Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-08-07
THE MOROCCAN
AGAIN STIRRING
Situation Acute, but DipIo.
macy Expected to
Prevail.
:9*:.,: MISREPRESENTATION


IA iety among the diplomats of
EuGinnd France and Ger
many IS t..u.e or less Of an old, old
story Morocco hdS been q cause for
worry among he great European pow
ers for a great ti"nl years, and the
prospects are that, ~ N!.tter what the
outcome OF tie pre- angle Of the
controversy. there win Ice Moroccan
question for yearS L. cn.iir
In the news lI~' &'c."' I've latest
situation IL termed ':. e. which
may mca1 much Or lite Diplomatic
conferences are SO, ny. an e., when
the word looks t9l q Gp,4ir .i,,n of
war some corner j. 7rt.4r.! ;HI the
trouble S!l0othed over
In tie ;,!"iGlal partition Of At"ir:t
among TIE lr'nli Is a. 1t. 80. '.!..! i.
been gong On during tn t.; i..tr ~
sixty yea, was .l"'.; r II T..
turn of Norrcco Sl.nn.u r,iJ1 1T q.
very dis;an, day tuv tHc ~. e,
the wo:d it wou.I uHd..itst.. IL.
been best If Mu":t ga rru.u .,l., u
lis own ald have tran>.ur...t.. d; q.
into some Srul!iauce u II ~ = rui
state Unfortunately NO 81 h G,.t, ~"
ment has been apparent
TIL" failure % Moracco to NOV: +
ward Of its Own accu: q made 1t a /.
uraI prey to one or other of the tr.'
European co!ou"lnp powers En-!"nd
commercial interests IN the cul.4'i
have always h"en great. and ul,.
the Kali Sir Harry Macbeth her
lit!cal fortunes there seemed to N;
sage further extension of Britt
influence in th- Mediterranean |;
another powerful! ciaiman, WAS II
hand: France and her position az
neighhor to Morocco made her cla!
in every sense a valid one The riva
ry of these two powers in Moro"
threatened to become aclir. tnt Egy.
was On Great Hi'i;ain's hand; The"
too. Fr"a'" WAS the great rompprit,
Of England and to the consolidate.
of English influence 70 hr frp'
this incubus was an absolute III, pSSi'
The treaty If 1894. intiu ling. dis il q =
re"i"rrca ser denvin" elan e~ f.
France il Egypt ana for England /
Morocco-pnved the way fer the Ia
ing Of the old conflict between th,.
two countries France now believed
that she had free hand in Morocco
Frances Lost Opportunity.
IN energetic forward policy woulc
pcrhaps have won the day. and Fran =
would have been able To found Il large
colonial empire covering the whole %.
the northwestern Iart OF Africa from
TuniS up to the Atlantic ocean Bu
in,ernnl conditions Ellned the proves
% her foreign policy There w.,s y
Jean .Iaure>. the Socialist. and The
P2cifsts to he reckoupl with ana i:
order to calm their overSenS.;.ve SuS
ceptihilitieS Il new method callpt:
"parifc p"retra ton" economic a9A
cultural was adopted NJ paicaSs.
had reconr1 without his host That
host was Germany
Germany soon saw the poSsibilite,
Of MO"orro not only because of il
Inherent rifles, but also because Of it,
polite al worth and lis evident inability
to stand upon its own legs One ha-
Still rather 4 vivid remembrance o
the sudden descent of the kaiser upuI
Tan"icr in the year 1875 The resul'
III this Intervention was the confer
ence NJ .\!gpctras in the spring O.
1906
1t has been held that the "act' whi /.
resulted from this conference was in
large measure Il diplomatic check upon
German aspirations. as it placed tn"
Organization of the Moroccan poll eur
der Spanish and French military Oh
GERS However. although she did nui
succeed il breaking through thc
Anglo-Frcnch entente cordialo or il
cutting into the HisNano-Frenrh un
Outstanding. Germany was surcessfu
in ma king her voice heard ard in aS
scrt'ng Ter right to be consulted in A..
great wurld problems that come ~
interests are at stake And she drew
cord across the French path in Mo
rocco
Germany Steps In.
That Germany had been successful
up to that degree is proved by til,
agreement made between her AM
France. dated February. 1899 in which
France guaranteed the INTEGRITY aNG
Independence Of the Moroccan emnr.
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