New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-06
FRANCE NEARS CRISIS.
~waR" NOW IN MOROCCO.
cermany Hints That Algeciras Con-
IGNITION MnSt Be Obser0ed.

,+ 5-While there has not been any
s,-,-fng ct Casablanoa since the nerce en-
I-o-e If Tuesday. the seriousness OF ole
situation in Morocco and the posslolll'y
GEM ,.asirr France into diplomatic dlfhculues
O. - cher powers of Europe, notably Ger
94lI Great Britain. 70 say nothing OF the
Tic .-,lv growing necessity OF increasing inc
APP .,e french force on the Moroccan coast
Sc .o,,nvirr the attention of the French
people, -.,.-. - +,a 5i45cu1ty
tn. rress Is calling attention 10 the olrnCui-S
t,.sninC within the terms OF the AIseclid do
. -.-.n-ion and the call TO convoke PariiaInehl
- discuss and decide what course the NAHUM
= - n,rsue is becoming more insistent
- is a growing feeling that the important
items in the matter Of Frances policy In
Morocco should not be let elllTeiy 10 'e ''--'
49, q the Cabinet
- seriousness Of the fighting Tuesday, in
-st-b Major Provost Of the Foreign Legion.
- k,l1ad. has brought home 10 the French peo-
=. comprehension Of the persistent resistance
- +be Moers and a realization that France may
hs only at the threshold Of g protracted cam
,sirn thai may easily prove costly in lives and
money. The situation is now referred TO as
.uar" and no longer as ar expedition Of paci-
hcation"
No other power has yet been drawn into the
difficulty but Germany is watching the prog
-ess Of events in Morocco more closely eaca
dav. and as il becomes apparent that the situd-
-iop there IS not improving il is minated IN
Berlin that the A1geciras convention. under the
terms OF which France and Spain are acting IN
Morocco. prescribes certain limitations. and that
F-anoe is approaching the bounds beyond which
she should not 60 without first obtaining me
sneciaI permission Of the powers
TIE situation at Mazagan is reported 10 DC
growing more threatening and the exodus Of
Europeans from Tangier continues Premier
cgemenceau. however. announced to-day that
there was reason TO believe thai neither Adder
Aziz. the reigning Sultan. nor Mulai Hafg his
brother. who has been proclaimed Sultan IN the
Ecuth intended TO make we- against France
Native advices received at Tangler declare
,ba+ twenty thousand hostile Moors have con-
centrated not far from Casablanca, and that
-en thousand Kabyle tribesmen have modified
near Alca5aza-
spain is preparing 10 send reinforcements OF
men and ships 10 MOROCCO One Spanish bat
tleship the Emperador Carlos Y, arrived at
Tangier to-day
TIE correspondent Of the 'eIatin" at Casa
blanca telegraphs as follows:
The engagement Of Tuesday gave some ldea
ss 10 the obstacles that an expedition into the
interior would nave TO encounter anu nun
- - men necessary The march made by the
French troops Tuesday was the longest one Yet
and marks the utmost that General Druoe can
possibly do with the force al his disposal
The column had all the cavalry and field ar
rflle-v YET this strong force, made up OF picked
men whose armament can be described as
Crushing coupared 10 that Of the MOoTs. was
heavily engaged throughout the entire encoun-
Ter II was compelled 10 give ground IN three
Places II once, and finally II was completely
turned by the Noors. who got within quarter
OF e nile Of the camp
L cannot now be said that the wild courage
OF the enemy is due 10 ignorance Of our means
and methods of action. On the contrary, they
return 70 the fray with greater courage and In
increased numbers after each engagement