New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
"The Flea" Tiny in Size but Great in Statecraft
Is Dominating Figure in New French Cabinet

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who hes retained from the times when |
he acted as drummer In the LeVaht !
for one Of the business houses or Mar !
selles many of the objectionable ways !
of the south Of France oommis-voya-
eeur.
When. Just after the departure OF
King Edward. King Alfonso arrived in
Paris. and confined his attentions In
great measure to the DelcaSses, Nine.
Rcuvier's cup Of bitterness overilowed,
and she induced her husband to agree
that at the very first opportunity that
offered itself. or that he could create nc
should get rid Of Delcasse, and himseii
assume. in addition to the Premiership
the rost of Minister Of Foreign Affairs
so that che might entertain foreign SOW
ereigns and royal visitors in the Palace
of the Quai d'Orsay. receive their atteh-
tons and play the first role. AFTER 'iie
wife of the President Of the republic III
extending a welcome 10 them.
RIVALRY OF THE RcUVIERS.
The opportunity sought by the Rou-
vicrs came few days after the depart
ure Of the King OF Spain. II was ~ 'iie
time of the trouble with Morocco. Eng
land. France and SPAN were, as 1t may
bc remembered, agreed upon the reor-
ganization Of the Moorish sultanate OF
: a more civilized basis and under frchch
direction. the economic interests not
only Of England and Spain. but also Oh
/ al other foreign countries, being sale
guarded on basis Of equality with
/ those Of France. Germany. AFTER HrsI
encouraging. on the occasion OF the
Kaiscr's memorable visit to Tangier, the
refusal by the Sultan Of the projected
reforms. as impairinG his sovereignty
and endangering the independence oil MS
nation. put forward demands TO idenu-
cally the same rights in Morocco as
those possessed by France and SPAN
that is to say. the immediate neishDors
of the Moorish Empire.
Delcasse opposed this. encouraged by
King Edward, and declared that WHO
he was ready to concede to Germany, ana
| in fact To all other nations, the same
economic rrerogativcs in Morocco as
those enjoyed by France he could nov
tolerate any other country possessing the
same political influence there as France
and Spain. Any yielding on this point
would. so Delcasse declared, he an igno-
minous surrender By France or rights
ACQUIRED by the expenditure OF much
blood and treasure in the protection OF
| her African possessions from Moorish
aggression and in the maintenance OF
some kind Of respect by the natives for
foreign life and property in Morocco.
King Edward, in discussing Germanys
! pretensions with his old friend, Prince
Radolin. then German Ambassador In
Paris. exclaimed zee que veut iaire
rAllemagne est fou. Jamais nous ne
permettrons un abaissement de IN
France" and, indorsing this, the English
government gave NJ. Delcasse to under
stand that it was prepared to back up
Frances stand in the matter to any
| length.
Emperor William thereupon proposed
that the dispute between Germany and
France about Morocco should be re-
ferred for arbitration to President Roose-
Welt. Delcass6 would not hear Of any
such thing, claiming that there was moth
! ing to arbitrate and that any agreement
to such an arrangement would be an
ignominous abandonment by France OF
| all the advantages which she had OBJ
tanned by her treaty with England as
well as a cowardly surrender to Ger