Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

reallZeO IN GERMANY.
The National Review in its episodes
for the month Of August writes:
-
eve confess to having shirked expound-
ing the internal situation in Morocco to
our readers for the sim
Unintelligible pie reason that it is un-
ineligible. 1t is prob
ably beyond the compre-
hension of any European"
The Review cites in confirmation or the
confusion in Moroccan things the connict-
ing reports of the correspondent OF the
Daily Telegraph, who interviewed Muiay-
AZiz. and Mr.. Ashmead Bartiett OF Inc
Morning Post. who went to Fez anu III
terviewed Mulay-Hafid.
Frances fortunes are not inextrlcaoiy
bound up with Mulay-Aziz. France Is
acting in Morocco on European mai
date and she recognizes necessarily the
sovereign who accepted the Algeciras con-
vention, and Mulay-Hafid not only de-
nounced the convention but attacked the
French at Casa Blanca.
The Deutsche Zeitung of Berlin writes
on the 18th instant on the subject OF Ger
many's foreign relations that the
Deutsche Tageszeitung desired to provoke
a campaign of the German press over tine
Moroccan affair. But whoever unoer-
stands a word of foreign policy KNOWS
that 1t is vain to act thus unless II Is de-
cided TO go to the end-war. In 1858, In
1865 and in 1870 Bismarck opened up q
press campaign but he did not do 1t Tor
the Carolines nor for the Wohlgemutn
affair. If the German people WISH !"
have war with France the affair at casa
Blanca can be nodded in time as casus
| beIu. but il a plebiscite should be taken
| to learn If the Germans desire war the
reply would surely be negative. since the
death Of Bismarck there Is no Iack % %
little Bismarcks' who would gain glory IN
foreign wars. No reasonable man De-
lieves that Germany has any interest In
a great war. ,.,.
NJ Ed Tallichet. in the Review BiDio-
theoue Universelle for August, contributes
an article on international agreements, In
| which he says:
ment a phase of her history which IS NOT
only of the very greatest interest but
which will evidently have extraordinary
results which it is not possible to fore
cast"
| This phase has been manifested by the
series Of visits of the chiefs Of state
William II took the in
Royal itiative at Corfu, where
he met the princes OF
'As'' Greece and the represen-
| tatives of the sultan; at Venice he met
King Victor Emmanuel; at Vienna EN-
peror Francis Joseph; King Edward has
visited the Car Nicholas; the emperor
and other visitors; the president Of the
French republic in turn visited King Vic
tor, the car. King Edward, the kings OF
Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
NJ. Tallichet points out the pacific ad-
vantages of these alliances and agree
ments and concludes that war would
mean the ruin perhaps of all the COM
batants, and the author, by way OF illus
tration. recites the story of the two lions
of Leipzig. who fought each other with
such rage that nothing was left Of either
upon the battle-ground but their two tails
The Temps of Paris declares that If
Germany is sincere in her attachment
to peace she should believe in the. sin
certify Of the other powers. The group
of which the German empire is the CEN
ter and soul Is not diminished, either In
prestige or power, because another group
is formed. Germany may lose her suprem-
acy. but not her liberty Of action. Thus
the peace Of Europe may be assured, not
by the will of one power, but by the will
of all.
There will be no war. first. because
there are few powers which have sum-
themselves are losing. if they have not
already lost, the spirit of fighting when
the results are certain humiliation. as
illustrated in the fight Of the two lions
| of Leipzig.
While writing. the writer's eyes fall upon
pamphlet entitled lie Commerce Franco
Allemand." published in France by a COM
mercial committee composed of Germans
and French. The committee has been I'm
existence only four months and num-
bers $50 members. 1t declares that Ger
many. after England and Belgium, is the
second great client Of France: that France
sells to Germany more than Germany sells
to France. This fact Is greater factor
for peace than arguments based upon
ornaments. CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.