The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-27
|ALL FRANCE STANDS FIRM
local COUNCILS INIDORSE RE.
SfsTANCE 70 GERMAN.
Peace Useless n national Honor Must ne
sacsiflced- Optimistic FeeIinG nc.
wives % Cabinet Decides On the
Limit Of Concessions In tho Congo.


sacsiiced- Optimistic FeeiinG nc.
wives o. Cabinet Decides On the
Limit es Concessions IN tho Congo.
Special Cooh DsspefeAes 10 THE SUN
PARIS, Aug. 76.-During the week the
general councils Of the several depart
ments Of France have been holding meet
ings. The speeches Of the presidents and
the votes Of confidence In the Government,
passed uring the opening sessions show
the national feeling perhaps better than
tho parliament or the Paris press. They
prove that Agadir has failed 10 perturb
the country to any such extent as Tangier
did few quotations will illustrate this
Etienne Clementel. president Of the De-
!; France may sometimes have yielded to
the illusion OF universal peace. but she
has now ceased to consider q European
conflict a. an impossibility
Raymond Poin0re Of the Department
OF the Meuse said: The country only
claims the sacrifice OF none Of her rights
She will not give more than she will re-
ceive"
Ernest Vale OF the Marne said: Peace
10 only valuable II We keep With il our
legitimate pride and untouched dignity
II ia better to face the greatest hazard
than to lose q particle Of that precious
patrmony.'
However. optimism again rules now
that the Cabinet has drawn up written
instructions to Ambassado Jules Cambon.
with which he viii meet Won Kiderln-
WRchter. the German Minister Of Foreign
Relations, at the end Of next week. The
Instructions are understood to pledge
Germany to recognize q French protec-
torats In Morocco. subject to the approval
of the signers Of the Algeciras treaty;
secondly. to grant to Germany special
commercial advantages 10 Morocco. and
thirdly. to offer moderate compensations
in the Congo. which are TO be increased
IL Germany comedies territory in the same
district
No difficulty is expected in the two
nations reaching an agreement on the
first two clauses. hut the third seems to
leave the Congo question In much the
same position "A before. So il is difficult
to zee the ground for optimism. Never
theless. according to French correspon-
dents at Berlin there are signs Of the
tension relaxing there.
The Lokui Anssieer's denial that Ger
many demands more than half of the
Congo is most favorably received in Paris.
France. however. will need some persua-
sion before she accepts the classification
Of Morocco a. an equivalent for the cession
Of any part Of the Congo.
The Temps saws that Ger rmany asks for
part of the Congo bounded on the north
by q line from Archambault to Cramp Ell,
OH the east by the Oubanghi River to its
confluence with the Alma and on the
south from the confluence to the mouth
OF the NUM- River. leaving Libreville on
the coast to France. Germany is willing
to cede to France the north triangle Of
the CAmeroon and rsctify the Togo
land boundaries.
Another version printed 10 almost
curats the difference between Germany's
demands and Frances offer do not seem
insuperable.
Tonight. however, the Foreign Office
denies that Germany has made demands
for territorial concessions in Africa.
Herr Won Kiderlin- -Wachter. the Ger
man Miniter OF Foreign Relations. while
proceeding from Geneva to Berlin called
on the prefsct Of the Department Of
Haute Savoie. The courtesy is appre-
ciated in French Official life.
SAN SEBASTIAN. Aug. 2e.-Premier
Canalejas and the Spanish Government
will endeavor to obtain a settlement Of
the Moroccan question by means Of in
tsrnational negotiations. 1t is said that
the pessimistc outlook is not justified by
| the facts