Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

that In 1904 al VI o and In 1906 al Ber-
{, n he refuse Co follow contrary indica-
lions Besides Spain herself favors an
entente with Fra &c. and neither an al
lance with Germany. nor Portugal. nor
Ensland. az suggested. has touched the
national sympath es TO the same de ree
as the suggestion OF a Franco-Spanish
The minister OF war. Gen Luau-. OF
the cabinet Romanones. recently ex-
pressed himself In l. Espagna n favor
OF restricted alliance Gen iuoue
would desire the operation - he
French and Spanish armies In Morocco.
each In Its respective zone. a ainst
their comron ene-v Acco~di, - tie
spirit OF the treaty OF Novemhe- 81.
1872. France has recently 20 titied That
entente by supporting Spa'n's cla ~
against the Sultan Of Morocco IN the
matter OF the contraband OF arms at
Targ'er
Spatr Is now In a position 10 rerder
real service to an ally She has
feet in course OF construction. Will.
her geographical situation and the
MAGNIFICENT bays of Car'hagera and
Raleares whose defenses are being ac-
tually strengthened add great value 10
her co-onerati ton
France and Sinai, besides possess I'm.
rortant commercial relations IN COM
mon and An entente on this poi-t alone
is important to both nation. TIC
statistics show that French fmporta-
t'nns into Snair. which reached ca2 O0l-
nno francs or sss Ic'aon --ae- the
regime OF the treaty Of sol have
decrease OF 50 per cent since the de-
n"nciatio, NJ the arrangement Of
1907 Sp"nish evrortations TO France
have fan"n :, the same decree
pownr|"i private eco-omicaf interests
hove brought ahort this state of at
fairs. ard thew now proven, an ar
rangamant ~ the Spanish side thers
no n-n'artto,'e-,, ma -ti~os -, ne
sot fv3 tai
the hoefff'r Of wiz" a''a-e VIZ -nFuse
70 serve ranson 10 d'nlom~t'- ar
rar"era-f m TIE matter OF compel ton
wish SparfsA wt,es
These cn-nmarr'a' rruhisms are assured-
" ve~at'o,s. hnt tAav are -. i,"in -sh,e.
and a long time 200 n would have teen
vel fc- 10th ra-s,ee N tha-s had heen
a revision 81 tariffs. anas''nn % quite
"a much value az no'it'cai treaty In
feet. a commission fo- siich revision Sc mr.
~eot'v ra~eeea~r a-1 Z. --o,,'s nava Aean
wise " she v's,t ~ the President ~ the
French rennbiic had followed i-etea1 of
preceded the revision OF the tariffs of all
classes
The arrival Of NJ Poincare AT Madrid
on the Sth ultimo and the toasts rro-
nounred at the Palais
POlnrarea Royai were the CONNIE
w. nents OF those uttered Nav
'Asas' last at the F,rvsec on tho
occasion Of the visit of King Alfonso to
Paris.
The official sneeches on such occas'ous
are the Same I'm words and ideas King
Alfonso however. alluded with manifest
feeling TO the common task of Snain and
France in Morocco. DECLARING that their
accord has ALREADY been consecrated In
al, hearts and souls The king recog-
nized In the visit OF NJ Poincare "a
precious guarantee for future intimacy
Of close entente which would he more and
more cordial"
NJ Poinca-e was harry to see the two
nations decided to We'd without r@str'c-
tion to their sv~,nathe+ie penchanfs ana
proclaim their mutual desire to strengthen
the ties Of a traditional f-iendship
TIE ondon Tires dec'ares the visit OF
~. Pcfncare wns a marbed s"cress and
that the Fnglish the intimate friends of
both France and Suain. had remarked
with exceptional pleasure the particular
symna+hv IF the two nations.
IN GERMANY the r"-ntte de In Croix
esteems II a fact. jud~ing nv the tone Of
what was said at Madrid thai y vas
conceded that an entente het'vpen France
and Snain had been secretly effected,
Germany would regard II without dis
or'ntude
Inc saZeNfp Ge SoSS IL OF the OWN an
that NJ Pnincare In his rer'v to the
king was ro-e enthusiastic than the ut
ter. and that HE assurances of admit
ration and f-iandeh,r fnr the Spanish
those Of Alfonso NH In his exn-ession
of confidence IN the future "ord'a' en-
tente. "AIl that adds the Gazette.
"dnes not mean that the entente is to
take the precise form of an alliance"
The Gazette de FRANKFORT thinks ike
wise: "Those who expected to hear at
Madrid the word alliance were cruelty
deceived. because il was
German only. after all. an entente
of friendship and In
OPinion' timacy."
The Ber'ner Tagebistt remarks that the
visit to Madrid In view of securing CO.
oneration of the military m Morocco
Ted TO achieve any positive results.
Independence Ba,-e commentn@ mon
the visit of NJ Poncare, writes that
it was a return visit 20 that of y ng Al
fonso XIII and apparently sim lie act
o. interna 'ional courtesy When the Kin,
was in Paris last srrin II was the morn
ing after the 81 nature of the Fra aco-
Soanish treaty n Morocco. the discussion
of which had been long and tedious and
retarded by many obstacles which had
heen finally surmounted. The conflict In
Morocco with the Morcccans snce then
had shown both governments the neees-
s.ty of a ra0procher ent in Morocco The
speech pronoun ed by NJ Barthon recent
ly at Saint Sebastian eloa emily pointed
out the necessity of an entente ne. "ten
the governments of France ard Saain.
What were the conditions of the record2
What the nature of the com 'ne:"iai
treaty? What the nature of the conserNa-
ton of the indisputable common interests
In the Mediterranean?
Gen Lyautey. the conmiss oner GEN
eral of France in Morocco. had Wis ted
Madrid on the special invitation o. King
Alfonso and this fact lent TO Poin-
cares visit more than ordinary interest.
No one may know the character or the
Lyautey and Gen. Luqae may have had
together. but IL Is assumed that the con-
versations we're esDec ally on the subject
OF a Francois panish military action in
Morocco.
The Eierctto Espagnol davo.ed a special
article to Gen. Iyau'ey. Spain should
look with sympathy the work of the
distinguished French officer AMI commits
sIoner general of Morocco. II was to be
the head of the French zone In Morocco
Sran.ards had heard no more of incl
dents lie those which had occurred be-
fore. Besides the Spanish troops % the
\ ou'ouva have had occasion to frate-nize
with their French comrades the troops
Of the other, side of the river.
The Spanish press generally. notwi'h-
standing the strained feelings of both
peoples in the matter OF obnoxious GUS
toms laws. expressed the most cordial aid
welcome to NJ Poincare. The
fny MN. n r.H "a