Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

for their misdeeds.
Besides may do well to recall that
Mulay- Hand has been considered as
very unreliable man and. having proved
traitor to his brother. the Sultan Abd-el-
Aziz. there is nothing strange that he
should prove recreant to the French.
whose aid and protection ne invoked as
late as the 9th instant Mulay- Hafid
adopted the same tactics against Abd-el-
Aziz as those now practiced by Mulay-Zin.
namely. the shbboleth OF the "djehad'
or holy war against the Christian.
From this distance 1t is a matter OF
simple supposition to conclude that If
there is truth in Mulay-
Mulay.Hafld'S Hafid's detection. there
n.eA: is consequent increased
eAeS'AoA' embarrassment on the
part of France. whose hands have mani
testify been held up by both Spain and
fists OF Paris. headed by the irrepressible
republic.
puzzle perhaps to cite a dispatch which
appeared in the official journal Rossia
of St Petersburg of the 18th instant
which announced that Morocco had been
the subject of an exchange OF views be-
tween the cabinets of Berlin and st.
Petersburg. and that both had recognized
the entire sincerity of the intentions
of France in Morocco and her loyal ad-
hesion to her International obligations.
The RosSia added: . We are the more
pleased with this complete understanding
over the Moroccan question that the ne
gotiations between Russia and Germany
as to the construction OF railways in the
northern part of Persia Is In process OF
settlement. These negotiations of a most
compiled ted character cannot be termi-
mated rapidly. but the general situation
presages a favorable conclusion.
In familiar language the above express
sion in the official Russian organ may be
taken to imply that Russia and Germany
will accord q free hand in Morocco IL
France will comply with certain condi-
lions. presumably financial. necessary to
the proposed railway construction in
northern Persia
For clear and concise appreciation Of
the Moroccan question, so far as that is
disclosed to mortals outside the portals
of cabinets. we should recall the existence
of three International agreements. Inc
first. the Anglo-French agreement of
April =. 1904: the second. the Franco
Spanish agreement of the same date.
October 9. 1904 lone of which was publi..
the other secret. The public treaty ex-
agreement Of April g. 1904 relative to
Morocco and to Egypt: the secret treaty.
II is disclosed. reserved to Spain during
nfteen years a zone of influence extenu-
ing from the mouth of the Moulouya to
the dividing line CT the affiuenty of tn.
river Sebou. (The principle of zones. it
should be said. is considered as annuiled
by the subsequent Algerian actJ The
third, the Franco-German agreement OF
February 8, 1869. BY this agreement the
German
ucular political interests OF France. which
were closely allied to the consolidation OF
order and interior peace of Morocco, and
the German government declared that il
would no longer oppose these interests.
A dispatch from the London Daily Tel
egraph, published in LItaiia. reported the
number Of troops in the
troops OF the service of Sultan Mulay-
c,,,4.. Hafid as 1000 regulars
and 1900 irregulars, the
latter comprising the tribe of the Benz
Durain. Also that the insurgent tribes
were commanded by a German, and that
this fact had been reported to the in
terested legations for confirmation.
The political situation has manifestly
been rendered difficult for France and
Is cause that she has hesitated to under
take military expedition to Fee. which
has provoked the hostility of both Ger
many and Spain, and even severe criti-
cism IN France.
A dispatch published in the Wiener
Algemeine Zeitung recently caused de-
cided fall in the stock market of Berlin.
This journal announced that Germany IA
vored new conference and would op-
pose renewal of police powers accorded
France and Spain by the Algeciras act.
Germany would protest Il the French ex-
petition exceeded the limits of simple
life saving expedition. The maintenance
Of French troops In Fec would be taken
as a violation of the Algeciras act and
Germany would thus be free to do as her
interests required
The Germania. Catholic center organ,
characterized the dispatch as "a Panther
manist cuckold egg. laid I'm the nest OF
the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung and con-
scientiously Matched"
Nevertheless the dispatch produced a
slump In the market. Government Of
Cologne fastened to declare the dispatch
absolutely false. The liberal press like
wise denounced the statement Of the
Vienna journal The Berliner Taseblatt
force our ministry of foreign affairs to
the front. but that it would be TO place
German policy very low to have ii OBJ
tain success by such trumpet calls"
The Gazette de NOSS OF beTi1n wrote
that German opinion was becoming very
tired of Pan-Germanist buster. The peril
of a war because of Morocco would exist
If Germany really desired to take a part
of Morocco. but the German people, ex-
cept a handful Of Pan-Germanists. looked
upon such an idea as ridiculous
utopian idea"
The Gazette de Madgebourg In n long
note on the Moroccan question alluded to
the erroneous impression prevailing In
the German press. 1t was not true that
the Algeciras act was limited Ger
many's Interference could not be justified.
nor were there any signs OF such inten-
ton in official circles.
Spain had certainly regarded the french
expedition to Fec with no little disfavor.
perhaps jealousy. and this because OF
her secret treaty with France. Spain had
always regarded Morocco as proionga-
ton of Spain, while France had seen In
Morocco the prolongation of Algeria. Up
to the present the reciprocal goodA VIII
and good sense of the parties had main
tanned the peace. AS reported. there was
manifestly parties who were hshing IN
troubled waters.
The Correspondence de Espana. one OF
the recognized organs of the Spanish
ministry. contains an article upon the
realistic policy followed by Germany
in Morocco and elsewhere.
The director OF the Correspondencia
himself wrote from Tangier: All Ger
man policy is based upon the principle or
do ut des. When England gave her some