New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-03
cermany'S Move ForeShadOWS
Modification of AIgeCiraS
Convention.
KAISER WANTS COAL STATION
View in Berlin Is That French
and Spanish Expeditions Made
It Necessary for Fatherland
to Stake a Claim.

a
..,,d b,,t unon a basis of important
notifications Of the Ageciras ConVen-
ZION. and perhaps Of the Franco-Gerfna"
4 eaty of lNb.
potb Srain and Germany have pracu-
,al,,. torn up the Algeciras ConNenuo"'
.,d Germany now adroitly siezes her op-
oortunity 10 reopen the question ana pu'
a. her claim to what she beheN's 10 o'
nor legitimate interests on the sou'"-
western coast of Morocco.
For the last ten years the uI''h,d'e
pnd determined aim of Germany mas
been 70 secure a port and coalins S'd-
,ion ON the Atlantic coast Of Morocco
The comparatively we'll sheltered roao-
stead of Agadir would be strategic
,,osition Of supreme importance 10 Ter
,,,ar,. NOT onlv in Europe and Africa put
.eneciallv in view Of her persistent ana
nethodical efforts 10 secure predomi-
80 IN tho markets of south America.
Between kiel and Rio.
According 10 the reports OF German
engineers Agadir is capable Of being
Transformed into naval station Of great
rapacitv and strength. situated. as 1t Is
nearly midway on the great ocean hlsh-
,.av from Kiel to Rio de Janeiro. It's
possession would insure to Germany
overwhelming advantages commercially
and strategicslly. Your correspondent
has good authority TO believe that the
,resent Intervention Of Germany Is
merely the first Of series Of diplomatic
moves the ultimate object Of which Is TO
secure naval and coaling station al
Agadir thus realizing a long standing
German ambition. and one upon Whlch
Ibe Fmperor personally has set his hearl'
At tie Presidents garden party the
Moroccan situation was the sole topic ot
discussion. and Premier CalllauX con-
Dersed with most Of the diplomats pres
ent particularly Baron Won Schoen. the
GERMAN Ambassador. on. this subject
The Premier and NJ. dc Selves Minis
;or of Foreign Affairs. had ? long con
ference tonight at the Foreign Office,
sfter which IT Mas announced that the
Foreign Minister would not accompany
President Falleres on his official visit
To- the Netherlands tomorrow. as orig
,nally planned. his place being taken by
NJ. Couyba. Minister Of Commerce.
British and Russian Views.
The Cabinet will meet tomorrow to
rscide the terms Of the reply to be made
f. Germany. after obtaining the views Of
the cabinets Of England and Russia.
Tsul Cambou the French Ambassador
In London. received a dispatch last night.
iustructing him to place himself in com
uunication with Sir Edward Grey, the
British Foreign Secretary. but his in
s,ructions arrived too late to be carried
rgt Immediately. lie will call on Sir
rdvard COLLECTION. Jules NJ. Cambon,
tho French Ambassador i'm Berlin, is now
in Paris and had lengthy conference
with NJ de Seives to-day.
Public opIion. as voiced by the French
newspapers. is not inclined to he alarm
ST.. i'm tn belief that it viii be necessary
% await calmly and oooily q more pre-
&c statement from Germany.
The reply Of NJ. de Selves to Ambasss-
dor Won Schoen. as reported by the
"femps." is generally considered as eX-
pressing effectively the sentiments Of
the French public. According TO the
Temps" NJ de Selves declared that he
could not conceal the surprise and re-
fret which the action Of Germany had
caused him Without exaggerating the
gravity Of affairs. the Foreign Minister
POINTED out that the manner chosen by
The imperial government to manifest its
snXie'v for German interests in Mo
'occo was likely 10 seem strange to
french opinion.
To Confer Amlcaby.
The minister remarked TO the ambas-
tador that he was always ready by tenn
reramont and by Office to confer AMIGA
hly with foreign powers, that he con-
tnued ready to confer. but that perhaps
tho dispatch Of a warship to Agadir
where no trouble had been reported, was
not calculated 10 facilitate an eventual
conference
Briefly, the French Foreign Minister
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government communicated 10
France after its execution, at the mo
in'nt the new ministry was taking Office
and on the eve Of the departure Of Presi-
dent Fallieres and tha Eoreiqn Minister
FOR Holland soa,,os .-....t.1,... 90 .
nature ., -
grave sItud'ioh' p"'