Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

act when the latter gave sor1e-
thing. The basis OF her policy since 1870
Lad been thus Because OF Germanys
threats in Morocco she obtained that the
work OF Baron Marshall Won Biebern-
stein, ambassador at Constantfnopie, was
crystallized. and little by little her In
nuence became decisive in the orient.
Now she says to France: Yes. II is ex-
change for my acQuiesoence ] obtain
compensaticns' Her diplomacy continues
TO work for the interests OF the Manner
mann Brothers i'm Morocco; for the In
terests of the Bagdad railway In the
east: for German interests at Masador.
on the kongo, and the Herreros In equa-
torial Africa. Germany found formula
AT Algeciras and extracted ADVANTAGES
therefrom. She found another In the
affairs of Oudjdda and Casablanca and
she will find other benefits. NJ. Cambon.
ambassador of France. is clever ana hs
VIII obtain Germany's consent to so TO
Fee I'm exchange for some financial Ia
vors Remain at Fec IL you wish. but let
US negotiate" This Is Germanys policy.
The Franco German agreement OF Feb
ruary a. 1872 however. IL may be re-
called. makes no such concessions 10 Ger
man policy, and so far as We may know
France has shown no signs OF yielding.
When France decided TO undertake the
expedition TO Fee she Informed the sig
natories Of the Algeciras act. and among
these first of all Spain. OF the object 81
the expedition. Spanish journals rushed
TO the fore with inhammatory articles.
The impartial was particularly bitter, and
replying to the friendly explanations Of
the TEMPS OF Paris said: No. the ac-
ton OF France In Morocco is not mere
police work: IL is not the fulfllment OF
the AlSeciras act; II is not the defense
OF the status quo IL lis simply an act
carry il out If she will. but at least let
all the world know the real nature OF
her intentions and the facts.
Ii was assumed in Spain that the
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and II was intimated that Spain would
occupy these ports I'm anticipation. France
thereupon declared to Spain that orders
had been given to the expedltionarv
corps to avoid these places and To keep
out of the zone of SPANS Special Inter
ests. Senior Canalejas. when interpoiate6
in the cortes. rerlied that Spain had no
Intention of sending troops. and tha;
this was strain In the traditional
friendly relations Of France and Spain.
Articles In NJ. Jaures' journal fHu-
mantle. had largely contributed TO bring
about the feeling In Spain, where II APP
pears neither the press nor the public
understood the friendly and intimate re-
lations between the governments at Paris
and Madrid.
Jaures, IN his anti-military rage, charged
that NJ. Regnault, French minister in
Morocco; capitalists, generals and colo
nels had done all in their power to create
anarchy in order 10 have pretext for
conquest. And NJ Jaures prophesies that
the result of the adventure In Morocco
will be a coalition OF Germany and Spain
TO force France to purchase the right OF
exploitation of Morocco. 10 abandon her
influence in the east and open her bourse
TO German iinanciers.
x x
The French government. after incom-
prehensible delay. which il now appears
was not due TO her own
The French will, but to the obstruc
tions herein mentioned.
CAPeultlon. decided to constitute
Mehdiya the base of debarkment of the
expedition.
Mehdiya Is situated on the Atlantic 1t
the mouth of the Sebou. about lJo kio-
meters from Casablanca. 1t Is miser-
able collection of Arab huts once the an
cient ThyInisteria, which, first under the
Romans. then under the reign OF the
Almohades of the twelfth century. was
place of Importance. and merited ire
distinction of ''magnificus' given II by
geographers.
The column of the advance guard of
the expedition under Col Brulard. COM
posed of 5000 men. reached knttra. near
Mehdiya. the 18th instant, for Oar
Zrari, situated within fifty-six miles OF
Fee. This change OF destination Is
made in order to satisfy the apparent
fears of the German government
on the algerian at
there is a corps of cooperation of 1000
men. under Gen. Toutee. The con-
tingent furnished by the Senegal gov
eminent lis composed of the Senegalian
colonial blacks, well fitted for the serv-
ice of covering the front and tanks or
the advancing army. which is thus kept
in excellent fighting condition. IL would
be well II our own government would
make note of such disposition of it's
blacks and confine their service to the
Philippines In conjunction with the
native auxiliaries there.
1t is rumored in diplomatic circles
that. the note In Rossia heretofore
cited was not entirely. as maintained.
a joint act. but. on the contrary. the
Russian foreign office. on receipt of the
French note. spontaneously advised
Germany that Russia approved French
policy in Morocco and that as the ally
of France Russia was ready to fulfill
her obligations"
The Temps of Paris has during sew
eral months manifested it's impatience
with the hesitations and delays of gov
eminent. and on that point we have
cited what such a noted authority as NJ.
Joseph Chailley, deputy has said. The
Temps again returns to the charge
This crisis had been avoided" says
the Temps. IF six months had not
been allowed to pass without response
TO the demand of Col. Mangin for the
pacification of the right bank Of the
Moulouya. more than three months In
which the Zair assassins had been left
unpublished. Regrets were vain. but If
the Temps recalled these past
sponsibilfties 1t was to note that every
fault must be expiated sooner or later
ard that every failure calls for a re-
newed and far greater effort than that
which had been Stunned. May the
lesson serve for the future"
Since many months II might be said OF
France in Morocco what was said for
merly OF another power i'm Europe:
THAT it had been constantly late by
year in the conception of an idea-late
by a year in the idea of an army" The
result was now manifest. Because France
had fear of pacific penetration she
was now confronted by a military opera
ton. And the Temps adds: Small risks,
small economics. small spirits, small of.
ficiais. all OF kind. The hour had come
And the Temps concludes: LET US at
least show that we are good PAYERS"
A grave fault was committed in the
inception OF this Moroccan affair The
sultan, Makhzen, military mission and
foreign residents alike, bag and baggage
should have been withdrawn from Fec
and established in a provisional capital
on the coast at Mehdiya for example. II
.the sultan Makhzen refused he re-
loan would be withdrawn. Was Mulay
Hafd disposed to be hostile? There were
many pretenders to the throne with their
partisans, and chief among these was the
ill-used and dethroned Abd-el-Azlz. Add
el-AZiZ to whom atonement is due, may
yet become the pivot OF the Moroccan
question. II was the proper card for the
French to have played long months ago.
when Germanys cards were confined to
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