The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-28
ENGLAND IN
 4 WARNING
TELLS GERMANY ALL MUST KEEP HANDS OFF MOROCCO
 AND NORTH AFRICA.
Although Occupied With Domestic Troubles. Prime Minister Says Great Britain Will Stand
 For Her Rights.

London, July 27. Tile most pessi- mistic views regarding the acuteness of the Moroccan crisis were largely confirmed by the prime minister in the house of commons today, when, with manner as impressive as his words, he read from a manuscript, which had been carefully pTepars1, |, a warning to Gerany that Great Brit ain proposed to stand for what she considered her rights and to maintain the balance of power in Europe.
 Further testimony as to the gray iity of the. situation is given by the fact that the prime minister obyi- ously had taken the leader of the op- position into the governments con- fidence and MT. Balfour's declara- tion was no less firm than MT. As quith's. The prime minister's state ment was couched in diplomatic, all though not reassuring language.
 At the very opening he said:
 Tt is obslous that this Moroccan Iquestion has reached a point at which lit will become increasingly difficult, embarrassing and anxious unless a solution is found"
 Later he sasd.
 We thought it right from the be : lginning to make it clear, that fail- ing of settlement such as I have in dicated We itust become an active party in the discussion ,of the sNu- Iation. That would be our right as ia signatory to the treaty of Algeci4 ras, as it might be our obligation un- der the terms of our agreemenA of 1904 with France. It might De our duty in defense G British interests, directly affected by further develop lments." !"
 In promising the support of the opposition to tie government, MT. Balfour said:
 If there are any who supposed that we would be wiped off the map of Europe because we have our diffi- culties at home, it may be worth saying .that they bitterly mistake the temper of the British people and the patriotism of the opposition"
 Such plain speaking on a ques- tion fraught with possibilities of a great European war has not been heard in the British parliament in many years. The outcome of the situation appears to rest almost wholly on Gerlnany's shoulders. If, as some German papers say, Germany has reached the stage of national de- lyelopment, where the necessities of her population demand that she branch out into foreign fields and considers this vital to her national interests and imposes conditions on France which Great Britain thinks threaten her vital interests, the only result So far as those best informed see it, win be the oft threatened and long averted European convusion. !"
 German government officials and Ithe majority of the German newspa, lpers profess to take that Chancel- Tor Lloyd Georges speech of warning was not addressed to Germany but a lsort of general proclamation of the Ipricip es. Mir Asquiths statement leaves no doubt, and was intended plainly to leave none on that point. While the country has no knowledge lof the extent of Germany's first con- lditions, the prime minister made it lplain that they were such that Great Britain would not consent to them.
 MT Balfour strongly hinted at
 what Is the general feeling, that Ger
 many thought she could take advant lage of the crisis in Great Britain's domestic politics in the belief that Iit was so absorbing to the country
 that the people would not pay atten7
 tion to foreign affairs.
 English newspapers are entirely united s.a supporting the government
 They are studiously polite in Ian.
 guage, but strongly urge that Ger
 many shall not be permitted to make lany African excursion which would seriously damage Great Britain's in. . terests.
 All the politicians and the puOlii ' earnestly hope that Germany's pro ' gram is not one Which Great Britain Twill consider impossible.