Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03
THE MOROCCAN CONVERSATIONS"

which. using the German phantom. drove
France out OF Egypt Ii is manifest
Illustration OF the familiar French saw.
He who essays to carry too much over
strains himself" England undertook too
much when, In addition TO a military ocs
cupaton OF Egypt. she seized El. ptiap
territory and prepared to make herseie
mistress Of all Africa and founding there
an Anglo African empire.
The withdrawal of the French at Alex
andria in lSSe WAS excused on the ground
that Germany would invoke her In that
net which would serve as pretext for
war for which France was not then
prepared. The incident at Fashoda was
lamentahle mistake It's authors offered
me the command of the mission which
subsequently fell TO the LOT Of Marchand.
| accepted upon condition that I should
be permitted TO make my way from Obok
or Djibouti to Adowa. thence with the
army of Menelik I50.0ool descend the
Blue Nile and occupy ktartum. To the
Abyssinians ! would accord their legiti-
mate access to the Nile along the Blue
Nile and the Saubat In crushing tile
power of the Mahdi effectually l would
restore the capital OF the Sudan To Egypt
and. cutting the road from the cape IN
Cairo / would restore France to her sit
nation i'm Egypt-her status QUO ante-beis
lum in the "condominium'' with England
plead this point first with NJ. Etienne oe
the colonial group in the chamber and
subsequently with NJ Casimir Perier.
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members of the colonial group refused To
accept my pessimistic views OF a march
from the Oubaughi To the Nile: Fashoda
only was in their minds. II required nJ
prophet to predict a disa ster. / sail
Fashoda will prove more than a disaster:
ii is stupidity with which I will HAYS
nothing TO do khartum is a sane OBJ
jective.
Germany. ii appears. at this moment Is
demanding that part of the Kongo bound.
ed on the north by line drawn from Ar
chambault to Crampel east. following
the Oubaughi to the confluence of the
Alma. south to the NUM-. leaving Libre-
willie to France. In exchange Germany
will cede to France the triangle in the
north of Cameroun and the ratification
of the frontiers of Togoland.
The German press and also people have
assumed an almost ferocious hatred OF
England. Some OF these turn
England their batteries against govern
IT,, ment, which they suspect -
not sufficiently severe. Baron
Won Kiderlen- Waechter had awakened
their hopes: he should be obliged to real
ize them.
The Dernieres Nouvelles de Leipsic
writes: I'm place OF monument to Bis
marck let US raise temple at Agadir.
In place of lions let us place panthers on
the top. with their tails between their
legs. In place of the flag black. white and
red let us substitute the famous yellow
vest of Baron Won Kiderlen- Waechter."
The Germania alone is composed and
says:
From our point of view Germany
should not have made the move she did
at Agadir. If she thought she should
reproach France with the violation OF the
treaty at Algeciras she should have pro-
ceeded automatically The emperor
would never consent to a war on ac-
count OF Morocco. 1t would be unpop-
ular in Germany"
Is it possible that the Germania ig-
nores the reasons behind the Morocco
imbroglio?
A cable from Paris reports the atti-
tude of the French press calm but ener-
getic and full OF confidence in the army.
which is the pride of the nation. IAN
France" they declare, has had enough
of Germany's 'tracasseries' chickering's.
and the time had now come to have done
with them once for all.
There is a subject which the journals
with uncommon unanimity do not men,
ton in detail. Recently, however. the
Figaro published a long article entitled
THE Faults Committed by NJ. Delcasse.
The subject is interesting because these
faults are the cause OF SPANS infrac-
tons of the Algeciras act and count also
for something in Germanys attitude.
1t appears according to the disclosures
in the Figaro, that anterior to the Franco
Spanish and the Franco British agree
ments of 1904 NJ. Delcasse, in 1902. then
minister of foreign affairs. negotiated a
treaty with the Duke of Almodovar. min
lister of state in the liberal cabinet of
Sagasta. later Spanish delegate and presi-
dent of the Algeciras conference. This
treaty, it should he added. was never eff
fective. for the cabinet OF Sagasta fell
before il was signed and the conserva-
tive cabinet of Slvela refused to ratify
because II committed Spain to too great
responsibility. Had il not been thus it
would have ended then and there the
political career of NJ. Delcasse.
The proposed treaty created trouble.
Spain has acted precisely as If the treaty
had been signed. and likewise Germany.
to whom the conditions were treacherous-
" communicated. The Franco-Spanish
agreement of 1904 defined and restricted
the Spanish zone. but Spain. have
seen. acted as if the proposed treaty OF
1902 was a real and bona fide treaty.
Is this fault committed by A. Delcasse
in 1902 one of the reasons of the shyness
of France boldly to sum-
Delcasse's mon Germany and Spain
:, before a conference?
Cdull. France has never been ac-
cused. either by friends or foes, of refusing
a challenge 1t is urged in some quarters
that one reason why the present govern
ment is apparently SO calm in the pres
ence of German provocation is that any
disposition looking to the acceptance or
war with Germany risks to provoke
change of government
Germany, il should be said. has no de-
sire or intention of going 70 war. but is
disposed to let things drift along. hoping
that by keeping the sword suspended over
both France and England she will pre-
eipitate revolution in France and Eng
land at the same time. The strikes in
France and England would seem to jus
tify Germany in this conclusion. But par
ties are quickly dissipated and merged
into patriots in such an emergency. Poll
ticians may fear to lose their places. but
patriots do not dread such conditions.
If the kaiser INDUCES the hope that either
France or England will show their TANKS
to him the day he invades either coun-
try he is laboring under a delusion.
The question in dispute between Ger
many, France and England stands today
where it should have been promptly met
in the beginning. namely. by the convo-
cation OF the thirteen powers which
signed the Algeciras act. Germany be-
lieves that the actual situation may Ss
prolonged indefinitely with the Panther
at Agadir while the whole world is
taken By the ears and filled with the