Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
OF MOROCCAN QUESTION

out doubt he would not come to Madrid to
return the visit which King Alfonso had
made him the year before. Under the spur
OF that discourteous message the young
king rebelled with all the force of his
frank and generous nature Alfonso imme-
diately asked William to fix tie date Of his
visit. The kaiser caught In his own trap.
replied that 1t was not possible to fix q
precise date. which meant that his visit
was postponed indefinitely. Spain thus.
because OF her fidelity to her engagements,
was sighted.
NJ. Witte, returning from America the
fortunate negotiator of the peace of Ports
mouth, was received by the
German German emperor with quasi
Intrigue, royal honors. 1t was as
sumed that he would be the
minister for foreign affairs at st. Peters,
burg. The kaiser said to him: In such
case. II 1 may be useful to you, write me.
1 will do everything In my power to aid
YOU
Count WHITE. confident Of the emperor's
promised cordial good wishes wrote a spe-
cial plea, very firm and measured. for
France The answer was a refusal. which
revealed Ill feelings which 1t was supposed
had disappeared.
At the same time the energetic interior
ence Of the President Of the United States
obtained no better success than that OF
Count White. Twice, on February II and
g. Mr.. Roosevelt telegraphed to William II
recalling his promise of 1905 to adhere to
the solution which the United States gov
eminent would Judge to be equitable. The
President recommended the following plan ::
Police to be limited to the eight ports OF
Morocco; French and Spanish instructors;
reports to be addressed the sultan by the
officer highest in rank: the reports to be
communicated to the italian legation at
Tangier, and by that government to the
powers. The German emperor replied by
refusal.
1t was at this difficult juncture. when It
was we'll understood there was no ground
or hope of understanding between
France and Germany. that the vote &C.
CURED. The effect was considerable.
Germany was furious and bitterly re-
preached Italy. Spain. Russia and Belgium,
but finally became concfliatory. The en-
peror wrote M. WHITE that an understand
ing would be agreed upon II France would
accept the Franco-Spanish police, controlled
only for the form. The emperor summoned
the Prince Of Monaco. ostensibly to estab-
lish in Berlin an institute for oceanogra-
ply, pure preteXt; the kaiser conhded 70
him a communication for NJ Rouvier. He
asked that France should not insist upon
the number of shares which had been hrst
claimed in the capital of the bank AS lot
the inspector he said there would be no
difficulties and that some old major would
do"
The 7th OF March solution was In view.
During the day the Rouver ministry was
aoverthrown. From that mo-
Sudden ment there was radical
Chance. change of policy from front
to rear. Germany now raised
the point of unacceptability of the propo-
stion that the port of Casablanca should
be placed under a Swiss inspector. The
revelations of NJ. Andre Tardieu upon the
urgent and pressing demands made upon
the several chancelleries are new and in
teresting. Count Wolff Matternick. Ger
man ambassador at London. went to see
Sir Edward Grey on March ID with the
purpose Of creating the impression that all
the representatives at Algeciras were favor
France, who was intractable, and who was
abandoned by her ally and her friends.
The Secretary of State coldly replied:
What you say there is not possible The
Count de Monts summoned NJ. Sonnino al
most rudely to demand that France yield
to Germany's wishes. At Washington
Baron Speck Won Sternburg called upon
Mr. Root to ask him not to encourage
proved at Algeciras. At st: Petersburg
NJ. de Schoen, more affirmative declared
that all the powers had abandoned
France, and Russia would appear singu-
lar by sustaining her any longer The
chancellor Of the empire telegraphed to
M White: France is the object Of uni
versal criticism, even on the part OF the
English. 1t is you who can cause her to
listen to reason by an energetic inter-
vention. and obtain the sending of new
instructions to M. Revolt. If a definite
rupture Is to be avoided"
Needless to say that these assertions
were absolutely insincere as proved by
the published proceedings. Besides. Will
liam II cabled to MIR. Roosevelt March
declaring that his project was not ac-
ceptable; that the United States should
urge France to accept the Austrian prof.
ect; that England, Russia and Spain APP
proved. The following day William II
sent to Mr.. Roosevelt another cable in
which he denounced the covetousness Of
France, the greed of the French banks
and press, and urged the President to
use his influence. Two days later. March
urgent than the preceding affirming ex-
plicitly that italy, Russia, England and
Spain had abandoned France; that the
United States alone supported her: that
turn the states should pronounce for the
Austrian plan and thus force the con-
sent Of France.
4
M. Andre Tardieu does not care to
characterize these proceedings. How"
he asks, will France meet
Secrets these attacks?" The minis
Revealed. terial declaration recalls
that the policy adopted by
the preceding cabinet will be followed
by the new cabinet With the approval
Of the chamber. instructions in this sense
were sent to M. Revolt. The clearness
of the declarations produced an imme-
date effect. The instructions of the gov
ernments Of England and Russia to their
Ambassadors show that neither one nor
the other had approved the Austrian
project in the sense claimed by Germany,
nor had either abandoned France. Be-
sides, Mr.. Roosevelt cabled to the en-
peror that he deemed the Austrian prof.
ect unacceptable. According to NJ Tar.
dieu, the history Of the conference at
Algeciras contains lessons which may be
dangerous to forget. He promises to
write a book in which all the incidents
of the duel at Algeciras" will be re-
counted.
The Frankfurter General Anzeiger pub
fishes long article on the revelations of
the Revue de Deux Mondes on the subject
Of Algeciras. The Anzeiger adds a remark
about the extreme precision of the details
and the extraordinary Recommendation OF the
article" It concludes that the impression
prevails that there may be at Berlin, at the
Wilhelmstrasse, or in higher places, certain
subalterns who communicate state secrets
and documents to other persons than to
deputies of the center"