Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-28
!, .OCCO MUST SETTLE
France sepds Warships to Tsngisr and
Troops to 0udia from Algeria
ACTION is APPROVED N GERMANY
Kaiser is Satisfied Punitive Expedi-
tiOn Has No Interior Motive
Conditions ReEarder as
IntoIerabIe.

GAhlSs MaFCn Ns-ln Of1cial
here It is recognized that the Moroccan
situation is serious, but the consensus Of
European opinion, being favorable to
Frances action. a solution Of the difficult
ties is regarded as being very simple and
as not likely to produce complications. The
sultan of Morocco is expected to yield
promptly all the claims formulated by the
commander of the French armored cruiser
Jeanne dare now at Tangier, as soon as
he is convinced that the French attitude
is infiexible and that France has the unani-
nous support of the powers
French Advance from Algeria.
A dispatch received from General Lautey.
commander OF the column Of occupation,
! today announced that a squadron Of Spahis
had been ordered to make a forced march
from sidi- -BeI-Abbes, Algeria. to Oudja.
The spahis cannot reach Oudja before
/ March 80.
! A battery Of artillery and battalion of
| Zouaves have left Tlemsen. Algeria, for
| LaIla Marina on the Moroccan frontier.
General Liautey has arrived at Sidi-Bel-
Abbes and has taken charge of the military
operations.
A news agency today announced that the
headquarters of the French military mis-
sion at Fez had been pIllaged. No confirm
alton Of the statement has been received.
Germany Approves Course.
BERLIN, March 27.--The occupation of
Oudja, Morocco, by the French troops Is
regarded at the Foreign office here as
being a proper and inevitable step, II it be
confined simply to punitive measures for
the murder of a French citizen, and is
without Interior objects. II is assumed
here officially that France will observe its
. | a. tn4p ~ A1Qariraa hOth
in letter and spirit. The German attitude
is one of alert observance. Any modifca-
ton Of that attitude will depend on the
development of the French plans.
The reopening OF the Morocco question
would be unpleasant to Germany and there
is no disposition to take unnecessary Of
fense at Frances action, on which the most
favorable Interpretation In placed, yet II
Is considered impossible that Germany
could accept without objection any action
against the Moroccan government OF ter
ritory not strictly in accord with the inter-
national judgments reached at Algeciras.
France, in the official view. viii doubtless
carefully avoid going outside of the terms
Of the Algeciras convention; but already
the newspapers here are filled with state
ments showing suspicion of the French I'm
tentions, SO that the public mind is GER
tainly prepared to treat French acts un-
sympathetcally.
The French charge d'anfairs, NJ. Decomte.
called at the foreign office here yesterday
and handed to Foreign Secretary Tschirsky
a communication from the French govern
ment respecting the military expedition to
oHdja. Herr Tschirsky is understood to
have replied that Germany hoped the ocou-
patton OF Moroccan territory by Frances
troops would only be temporary.
Europeans in Danger.
TANGIER, March 27.-The French ar
mored cruiser Jeanne dare and the cruiser
La Lande have arrived here from Toulon
The commander Of the Jeanne dare will
hand list OF the French claims this after
noon 10 Mohammed el Torres, the repre-
sentative Of the sultan.
The situation at Morocco City is becom-
ing more serious, according to the reports
received here. Hostile crowds are paradinl
the streets and Europeans do not dare tc
: go out OF their houses without an escort.
Prominent Moors express Satisfaction a
the fact that France has decided to occupy
oudja. They declare that the sultan o.
Morocco requires a lesson,
The French consuls in the interior hav,
I notified the Moorish authorities that thoI
{ will be held responsible for outrages OF
SANaAEoAAoH
EurOpeans Leave OudJa.
LALLAA MARINA. Algeria, March n
The French military mission has returned
4 here from Oudja. With It have come al
: the European residents OF Oudja, who re
3 port that the town is calm and the peopl
do not suspect the forthcoming occupation
D The Moroccan garrison IN oudJa consist
| only Of a small escort for the governor
Z and there is very little probability of an!
| resistance to the French column. Th
0 Europeans Of Oudja left all their persona
1 property locked up in their houses.
3 Spain supports France.
, MADRID, March 27.-The Spanish govern
ment has issued an Official note expressing
: it's whole hearted concurrence in France
0 desire to stop the intolerable disorders Il
5 Morocco, and with that end in view It ha
r formally pointed out to the sultan the de
= STABILITY of facilitating by every mean
. In his power the early establishment Of tn
/ international police force in Morocco