The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09
FINAL OUTCOME IS
IN LAP OF GO DS
Eternal Morocco Question Oc-
cupies Centre of Political
Stage.
DIFFICULT OF SOLUTION
Gulf OF Darkness Between,
French and German Point
of View.
DIFFICULT OF SOLUTION
BY FREDERICK WERNER.


centre of the political stage in Lu.
rope ara helps the weary edi,or q.
many French ana GERMAN paper
A.!i MS gaping eGitoriai columns. WI
10 10 happen no one KNOWS, the mn.
outcome 10 sin In the zap OF inc 60. .
"ut % lar as germany IS Concv:nv d.
~ rs PLAINLY eviuent from tne uitiiiI
comments III the omciai ana semi ON
eidi press On sensational artIcies IN
!lnSo papers, that the German gov
eminent mas no desire to DC proQd.d
On 10 idtai acts. neither by the manu-
'uStefeES VI guns anu arnor pate NOR
~ pl"Vuthirst! rctiren army omc.rs.
VINO nave turned yellow journalists
NO sensible person doubts any long
ei mat Germany's demands in Morocco
are merely commercial, anu as this Is
50. the worst obstruction IN tn. patti
OF peaceful Arrangement Is removed.
w men. IN spite u tniS. II still proves
/ ulihcult to md suitable form OF
Isreeinent' the reason is TO be looked
germany and France. which makes
Doth siues unnatur"lly suspicious o..
hiduer traps and AnlDuShes, ana which
iiaKss 1t essential that the agreement:
IS made IN terms which do not per :
mt more than one interpretation
-Nicther difhculty Is TINS, that i. is
,,tN nara to agree on what terri
torial concessions France must mako
TO Germany in West Africa IN return
tor icing given free hand in Mo-
.occan AFFAIRS. Inc German E;,np!rs
naturally desires to eplarge her Ia :
mrrun colony in two directions. Nv
The addition of 4 iarger coast terri
tory and by an extension OF it's boun-
aaries to Congo in such way that
ihey would just touch the frontiers OK
Belgian Congo.
France. on her side, is disincined
to isolate her coast line. but wants
10 Keep intact a strip of land permit
ting her direct line of communion
ton with the French hinterland az
Lake Tsad. 1t Is krswn that France
TO very large eNtcnNhas surrendered
her colonial rights in Gabun 10 pri
vate syndicates. whose rights and priv
ileses must be Safeguarded somehow.
fected
Ihe situation is rendered more diff :
CUT sun because certain regards must
De taken towards Spain. Parts or the
coast south OF kamerun, as we'll as the
island of Fernando Pc, belong TO
Spain. and this brings UP the question
OF an exchange of German and Span
ISM territory. and there is reason to-
believe that secret negotiations are
even now taking place between France
and Spain
AS | have said before there is no
reason TO anticipate anything but a
peaceable solution, even IL II is yery
STOW In coming. The only danger is
.na' 'oth nations are becoming inpa-
tieht, and this Impotence may at any
.
cldent' which no diplomat in the world
would be able to smooth over The
recent insults to the German colors in
AiN-ies- Mains. in which il was fortu
hate'y found no French army officers
took part. show how highly laden with
electricity is the air.
In France statesmen are busy dis
cussing in the papers the oue:tion
What policy is Germany prepared TO
aoirow IN Morocco in the event of an
agreement being arrived at, and in
what terms will she bind herself for
the future 10 abstain from all nolitirai
ihterierence in that country?"
ne Echo de Paris says: I'VE were
informed Yesterday from particu-
larry well authorized source that Ger
many was disposed to make us in Mo-
rocco all the concessions desirable. but
.hat she wanted a generous pour
ooire' 1t was added that it was nor
10 our interest to haggle over strips
OF equatorial territories when we were
gong to get what we wanted in Mo
rocco 1t Is just this vague promise
THIS alleged beating about the bush,
which is ineXplicable to the logical
french mind. 1t must not be forgot
ten that, since the Franco G.rma1
agreement of 1909, the term "politicaI
disinterestt dncss" has lost its fresh
news TO French eyes
me Temps hits the nal on the head
"hen II remarks that there is n gulf
OF psychological darkness between the
FRENCH and German point of view
Germany does the very opposite az
what she should do to convince thh
FRENCH public Instead of setting
iorth the imp lance of what is Offer
cd TO us. Germany confines herself
to deprecating the value of what we
n ,riI n
serts that not single German journal
mas suggested positive formula
marking clearly the benefits. which.
according to Germany, will accrue to
france in Morocco. Every one saws
the German government will be
very generous. But what about
the German opinion, which, according
to Herr Won Kiderlen- Waechter is so
distrustful. SO touchy. so eXactinC?
Why is t not being directed towards
categorical agreement giving France
IN the Sherecfian empire every salts
faction without any possible ambig-
uity? At present the price TO be paid
is being sharply discussed without
the goods of the goods SOIL having
FIRST been settled. his. of course, is
not easy for Germany after her policy
of the last six years. When the Ger
man offer is down In black and white.
many people in Berlin will denounce
1t as damage and discredit to the
imperial policy. and as burning In 1911
the gods II worshiped in 1906 1t is
for this very reason, adds the Temps.
that France-not the government only.
but the public also-insist on plain
statements.
Every country in Europe seems to
have an idea that II is Impossible for
q German diplomat to he frank and
open and any troltv formulated by
German statesmen IL accordingly care
fully scrutinizcd and dissected In every
newspaper OF importance in Europe
whether the matter Itself interest it
or not. Small wonder. then. that Ger
man papers and news agencies have
been busy trying to prove that the
recent Russo German agreement con-
tains no secret clauses or reserva-
tions whatever, ana that it's main sig
nifcance lies in the fact that il was
concluded Tjust when it was.