Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05


might be long and per-
laps dihicult. but the dinsculty should
lot be increased by routine Journalism.
bureau rivalries. intriGues OF parliament.
Or by government weakness and tho
Temps invokes past faults ard hopes
care and Millerand were very capable
leaders and they would dare do the
proper thing TO be done
The French government did not neglect
10 cause the Sultan OF Morocco to accept
the principle Of Frances agreements
with England and Spain. The treaty OF
Fee mentions the arrangement with
Spain more especially because Of the in
toriai possessions on the Moroccan coast.
10 mentioned because OF Tangier.
Tangier. for a fact. 10 an international
city and will thus remain. Her municipal
organization. besides. ID IN assurance
that that character will be maintained.
England could scarcely agree that ram
gier. in face Of Gibraltar. should belong
to sole European nation.
On the above question Senior Garcia
Prieto, minister Of foreign affairs for
Spain. had a long interview with King
Alfonso. to submit his views on the reply
to be made to the French note. and like
wise to communicate with Senior Villa
I 1xutia on the subject OF the interna-
OF Tangier.
What will be the arrangement with
Spain is not yet apparent. The Spaniards
have carried into their ne
Spanish sotiat,ons with France
r.4.,.... deep spirit OF defiance.
which has been met by
the French with q spirit OF patience that
nothing has been able to disturb. In
June, 1911. Spain occupied Larache and
El-Ksar. Such a move by any other ma
ton than Spain. perhaps. had provoked q
strong sentiment of protestation on the
part OF France. In truth, Spain's attitude
has been positively provocative. In
France. on the contrary. the press and
people have been indulgent. as old friends
should be, but II is manifest that Spain
considers France rather as q rival than
q collaboration. NJ. Polncare has always
observed the most cordial attitude toward
Spain, but. nevertheless. the premier was
Obliged to return the Spanish PROPOSE
tions as unacceptable.
In the meantime the new regime OF
the protectorate has been proclaimed and
the situation OF France in Morocco is be-
yond recall and no longer 1udicially con-
testable. France possesses all the neces
sary elements for the future administra-
ton of her protectorate. The Cheridsn
army was thought to have been organized
and effective. But the recent revolt has
given a check, at least for the moment,
to excessive optimism. To those acquatut-
ed with the dimculties OF the situation
there Is nothing strange in q revolt
the spirit OF which may have been en-
gendered by q group Of those who may
be interested in creating dissensions. 1t
Is q lesson which should not be neglected.
The appointment Of Gen. Hubert Lyan-
tey as commissioner general Of Morocco
Is an suspicious event. 1t is q tribute
at once to the ability OF the ofYicer and
to the perspicacity of the minister OF
In the right place. Gen. Lyantey il one
of the youngest corps commanders OF
the French army, and has had much ex-
Perience in Madagascar. and again. like
Brulard, on the Algerian and Moroccan
frontiers in ighting Moroccan marauders.
The name OF LyaIitey IL well known to
the tribesmen, and II the latter conclude
to follow the call to the ''djehad" per-
haps 1t will be q good thing in the end
The Arab 10 good fighter and knows
full well how 20 appreciate the good drub-
bling he has received already and Is des-
tined to receive again At the hands OF
Lyantey.
NJ. Francis Charme. doubtless having
in mind the appointment Of some such
soldier as Lyantey, writes: THE man
who will realize the protectorate over
Morocco will have attached his name to
France: he will have rendered one OF
those services which cannot be forgot
ten"
The establishment Of the Preach pro-
tectorate in Morocco. It appears from a
by an enterprise both gigantic and mar
velous. It IL nothing less than trans
African railway from Tangier to the
Juba on the Indian ocean at a cost OF
e0OO, 100000.
Nothing Is said Of this French enter
prise having its terminal 1t Jsba. which
was seized from Egypt in
Terminal 1875 by England. and oc-
= -, cupied by the latter in
" 'uOs. 1891 But the fact THAI
train ferries between Newhaven and
form part Of the project. 1t must be as
sumed that England has ceded her rights
to Juba and Kismayu to France.
These train ferries. II should be added.
are to pass passenger trains without
change from London, through Spain. to
Tarifa and Tangier. and thence through
Morocco along the coast to Larache, to
Fee, Taxa and crossing the ALA to Lake
Chad and thence due east through Abys-
sinia to the Juba.
This trans-African road to the Indian
ocean is an offset to the English roads
Cape to Cairo and Mombar to Victoria
Nyanza; to the proposed German road
from the Kamerouns TO Labora and the
Indian ocean.
II contemplates various embranchments:
To Algeria, Tunisia, Trfpoli. Egypt, Dill
bouti, Senegal. Guinea, Dahomey, Ivory
Coast. Quad, Kongo. etc.
speed 1875 miles an hour, making the time
from London and Paris to Juba less than
five days!
Thus the Mediterranean sea and the
Suez canal will no longer constitute high
ways to the far east. The Mediterran-
can will revert to its ancient status Of
mare clausem' or closed sea, ana the
Suez canal cease to be by diSuSe an In
ternational transit.
The Tangier-Juba railway project In
vast and startling because unexpected
In truth II Is not more 30 than the road
from Mombar and Juba to the great
lakes which was inspired by Chinese Cor
made by the writer. his chief Of stan. in
ls75-1SI6. But who could have forecast
ed that beyond the Moroccan protectorate
the vast wastes OF the Moroccan
deserts there was hidden the vista OF the
Indian ocean! CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.
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