Evening star., 1926-08-22

Tangier in the Spanish protectorate,
confiding it to Spain's administration
and neutrality.
"If Spain does not obtain Tangier.
1t Will be a matter of consideration
whether it is worth her trouble to
spend 200, 100000 pesos annually in
Morocco with international Tangier
as q possible nest of new conspiracies
and affording facilities for arOusing
the Moorish tribes to take the field
with arms again.
"The rest of Europe will not be free
of the weight of Tangier until it is
fully turned over to Spain. Those
who do not see this are blind, since
otherwise it will not be long before
Tangier is the center of grave inter-
national conflicts.
mo precedent exists for the situa
tiOn in which the Spanish protecto-
rate finds itself This must be rem
edied in order to permit Spain to col
laborate wOrthily in the progressive
work of the world for peace. | am
sure the great friendly nations must
intervene in this question in their
own interest and in the cause of JUS
tice. and favor the only solution
which will avert serious difficulties.
And again (and' more subtlE):
I'"Spanish international policy is trans
parent and absolutely pacific with the
fullest appreciation OF realities.
Spain entertains no imperialistic am
bitions. The painful lesson OF past
imperialistic experiences is fresh III
everybody's memory, and the countr!
wishes only to lead it's own lnde-
pendent life in peace.
In Morocco Spain believes herself
to be fulfilling duty by maintaining
International equilibrium, but she CON
sidcrs that the mandate imposes the
necessity of including Tangier in the
prOtectorate The feeling of Spain re-
| garding the Tangier agreement Is
| identical with her feeling toward the
league If Spain is considered sufti-
| ciently useful in the League or Ma
| tions ito justify earnest efforts to keep
her in it) she must figure there
among the great powers. If intrust-
ed with protectorate in Morocco, it
must be without mutilation OF her
| zone
| The intimatiOn that Spanish polcE
respecting Morocco is inspired by dis
| interested motives. by desire to pro-
mote world peace. having been prop
erly discounted, it may be allowed
that Spanish general policy as regards
the present and the immediate future
| is pacific and nOn-imperialistlc, Whlle'
! on the other hand Spain seems to aim
/ at acknowledged leadership of what
might be called an. "Hispanic spiritual
| commonwealth" She seems to de
mand recognition as a great power by
virtue of that position. AS to Tangier,
Spanish pride was shrewdly piqued
and it remains so piqued because OF
| Tangier's exclusion from the Spanish
zone; and quite naturally so. 1t is
quite true that no end of international
ENVIRONMENTS might proceed from
| Tangier. And if Spain should scuttle
out of Morocco. there might be the
devil to pay, as neither France nor
Britain could endure to see the other
| falling heir to the protectOrate, and
AS both would certainly oppose the in
trusion Of a third power. There are
Englishmen who would allow the
! Spanish claim, on condition of iron
| clad guarantees from Spain of neu-
tralization Of the Moroccan coast line,
| so that 1t should not menace Gibraltar.
A continuing sore spot. Tangier, and
| Mussolini seems to have put salt on
| the sore.
Greece and JugOslavia.-Atl last the
Greek and Jugoslav governments have
entered into an agreement satisfactory
| to both respecting the railroad from
Serbia through Greek territory to the
Greek port Of Saloniki, and respecting
the Jugoslav free zone" at Saloniki
The Greek government guarantees
protection and expedition of Jugoslav
| rail freight and seems to have con-
ceded everything except the principle
of sovereignty to the Jugoslavs in
their free zone fronting on Saloniki
harbor. An official of the League of
Nations resident at Saloniki is 10 arbi
trate in case of disagreement between
the Greek and Jugoslav authorities--a
very happy development.