The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30
GERMANY ID HOLD MOROCCAN BASIS Emperor Travels With For
 midable Suite PRINCE A HORSEMAN Convictions With Hard Labor Sen tences Secured Among the No
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PRINCE A HORSEMAN
Nv MALCOLM CLARKE


 will give LID her grip on Agadir and southern Morocco about the time England turns loose Egypt and America leaves tle Philippines. Her statement that she will withdraw as soon as the country IS hui and German interests are sa'', vneans just about this, for the tribes about Asadir are about as unruly and warlike ss any in Morocco and the country IS never quiet.
 The situation there is not at all dissmi. lsr to that which led to the seizure os 1iioo chou in China, though no German yubiects have yet been murdered a; Agadir.
 And it should be remembered that Ger many needs naval station fully as much in northern Africa as ever she dic an China.
 The official notice to the powers of the ccupation of Agadir is worth reading 1Iere 1t is:
 German firms engaged in business in the south of Morocco, especially 9t IA gadir and it's vicinity. are disquieted ly certain ferment among the tribes in knat region which appears to have been produced by late events in other parts oe the country. These firms send a request 1c the imperial government for the pre- lection of life and property.
 Acting upon their request the govern ment has decided to dispatch a warship so the port Of Agadir in order, in case c necessity, to extend help and protection No the German subjects and Frotegcs. a. well as to the considerable German in terests in those regions.
 "As soon as tranquility and order have heen restored in Morocco the vessel which has been entrusted with the duty Of pro- tection will leave the port of Agadir.'
 In the opinion of diplomats here there is just one thing which will cause the Herman eagle to take it's talons cut of Ngadir and that is superior fierce.
 By whom and how that force is to be applied does not appear.
 Not only will the occupation of Aeadir Five Germany a better standing in what ever conference may be called to con sider Moroccan affairs, but the port is a most desirable one.
 Agadir has the best roadsteal in Moroc- GO, and gives shelter from all the winds of the Atlantic. It Is a most desirable laval station. 1t is in the most northern Jart of the Sus country, and is the west ern gate of the Soudan As a port on the route to South Africa the importance Of IAgadir is obvious 4..
 The province of Sus is extensive ana fertile and is reported to be rich in min erals. Many attempts have been made by European nations to effect d settlement Ci the coast, but the. policy of the Moor ish government has always been to keep the door closed. Until the end of the 18th century, and from the beginning of tho I15th. Great Britain had a nominal vice consul at Agadir.
 The first French commercial house in Morocco was established at She port in 5G70. The population of Agadir does not exceed 300 or 400. There are no Eu- rcpeans there and the only aliens are Jews. Agadr is nearly so miles south of Mogador. The town stands on a cliff overlooking the roadstead. which lies on hle flank of the great trade ;outes .o America, South Africa and India and Australia. It is a walled town, With gates that shut at night. The Berb CTS who inhabit the town and province are a war-like people.
 Prince Joschim is slowly but surely rr- covering from the effects of nis accident, hut it has been a long and very irksome affair. His royal highness can walk \ again-with the aid of couple of sticks he goes for a short stroll in the gardens Pr Potsdam every day: his knee is still very stiff, and the Kaiserin is very anx- ious about her Benjamin, who was al ways the delicate child of the imperial family and has only of late years become really robust.
 His imperial majesty, on bis trip tc Norway. took a. formidable suite Tt co,r- prised Generals Von Kessel, von Marken Won Moltke, Won Lyncher. Admiral Von Mueller, Captain Won Bulow, and his
 
 ner. Among the <aiser's guests this year are Prince Albert of schleswig- Hol- stein, Count Goortz. Professor Gussfeldt and Count IIusen-Haesler, the genial ii- tendant general of the Imperial theatres. Count Hulsen- TIaesler is a bachelor and about the same age as the Kaiser. They were boys together and have been close friends all their lives. The count is ve,y bright and witty, and good at getting up just the kind of entertainments that art so welcome on board ship during bad weather. As usual his majesty invited a we'll known seascape painter to accom- pany him on the cruise. The Kaiser is fond of having any place or picee of seen cry sketched at the time, anl later on the artist makes painting of it, which is bought by his imperial patron. The invitation to go on the Hohenzolle-n 10 the fjords is greatly coveted among the marine artists.
 Like his uncle, Prince Henry of Prue- sia, who some years ago was a poio player, the crown prince of Germany Is. taking great interest in the game. His Imperial highness, who is enthusiastic steeplechase rider, stopped at Cairo TOT a months polo on his way back from his recent visit to India, and recently he took part in several polo matches at the Roe hampton club, London. There are at this time several polo clubs in Germany, not ably at Hamburg, Munich. Bremen, Frankfort, Hanover and Berlin.
 The trials of Count Guenther Von Koonigsmarck, the two Barons Von Ar him. and the money Lenders Leonhardt ond Domarus, for extensive land fraucs, and of Baron Won Schenk gu Schweins- berg and a Hungarian officer named Thi- Lolth. for cheating at cards and other