Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-08-07
QUESTION IS
EUROPE POWERS
England With France Against
Germany In Case Of a
Showdown.

policy being followed. In l9Oo Ger
| many was quite prepared to go to war
over the retention Of NJ. Delcasse in
the French cabinet She is evidently
ready to do so again, unless the policy
which he seems to favor Of ignoring
Germany's claims. whether they be
just or not. is exchanged for one that
frankly recognizes them and endeavors
to arrive at working agreement.
On two occasions Germany has given
the plainest Of hints that she had
| claims in Morocco, one at the time Of
| the Casabanca incident in 1908, when
German deserters into the French for
eign legion We're forcibly seized by the
| German consult the other on July 1 of
| this year, when German warship
suddenly made its appearance in the
| harbor of Agadir.
The Agadir Incident.
! The action at Agadir comes directly
upon the heels of friendly visit of
NJ Cambon, French ambassador at
/ Pe"lin, to the German chancellor, Herr
:p' :[iderlen- Waetchter. at Kissingen.
If France had overstepped the limits
If her mandate the Algeciras act it.
self provided the means to call her to
book: an appeal could have been taken
to the GH."matic corps at Tangier.
But AZ t..r rs the outside world knows
France haS teen very careful recently
to i:i'nr:l Il Ike signatories Of the
A.@.,'ir;.> a. OF every step forward
So ',l - Eri in Morocco.
49, ali ~ r,lS ii put forward by
,icr:"any tnr Ibis Il t3l is the request
I or protection mad ms certain Ger
man firms ,!n.ng lu*;nns> IN .Ngadir.
Fat The wAoI>' cni.,.'i' around that
.'ace has l"."n l'trte ~ ul: pt: TO lives
. uf GrrI.la!I SUhje Is hHv" ietn IN dam
COR. and G"ruian co'..ue cal interests
there. IL in tltt Whole - Morocco. are
ve:'y :l:i"! wh'a comiHlitd to those
Of Eilr;nn and Fran No one be-
i"v"s t!lat This is riEil reason.
VIII u il r"llv {" he tnuHi in 'er:nan
INSPIRED ard enl:n$!, .tu icwsplrcrs.
one who has read i!lcu w Il nttcn-
iloH d.r!"c The las. taw months will
have n1;i "a II sr'W 4. ii4i:.ipnce at
the forward movements; of France to-
w"r, t'rZ and in tn hawai- region,
and the hardly vpi.rd SUI geStion that
the AIR" i';> compact had been bro
Ken 10y III" two Latin k u:domS and
thar the Si@nat0rieS- that is. Cermany
had rcgninrh their i!:erty of ton
In other words. the AlgpciraS con-
ference had not been IL, successful as
Germany had hoped The resulting
act weighed heavily upon German
politics. and il had to lie su e.'seded.
France was to be rajo,ed into seem
ing security hy Il passive HrquieSrence
in her dealings with Morocco until the
moment came when Eerr.any thought
it convenient to Cenpun.p the agree
ment of 1906 rather then to keep her
coSignatories to it's t;i,hfu fultillmpnt
sl,ain's Part
But Frances difficulty Is not only
with Germany: ii is also with Spain.
In many quarters it has been suggest
ed that Span'S action is eXp.icable
only upon the surpositiun that she had
the overt or tacit assent of Germany.
During the recent phases of the Mo-
rocco imljrogiio France has seen with
jealous eye her association with
Spain in the work of pnciiying Mo-
rocco Yet ii cannot be denied that
Spain has some natural and historic
rights in a country that Is separated
from her only by the narrow strait Of
Gibraltar. Althuu' Il the Anglo French
agreement of 1904 WAS quickly follow
ed by IL somewhat similar agreement
between France and Spain. the rivalry
between tn" two countries has been
Ill concealed and has at times broken
out into ugly disputes When sud-
denly Il few months ago Spain went
outside of her sphere Of influence on
the MediterrH and landed troops
at LArache. on the Atlantic coast. the
whole French colonial party and press
rose up in arms declaring this to be
an evident violation of the Agcciras
act.
In view Of the present provocatiOn.
and the action at AgHdir can hardly
be considered in any other light, the
French press has IN the main given
proof of Il remarkable sang frOid. 1t Is
that that gives ground for the hope that
diplomacy" may be able TO ward off
the threatening couhict Frances posi-
ton has officially been declared to be
this She holds firmly ard without any
reservation to the principles laid down
in the Alceciras agreement. She sentl
her troops to Fee only at the earnest
solicitation of Sultan Mulai Hafid HIM
self in order to establish there law and
order and 10 save the lettering throne
B If the sultan. The MON 1T this is ac-
compli.hed she will withdraw her
troops She Is sOiicitous. as the man
tltory Of Europe and the United
States for the preservation intact Of
the Moroccan kingdom and the COM
merciai "oncn door" for all nations
Germany has not put her demands
bto concrete form She evidently be-
.ievps firmly in the doctrine of take
first and then talk
En"land's position IN the contro-
versy IS that her alliance with France