Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
THE CONTINUED "CONVERSATIONS"

deed. to cite a familiar expression. IL
Spain had not existed in Morocco IL
it Otherwise Europe would never
have permitted France to have eNet-
rised the action in Morocco which he
rame since 1901 the line of conduct ot
the French government. What power
would not have been startled at tho
perspective that African France. al
ready mistress OF Bizerte. might spread
itself out To the straits at Gibraltar!
Moroccan anarchy. against whacn
France has armed and aided the sultan.
would IL not ohlige her ono day to UNI
dertake operations In the Rim?
NJ. Bihourd. ambassador Of France At
Berlin. few days before the VOYAGE
of William II 10 Tangier wrote: Il am
attempt to interfere in the Moroccan
question indirectly 10y influencing tie
powers"
At the first notification 10 Prussia OF
the Franco English agreement, Prince
Radolin uttered single word. And
SPAIN" But that word was program.
program which Germany has followed
for seven years. Germany has secretly
advised the Spaniard 10 push his domain
across the sultan's border and he has
fomented strife among the indictments.
The conference a. Algeciras rendered
great service to France in dissipatins
the unwise relations
AlUeciras undertaken betw n
Madrid and Paris and
conference. defined proper and
sane policy for France. How often tho
kaiser must have cursed himself for MS
ill-timed and ill-inspired visit to TangteF.
What an obstacle wrote the other
day the editor of important Berlin
journal that Algeciras act. which Ger
man diplomacy imposed upon Itself.
And this expression OF regret must be-
particularly bitter to the kaiser
Almost Immediately after the seizure
OF Larache by the Spaniards German
gunboat slipped quietly into the port 81
Agadir precisely as in 1903. the mofhlns
after the secret promise To spain, the
kaiser's yacht appeared at Tangier. ueI-
many hoped to profit by the misunder-
standing between Madrid and Paris. hut
the modus vivendi of July has d-ssipaleu
that cloud for the present.
NJ. Leroy eaulieu, in the Economic
Francais writing of the Moroccan quts
ton, concludes by an appeal to govern,
ment to maintain its independence ami
dignity. In refusing To submit TO TIE
unjust injunctions of Germany TO ahan-
don to her territory without anything
serious definite in exchange, France
maintains her role without presumption,
her duty as great power which serves
general civilization and which refuses 10
be put down or terroriZed. A great num-
Der of Germans imagine that France
should always look upon Germany IN
terror. That is a false UNDERSTANDING
Of the actual situation. The French do
not forget that Germany achieved pro-
digious victory over them. under eAeef-
tional circumstances: but they know atso
that fortune is tickle and Germany shoutI
10 Tod off
is longer than that which separated KOS
bach from Nalmy.
It is a good thing that it is French
man of moderate views who makes an
observation which may be
France Not taken as an expression
- of the views OF the French
AtTIlAeu. people without regard ~
parties 1t is absurd to attempt TO ter
rorize France, and Germany Is certain 10
receive a lesson on that head whatever
the result of the conversations concef n
ing Morocco.
An article in the Revue de BelGiue. by
NJ Lemonon, entitled Germany III The
Mediterranean is timely, tending 10
show the aspirations of Germany IN the
Mediterranean, aspirations which count
for much in the Moroccan question ana
which will not be disspated BY any tenn
porary arrangement with Berlin.
According to the author. who has 1nhde
a study of his subject. Germany has pre-
pared for long time TO take a place IN
the Mediterranean, to measure her mill
tary and economical strength With
France, Spain and Italy. Ii Germany has
found herself forestalled by England.
France and others she has dispatched
numerous commercial travellers carrying
Germany's cheap productions with them.
ssss ffl
the products of England and France is
notorious.
Germany desires port in the Mediterra-
mean because il will place her In direct
communication with the Bosporus, ASA
Minor. Syria and Palestine, behind which
are the vast countries of the Mesopotamia.
which one day very soon viii constitute
a short route to India, Asia and Japan.
The Bagdad railway is the prospective
rival of the SueZ canal
Germany has for a fact already in
vaded the Mediterranean with her COM
mercial marine The Mediterranean
Hamburg Fannie LIME and the Nord
deutscher-L Lloyd are already engaged in
traffic to Marseille and Genoa. The for
mer puts Genoa and Alexandria. Egypt,
in rapid communication, and, besides, 1t
has established an emigrant service be
tween Genoa, Naples and La Plata. The
Norddeutscher joins Marseile and Genoa
to Alexandria and Batoum and Odessa
by Naples, Piraeus. Smyrna and Con
stantinople. the Deutsche Leyante LIME
the Bremen Dampfer, LIME Atlas from
Hamburg or Bremen. touching at Ant
werp and Rotterdam, stops at Mediter-
ranean ports. In 1906 the Norddeutscher
and the Deutsche Levante constituted a
Joint line exclusively Mediterranean
the Deutsche Mitteimeer- Levante LIME
In 1a)S ii had ceased operations, having
lost a million marks. Nevertheless the
Norddeutscher Lloyd continues its COM
petition with the Messageries Maritimes
from Marseille to the Black sea
In 1909 Austria initiated the "Tauern
LIME" which established service from
Hamburg and Bremen with
Austrian Trieste. The railroad from
Saloniki by Uvac- Mitrovitza
AiAo. is destined to facilitate
Austro German traffic in the eastern
Mediterranean.
1t has been remarked how surely the
Ottoman empire is being Germanized.
German commercial travellers have
facilitated the work of German dipio-
mats. The Bagdad Balm is the result
of both OF these. Germany has fifrted
with Spain and created the delicate
situation which has existed. and still
exists, Notwithstanding the modus
ytvendi between Madrid and Paris.
Germany is indefatigable and soon the
commerce OF Portugal will be added to
her conauests One of the ineNplicabls
things in politics is the creation in
Portugal-revolutiOn POrtugal-Of
a large German sympathy at Lisbon.
In 1907 William III purchased the