New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-26
ENGLAND ORDERS
HER SHIPS READY
NEGOTIATIONS Over Morocco
Reach Critical Stage-Navy
Cruises Abandoned.
GERMANY REFUSES TO BUDGE
Crews of Several Units in Eng
lands Home Fleet Ordered to
Hold Themselves in Readi-
ness for Service.
lBy cable to The Tribun..l

London. July 25.-Negot!ations over
Morocco have reached a critical stage.
The King did not leave London. and IL
IS thought probable that the visit ID
Goodwood will be abandoned.
The dark cloud on the European ho1-
zon is causing the very gravest anxiety
To the government. and the Foreign
! Office is working at high pressure.
II is believed that Germany is delib-
erately testing tho strength Of the en-
tente cordiale and in this connection 10
little importance is 10 be attached 10 tie
presence at the ministerial conference AT
the Foreign Office to-day Of Sir Francis
BERTHE. the British Ambassador 10
| France.
Germany. IL is understood. refuses -
bulge from the position she mas tahen
no. but more will known on this por't
on THURSDAY. when Ar. Asquith eNpecs
20 outline the lates, phase Of the nesouA-
tons.
one Of the chiefs Of tho Foreign once
told me to-day the country was peril
ously near the brink Of war.
Admiralty issues Orders
! How acute the Moroccan difficulty has
| become is indicated I'm the sudden Greer
issued bv the Admiralty to-day. cam
ceiling the projected visit % the Atlantic
| feet To Norway. The battleship squad
ron under Rear Admiral Sir John X
Jellicoe should have left Cromarty to-
night for Norwegian waters. Instead. II
has been ordered to remain AT Cro-
marty until Friday, and then proceed to
| Portsmouth.
II is also reported that the crews OF
several ships OF the home fleet have been
ordered to hold themselves In readiness
| for emergency service.
According 10 advices received from
Berlin. negotiations between France and
Germany were proceeding smoothly un-
| I'll Chancellor Lloyd Georges speech on
| July q, which was interpreted as
warning to Germany In the present
Moroccan controversy The German
newspapers now declare that public
opinion In Germany will make IL i'm
| possible for the Ksiser's government 10
modify her demands in the face Of Ghe
| threat implied in that speech.
Much significance is attached TO an
article published by the ''Kolnsche Zei-
tung," declaring that it is no longer n
colonial but a European question.
The London Stock Exchange and the
| Paris and Berlin bourses were all dis
| turbed to-day on account of Moroccan
rumors, ard considerable business wa5
transacted at Lloyds to-day insuriny
against risks of war between Great
| Britain and Germany.
Berlin. July 26-There are strong evi-
| dences in the German press to-day of in
| creasing nervousness with reference 20
the Moroccan situation. Columns OF dis
patches from various points record pes
simstic rur1ors. while reports from
London regarding the British attitude
call forth sharp comment.
The semi-official "K6lnische Zeitung"
In it's editorial this morning. utters the
warning: The solution Of the problem
is very simple. France should with
draw her troops, leaving only the police.
open the door 10 international trade and
give guarantees that Morocco will not
be regarded as a French colony Ger
many will then withdraw her warshipa
from Agadir, after securing her eco
nomic interests in the Sus River region.
l..
no recompense elsewhere
The critical point i'm the negotiations
is the compensation we demand for
Frances extension Of power IN North
Africa, which will be felt I'm Europe We
consider it necessary TO warn both sides
against stone throwing between two such
sensitive nations as France and Ger
many when such a question is in dts
pute"
The "Berliner Tageblatt" says: Great
Britains method Of publicly stating her
will to both negotiating powers. instead
of exchanging ideas automatically. is no
longer considered by Germany as justifi-
able. The maintenance OF British inter-
ests is but proof OF regrettable i'll will"
The "Tagiche Rundschau" says: The
situation has become grave. II, is a
question Of Germanys independence and
right OF self government and we know
that every growth and movement in Ger
many finds an irreconcilable opponent In
England. King Edwards policy OF hold
ing down Germany continues since his
death. England is playing a dangerous
game for the worlds peace, for no peo-
pie not desirous OF succumbing can per-
NIT limitations TO be dictated from a
Jealous neighbor."
Berlin. July 25.-Considerable anxiety
is manifested on account OF Baron Won
kiderlen Waechters supposed temnera