Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-16
Germany's Reply to France to
Concern That Question Chiefly
TO GIVE ANSWER MONDAY
Will Not Be Ready Before That
Time, French Ambassador Is Told.
OPPOSED TO SECRET TREATY
Latest Note to Kaiser's Government
Draws Line on Agreement Re-
tween Spain and Germany.

BERLIN September 16.-Rumors re-
garding the retention of German resery-
lists with the colors because of the Moroc-
can situation were set at rest today by
an official statement that all of these, In
accordance with orders issued last
March were being dismissed within
three days following their return from
the maneuvers
Reports that Great Britain. Holland
and Belgium are continuing their mill
tary preparations cause some disquie-
tude, but the general feeling of reassur-
ance prevails. The German reply to the
French note will be concerned again
chiefly with the question of guarantees
, whereby a policy of an open door In
Morocco will be adequately assured 10
all nations, including arrangements to
prevent the customs administration and
railroad management being so manipu-
lated as to give an unfair advantage TO
French shippers, and providing for a fair
division in the public works.
The German proposals on the latter
point, which the Angio-French papers
are oenOunclnS as an attempt 10 gam
privileged position, really copied the pro-
posal made by the French foreign office
at the time Wnen It's head was M. Cruppi,
the present minister of justice, which pro-
vides that when either nation OBTAINS
contract it shall cede percentage snare
to the other. AS these contracts are TO De
awarded in open competition there can De
no question OF special privilege IL 1ree-
dom OF competition is really maintained.
Germany Demands Open Door.
The plan may be abandoned in favor Of
| another arrangement to the same eHect
tacceptable to France. Germany also asks
| that the open door and equal tariffs be
| guaranteed permanently and not Tor
period of thirty years, and effective as
surances that the tariffs will not be ad-
justed in favor of France by lowering
of rates on goods chlef1y imported py
France and an increase on articles OF
nom French origin, and that the ship
ments OF all nations will be treated with
| equality on the Moroccan railways.
| 1T is believed here that before the reich
stag meets q satisfactory arrangement
| will be reached on all points, with the
/ exception of the exact tracing OF the
! boundary OF the French Kongo cession to
! Germany.
| The ofricial statistics on the commerce
of Germany with Morocco for 1910 show
exports chiefly of beet sugar, of $1,22,, :
W., imports $2.275,UUo, against Exports
of $375,U0O and imports of $T7o,ooo in 1871.
Reply Expected Monday.
| PARIS, September 16.-The German
| foreign minister, Herr Won kiderlen-
| Waechter. today infor:ne' the French
ambassador at Berlin, NJ. Cambon, that
the German government would not be
ready before Monday to indicate what
| 1t thought of the French reply to the
--latest German note concerning Morocco.
The Gil Bias today says that France
In her latest communication to Ger
many includes request for guarantees
| that no secret treaty. exists between
Spain and Germany concerning the sale
or transfer Of any spanish territory in
| Morocco or any canary Island TO Ger
| many.