The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-12
GERMANY WILL HOLD ON.

GERMANY WILL HOLD ON.
BERLIN, July 29.-Germany will
give up her grip on Agadir, and South
ern Morocco about the time England
turns loose Egypt and America
leaves the Philippines, Her state
ment that she will withdraw as soon
as the country is quiet and German
interests are safe means just about
this, for the tribes about Agadir are
about as unruly and warlike as any
in Morocco and the country is never
quiet.
The situation there is not at all dis
similar to that which led to the seiz-
ure of Kioo Chou in China, though no
German subjects have yet been muir.
dered at Agadir.
And it should be remembered that
Germany needs a naval station fully
as much in Northern Africa as ever
she did in China.
The official notice to the powers Of
the occupation of Agadir is worth
reading, Here it is:
German firms engaged in business
in the south of Morocco, especially at
Agadir and it's vicinity, are disquiet-
ed by a certain ferment among the
tribes in that region, which appears
to have been produced by late events
in other parts of the country. These
firms send a request to the imperial
government for the protection of life
and property.
Acting upon their request, the gov
eminent has decided to dispatch a
warship to the port of Agadir, in or
der, in case of necessity to extend
help and protection to the German
subjects and proteges, as well as to
the considerable German interests in
those regions.
Gas soon as tranquility and order
have been restored in Morocco the
vessel which has been entrusted with
the duty of protection will leave the
port of Agadir."
Superior Force Necessary.
In the opinion of diplomats here
there is just one thing which will
cause the German eagle to take its
talons out of Agadir and that is SUI
perior force.
By whom and how that force is to
be supplied does not appear.
Not only will the occupation of
Agadir give Germany a better stand
ing in whatever conference may be
called to consider Moroccan affairs,
but the port is a most desirable one.
Agadir has the best roadstead in
Morocco and gives shelter from all
the winds of the Atlantic. It is a
most desirable naval station 1t is
in the most northern port of the Sus
country, and is the western gate of
the Soudan. AS port on the route
to South Africa the importance of
Agadir is obvious.
Province of Sus Fertile.
The province of Sus is extensive
and fertile, and is reported to be rich
in minerals. Many attempts have
been made by European nations to
effect a settlement on the coast, but
the policy of the Moorish govern
ment has always been to keep the
door closed. Until the end of the
3 eighteenth century, and from the be-
ginning of the fifteenth, Great Britain
had the nominal vice consul at Aga,
dir.
The first French commercial house
in Morocco was established at the
port in 1870. The population of Aga
dir does not exceed 300 or 400. There
are no Europeans there, and the only
aliens are Jews. Agadir is nearly
eighty miles south of Mogador The
town stands on a cliff overlooking
the roadstead which lies on the flanl
of the great trade routes to America
South Africa and India and Austria
liza. 1t is a walled town with gates
that are shut at night, The BARRIERS
who inhabit the town and province
are a warlike people.
DOCK STRIKES GRIM LESSON.