Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

troops at Tripon are accepted with relrs>
The rigorous censorship could not con-
ceal italian defeats. The nation was
condemned. II was ignorant of war. and
II was question whether or not its ALI
ance with Germany was no. more OF a
charge upon the latter than aid.
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The Berliner Tageblatt continues in
''i"0h the same strain. The conservative
Reichsbote, the special organ
UeIHldn OF the German court com
Views pares the opening of the
Italian operations to an oper-
e'ts> but the second act has the apnear
ance OF drama for Italy. that nst,o,
was so fun OF temperament II Will bear
'''e consequences for long time Italy
eXpec ed military promenade i'm Trtpoli.
II had become a funeral march There is
out httle doubt, according to the ReIchg
oote' 'Hat Italy could have had Tripoii
without difficulty II she had been u.tse
l'aiF, II Is certain. is having bad
press in Germany a. this nonent TT.
cord that binds Italy To Germany hasaE
ways been fragile. and why II doe no,
break is a subject of astonishmnut "a
every one az
The German press is parti.ulo,.i,.
alarmed over the rurrored rapnrn.b 80,
between Turkey and England. Accordint.
10 the Lokal Anzeirer the porto * a.
Iuaiy nego iating with the cabiuats -,
g.. ~. anu 81: Petersburg with the OBJ
~. ot consulting Balkanic confedera
ton' founded on the princfple az a.,
s'''rS "''" 81 ITO pail,are
me Gazette de Voss. commentin,. 80,
.n,s tuation. declares that II such nego-
ths I are IN course. Turkey must he or
ire declivity which leads to the ahyss :.
turkey would purchase the glJa~antea 1,,,
concessions TO England I'm Measurements
ana on the shores of the Persian c,,iT
turkey In her hour of agony opens The
door TO England that the latter may in
. ""~-~'T i~cs7. -
Inc Dernieres Nn,IveIIes of Rarlin a.
cares that England Is ve-y active AZ CO.,
stantinnnie 1t is die'cult IN understand
tnat turkey would a'lv herself with the
p"~er that covstS Arabia. Nevertheless
nothing is impossible in the orient IA.
the journal. nh'losoph'caltv All da,apd,
unotl the nrice that is OFFERED Germans
IN tact. Rave nothi"e 70 give Turkey as \
set-of ~ Eng'ands GIFTS
The French nress with rare exco,.to,,.
mas maintained nuiat dignity +hrauai,.
out the whole diffnultv. IN narl,ed eai,-
trast 10 the excited att'.,,te o. tho Coz
man press and puhlic. When war saa-,ed
ip'"'in"rt t's-e was confusion nd ,ir,-oar
and disastrous financial ran'c t,~oiigi'o,rt
GERMANY. France on the contrary v-as
calm. and. having absolute ca,,sdo-,.e -ir
Der army. stood prena rod for the CON fss.t
From Tane'er tn eadir there was n, n
te~vaI ~ siv ~ which MANY things
had heen acconol'shad. new alliances rod
heen formed. and the army ~ not 80
navv. bod hean hrouo'rt epcI, y state
OF nerfection that aH France fe't that -i,n
army alone was s"f''~ient for Tho dafc''Se
OF the country Thie a~~Iains Tr.a noes
attitude of stoHd irdi~erence whilst lilo
stohd German lost his head.
An anonymous writer in the National
Review has written long article upon
the political situation. the
Agadir coup d'Asadir," its real
p.u;..d causes and its pretexts.
the complaisance OF
France. and Germany's real object. The
writer is severe for all the parte inter
ested except England whom he affects TO
believe may be the ultimate victim OF the
coup d'Agadir.''
The writer traces the subject Of his
treatise from the visit of the French ship
Du Chayla. which started the German
press and led TO interpellations in the
reichstae December T. 1910. When Herr
Won kiderlen-Waechterd declared that Ger
many could not reproach France for what
was a simple police operation the French
government affirmed that IL had no de-
signs upon Agadir. Six months later. IN
July l91n, Baron de Schoen, German an
bassador at Paris, announced to nj, de
Solver that the Panther had anchored at
Agadir and would remain until German
proteges were no longer in danger; later
there were two German ships at Agadir.
The writer is sarcastic and pointedly re-
marks: 1.-THE French talk of national
honor but nevertheless they accepted
that Germany negotiated with them not
only sword in hand but poignard on their
threats. They did not exact as condi-
ton precedent to all neeotiation that Ger
many recall the vessels OF war from
APadir::'
The author of the article in the Ma
tional concludes that the coup d'Agadir
is coup d'esSai, an attempt when -
to be renewed with impunity. France.
he says, crushed, Inundated, mutia ell
in 1870 remains under the blow of that
shame. She has no policy. her populat' on
remains stationary. while that of Ger
mary augments a million year"
England. says the author is the real
enemy at which Germany wou strike:
1t is England who is to be overthrow
England, because of her great colonial
possessions. and because of her CONNER
cial and industrial situation, and because
of her naval supremacy.
Thus when France Joined with England
the fury of the Germans knew no
bounds. and Germany then
Germany and there resolved a: every
cost TO detach the French
FURIOUS. from the English alliance.
THE French" asks the writer, will they
allow themselves to be kicked into
German alliance?' He beiieves-for his
credulity is great-that this will be the
result of the imbroglio. and he concludes
that England should take note of that
eventually.
The writer In the National knows very
much. but there are some things. IT ange-
w enough which have been left out of
his very interesting but misleading re-
view. I feel inclined to ask, indeed. why
If Germany is SO mighty as TO compel
France TO break her alliance with Eng
land and Join Germany. has she not done
SO already? Why, indeed delay the blow
undertaken at Tangier and ASadir? WHY
nor declare war and take what She
wants. The conversations at Berlin be-
tween Herr Won Kiderlen- Waechter and
M Jules Cambon, plus the recent speech
of Herr Won Bethmann- Hollweg. fu nish
SUFFICIENT replies. Germany is not mighty
enough to impose her conditions. Tangier
and Agadir represented the full measure
of her strength, and il is extremely
doubtful that any circumstance will hap
pen i'm the future to improve her chances
of success against either France or Eng
land The theory that France could be
made to join an alliance with Germany
implies positive ignorance of the military
power of France alone, which is as great
as that of Germany, notwithstanding the
disparity in the matter Of populations.
Besides. if there is a triple alliance on