The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-27

setting forth Germany's lack of spe-
clal political interests in Morocco and
favoring the association of Frenchmen
with Germans in commercial under
takings there.
Germany had speculated upon the
broad opportunities opened up by this
agreement, but, in her eyes, collabora
ton amounted to domination. She
complained of not having received her
share, which simply meant that she
had not received the whole A rup-
ture appeared to be imminent
On July 1, 1911, the Panther"
dropped anchor before Agadir Ger.
many was particularly displeased on
account of Frances recent expedition
to Fee, which had been made neces-
sary by the intrigues of Mulai-Hafid--
become French"
Morocco said the German crown
prince to NJ Cambon, there will be
an end of all trouble
France Makes Concessions.
The French government of that
| period, DESTROYS of peace, granted
compensations to Germany after long
and difficult negotiations, but granted
them not in Morocco, but in the Con
go region. The Agadir coup, that
new threat whereby William wished
| TO put the solidity of the Entente Cor
dale to the test, had been no more
successful than it's predecessors. From
| the very first day, England let il
be known clearly that, in the whole
| Morocco matter, she would be on tbs
side of France.
The "fst on the table" policy hai
/ failed. But William tried once more
in the early part of 1912, to break III
the Entente between the powers, %,
means of official negotiations witt
England, and later, with France
First came the Haldane mission t.
Berlin in February, requested in Janu
airy by the emperor himself, which wa.
wrecked by the impossible demand o
! Germany that England guarantee Il
remain neutral in case of war And il
March came attempts at Paris and Der
lin toward bringing about rapproach
ment between France and Germany, a.
a result of the granting of broader au
tonomy to Alsace-Lorraine.
Kaiser RIames England.
! 1t is extremely probable that VII
liam sought to start a war by his Aga
dir coup. But, confronted with tn
energetic action of England, the wal
liant poltroon" to borrow the descrif
ton of him made by Maximillian Ha,
din, backed down again-his navy wa
not yet ready. So he had to conten
himself with the agreement of Nov.
Seeking always to make a boast O
bic nnonnf1l in he IN
lated himself in the presence of
Frenchman. on having overcome tn
crisis, adding: 1.-THE English, how
ever, did everything in their power (
bring about a good war;"
The agreement, nevertheless, wa
far from enough for the Pan-Germa
appointees of the German people. Ha
not the German chancellor promise
the leaders of the "Pan-German Ur
ion' that there would be a partitio
of northern Africa whereby German
would obtain large part of Morocco
Hence, when the text of the agree
ment became known, it aroused bite
criticism in the German press. TIL
agreement was dubbed everywher
THE Moroccan slap"
Once more all the Pan-German argl
: ments were trotted out concerning tn
inequality between the colonial pc:
sessions of Germany, on the one hanc
: and those of France and England o
the other. The press again drew u
| the balance sheet of the Agadir opefs
ton, proclaimed, with much displa
| of statistics, that Germany ranke
first among all the countries of tn
t world, and poured vituperation upo