| King Alfonso accepted the resignation of
| the ministry and called NJ. Montero-Rios.
| who declined The king thereupon request
| ed the Marquis de la Vega de ArmlJo TO
| constitute a ministry of liberal conceh-
| tration" NJ. de la Vega de Armijo Is
| man of eighty-two years, who represents
| in the liberal party an insignificant group
! The last survivor of the constitutional cor
! teZ of 1884, he has been seven times MINIS
| ter and president of the chamber. but never
president of the council The mission with
which he has been charged Is the browning
of a long political career, whose hftieth an
| nversary the liberals celebrated two years
age They affect to regard him as an an
cestor a survivor of the heroic times or
Isabella. Liberalism in Spain at this mo-
ment is cut into three groups entirely
apart two of which, under the orders of
NM Montero-Rios and Moret are in hos
tility the one against the other. and both
! hostile to the other group directed by NJ;
/ Canalejas, who is an anti-clerical radical
democrat Under these conditions the lib
gram.
Public opinion favored until recently the
liberal party, but it appears to incline now
to the belief that the party
Spanish has already committed po-
Ministry. litical suicide. Marquis de la
Vega de Armijo nevertheless
commands the high esteem of all parties,
;p ba the
king intrusted him with the mission of a
| forma ton of a ministry of affairs with the
following results: NM. Perez Cabaliero.
/; foreign affairs: Romanones. interior: Bar
roso ius;ice: General Weyler, war. Navar-
RI Reyerter finance; Dr. FREDERICK. pre-
mier. vice president of the senate; lunlno
! public works. ox,.s,
The ministry thus composed represents
All the groups of the liberal party. the king
ha wing declared to the marquis his desire
that the liberals remain in power
M. Victor Berard is the author OF re-
cent book entitled The Moroccan AhIl ar,
and saws on the subject of Spanish poll
ticians: ..r>
ME to Spain things or men OF whlch sae
ties been a struggle of theories or of ideas,
and never has the Spanish politician peeh
a servitor of principles nor indeed OIL gem
eraI interests.
Madrid has two arenas "fleTe duoteS-
cents in the peninsula dream OF entering as
artists and gaining name-her parliament
and her Plaza de Toros. Those whose force
and physical agility designate them for the
noble career of matadores go to the che;
those who think they have In their heads
something of value or some mfelectnal
suppleness go to the other. But in both
the profession remains the same. Play a
grand role or get into some well-patd place:
watch the occasion to display his elbness
and his bearing: beg braves of the pub
lie and avoid being Kissed; keep his place
and calamity wear the embroidered vest.
cane or the polished epee of the pariia-
mentary torrero; the course finished to re-
ceived the flowers of applause and the
money. the price of his address and audac-
ity The Spanish politician never had
other ideal
Il should not be too severe" adds NJ. Be
rard These politicians in fact gain hon
estly their livelihood, doing all they can
and all they should. If Spain votes to
elect them it Is the ministry that nomi-
mates them. When a city or province does
not take arms to force the election of their
deputy the agents of the ministry recruit
the whole troop.
But IL NJ. Berard is correct in his appre-
citation of the parliamentary torrero In
Spain, it is simple justice to add that
Snain has no monopoly of the political
. H.