Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-25
QUESTIONS RELATING TO MOROCCO.

whist waiting tmpatently the emo OF the
conference at A1seciras. which appears IN
terminabls to its members as
Police wen : TO the public, We
Projects. may consider some of the
side questions which have
been developed relating to Moscow.
The French proposition concerning the es-
sented on tho 0eh instant to the conference.
In substance It II as follows:
An effective force of not more than
1850 and not less than 1900 Moroccan
MussuimRns. under the command OF
Moroccans, distributed among the eight
commercial ports OF Morocco; on1cer in-
structors and subordinate instructors to be
placed at the disposal OF the sultan by the
governments Of France and Spain. The
number OF Officer instructors shall be six
teen: that Of the subordinates thirty-two.
They shall be appointed for q term of three
years and are to be paid from funds adj
Sanced by the state bank.
The German proposition. known as the
Austrian proposition, was presented the
same day by the Austrian delegate Count
Weber de Welsersheimb. The proposition
accepts ostensibiy the control of France
eighth, Casablanca, which Is the most i'm
portant; also the French and Spanish off,
GERS to be controlled by Swiss or Holland
officer.
It Is scarcely probable that such a con-
Trajectory proposition may be accepted, but
the Germans are evidently counting upon
the temper Of the conference, which Is al
most exhausted and ready to accept almost
any plan which will permit them to get
away from Algeciras
The exception of Casablanca is construed
by the members of the conference as indi-
eating Germany's desire to occupy that
port, and the Moroccan delegates. convinc-
ed OF Germanys purpose, are now doing
what they may to prevent any arrange
ment between France and Germany lest 1t
lead to the partition Of Morocco.
The Temps of Paris, commenting upon
the German project. declares that neither
France nor Spain could accept the German
combination, because. in the first place. it
does not take into account the special situa-
ton of both France and Spain, and because
contradictory and finally impracticable"
The Reichsbote, criticizing the apparent
failure of German diplomacy. says: 1.-THE
conference has taken a turn quite unfavor-
able to Germany and her interests. Aus
tria alone stands with her. Germany can
only claim that she is alone in defending
her idea of an international police. France
and Spain have, on the other hand a
crushing majority. All hope of exercising In
the conference an international counterbal-
ance against France is lost. The confer
ence at Madrid In 1880 Is forgotten by every
one at Algeciras. Now. as then. France and
ments. Russia stands by France Spain
likewise; Italy does not dare provoke the
mediterranean powers. The German gov
eminent perceives that when it is too late.
Ihe police Will undoubtedly be confided to
France and Spain. They may well accept
some clauses which may f1atter Germany,
but that VIII not prevent France from be-
coming mistress of Morocco The confer
ence will gid the pill. but we shall swal-
low 1t all the same"
Inc impression appears to prevail at AL
seciras, as in government circles of all in
terested, that an accord will
european have been reached within a
Fears. very few days. The provoc-
alive attitude Of Germany,
however, is subject of grave reflection for
the future. and war in Europe before the
end Of the present year is discussed as a
lugubrious probability A dispatch from
Brussels dated the 9th Of March and pub
lished in LIE Matin has created considerable
comment. NJ Edmond Picard, discussing
In the Belgian senate the military and naval
ing to fear from France, but, on the con-
trary, she has everything to fear from
Germany, who dreams of uniting all Ger
many including therein Belgium and Hol-
land" Anvers. said the senator, Is the post
coveted by Germany. Already that city Is
commercially conquered by the Germans.
The danger is great and the government
should be on the lookout
In view of the general suspicion awakened
by Germany's attitude in Moroccan affairs,
an article by NJ. Abel Mausuy in the Revue
Bleue for March. entitled: THE Object of
German Policy" may be briefly reviewed
with interest
Since the disaster to Russia at Moukden
a study of the German mind has shown the
author that ''the least important thing for
Germany in the Moroccan question is Mo
rocco" The time has come for settle
ment between the peoples of Slav and Ger
man origin. When the Emperor Francis
Joseph shall have been replaced Germany
will have already prepared a solution of the
irritating problem of national1ties in Aus
tria-Hungary The pam Germanist agita-
ton is being worked at present in Austria.
and this idea, which was put in motion in
1870, must result In the union Of all Ger
mans. German Austria should be annexed
within ten years to greater Germany"
And in the first place, In face OF the Ger
mans of Austria, united, and astonished by
the increasing prestige Of the young Ger
man empire, subjected to the active propa-
ganda, the Slav. Pole. Tcheque, Sovenes
Austrians. have need Of support lest the
annexation Of Austria Germany to Ger
many may not be the pretext of other an
nexat tons. Now the power which could
have lent to the Observation-Disclosures
moral support at least against German en-
croachments, Russia, finds herself IN Sit
uation whence she does not know when or
how she may extrfcate herself.
Austria-Poland Is endowed with regime
which Is the envy of Russia-Poland Now,
when Francis Joseph disappears the first
to reclaim their autonomy and independence
will be the Poles Of Galicia. Whatever oc-
ours in Galicia Is sure to have echo in
Poland (yarsovia) and in Russia. The Pol
ish question cannot be solved definitely I'M
til the events predicted shall have happened.
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Germany watches for the moment when
Galicia raises her voice for independence.
1t will be the signal for her
Germany's to declare the partition Of
Aa,ira tions. Austria; she will claim to
be the heir, and will annex
the western part of Austria and occupy the
port of Trieste. which for long time has
been the object of her covetousness Thus
greater Germany, united in a single block
from the Baltic to the Adriatic will be-