The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-28
NO FRICTION
BEWTEEN ENGLAND AND
GERMANY OVER MOROCCO
Sir Edward Grey Declares Before
House Of Commons Situation
i Satisfactory.
War IN Europe Was Often Near NJ
Critical Stages in Long Pend
ing Negotiations

LONDON. Nov e--Sir Fs,~.,.
'trf. s-cretars % state Tor sor,is,
ataifr ln a quiet and uuns.ur,t,,,-
manner Bot with intense IMPRESSIVE
hess Iaii rsrs 20 the gous. OF COM
n'Ir 'hi- Aftefupou the part Great
'.'@l paved 10 the NEGOTIATIONS
over ~ 'rrurco Whi,l BROUGHT E,,r,u,
NrfA close 90 War during the sumrn.r
A. The outscf. hs referred 20 IA, dt.-
''"sHF0 hN The German foreign min
ist'r. Herr Won ktderlen- waeeht.r
~ The cunN,rsatioins which had tak.o
pace t'twcsn the German nmha..a-
COY ana himself This disclosure. n.
SAID. "a not complete aud he WAS un-
DER IN" necessity 90 putting more fully
brfcr- the House - Comnon. the -,
'As.cn hN the British foreign once
d h~ house VAS crowded hy member.
ana the gallery with insuished out
ria"fs ine iuding most - the Diploma
tl' corps every one of hom hung On
,h' words ot the foreign s.crrtAr,,
N"thins Was withheld Str Edward
stated frankly that thtrreatert anai,tv
had existed. hut fortunately wa. abis
ip add that negotiations had cleared
ih" state betv cen Germany and gr-nt
hritian- Anxiety was not constant
nut intermittent and was caused nv
in" iact that the negotiations might
AZ any time reach a deadlock. N
looked on one OF two occasiions "A
II deadlock could not bc avoided.
III thst mac come some power sigma
tory 60 the AiFeciras at might nav.
H1Fgcstei a conference. the course of
which. Germany. who had been sound
I'd On THIS subject said miFht not DO
acceptable
Cause % Anxiety.
That. declared the foreign seere-
'AFg. u What caused the anxiety. for
Nc had a situation where IN the par
uiion Of Morocco might begin with
9ut agreement between Germany.
France and Spain
Great Britain" he continued. aiso
received Information. which gave ris.
20 apprehension that the settlement
contemplated by Germany might he
me partition of Morocco. arrived Al
by negotiation. 20 which Il was not
intended Great Britain should be q
part Germany ditaf owing this in
tention. stating that che desired only
Te"frans"ment ~ French and Ger
mun colonies
The secretarS's lucid exposition of
the NEGOTIATIONS and tho frmuess he
vas able CO. show hc displayed during
the trying weeks Wou Tor him the sup
port ~ fh~ House. with the exception
81 Few radicals or peace at any
price. members Who believe that the
300 'tlii'"H WINt'N prov AfNNHN War VIII
iranEe Great Britisu and GERMANY.
Ills announcement that if a British
minister could not say that LLOYD
George said in his much discussed
speech. Great Britain would cease to
DO a great power. brought forth a .
Rreat cheer. ~ did also his pronounce
mfnf that the cabinet would az au
times protect Inltish interests.
Contradict Germans
In one respect. sir Edwards state
n'nt fatiF coufrsdicted that % the
German foreign minister. The latter
'liid that Great Britian had kept Ger
many waiting fpr an answer % tho
communicable with r. gard o. the de-
spstch ~ the Panther o. AEadlr while
the British foreign secretary Insisted
that TIE delay in replying o. Inquiries
was az On Germany side
Tie prime minister during his repiv
20 crifioisns that the government had
acted with too much secrecy. protest
sd that the House had never had
greater opDortuulfies fY discuss in-
trrnafiunai relations than ~ the pres
ruf time H. declared that iu the In
terrsf ~ The peare of' the world. tho
r1rrrnm'nfs policy will boz continued.
Later sir Edward spoke on Per
risn and other matters