Evening star., 1937-03-05
|NSURGENTSL LAY
PLOT TO FRANCE
Morocco Disturbance Would
Be Pretext for Attack,
Say Protests.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
SALAMANCA, Spain, March S.
The Spanish insurgent regime today
accused France of fomenting disturb
ances in Spanish Morocco in order
to force a pretext for invading the
territory held by Generalissimo Fran
cisco frances armies.
Declaring any attempt at aggres-
sion against Spanish Morocco would
be met with IAN adequate reply" the
insurgent diplomatic cabinet lodged a
strong note Of protest with all sigma
tory powers to the Algeciras conven-
ton.
Frances diplomatic cabinet an
nounced the note denounced maneu-
vers in the frontier region Of French
and Spanish Morocco which permit
the authorities Of French Morocco, un-
der pretext of re-establishing order
and avoiding the danger Of exciting
the natives Of the territory, to invade
our zone, violating in this manner all
international conventions and Great
ing a dangerous situation to the
peace of Europe"
"SecretIy Concentrating"
The insurgent diplomatic staff
charged the French were secretly con-
centrating arms on the border and
planned to introduce them into the
Spanish Riff.
The French arms concentrations, the
insurgents charged, we're being made
at Ouezzan, Buzed and Gueznaya.
near Alhucemas in Spanish Morocco.
Heavy concentrations Of French
troops along the frontier were re-
ported by the insurgent diplomats as
constituting IAN action of inciting
the natives of the frontier zone"
The note declared the French activi-
ties constituted a fragrant violation"
of the agreements Of 1912 and asked
the signatory powers to the Algeciras
convention to send a committee to
Spanish Morocco to investigate the
charges.
The insurgent command today
called to arms all men, aged 81 to %,
formerly registered by the government,
but now in insurgent- territory,
also all recruits declared capable of
| auxiliary service and the first half Of
the 1886 class.
The insurgent accusations against
France marked the second flareup of
danger that the Spanish civil war
might spread to the rest of Europe
through the Moroccan protectorate
held by both France and Spain.
Shortly after the first Of the year
France accused Germany of violating
the Moroccan agreements Of 1912 by
attempting to set up sphere of in
fluence in Spanish Morocco as a re-
ward for volunteer aid furnished the
insurgents.
| North African Protectorates.
The two North African protectorates
were assigned to France and Spain
under a treaty signed November 27,
1912, putting into effect secret treaty
made in 1904.
Under the agreement, the northern
part territory Of the Sultan Of Moroc-
co, amounting to some 1890 square
miles. was placed under Spanish pro-
lection, while the French took the
vastly greater southern portion.
The Sultan remained nominal ruler
of both divisions, with the two coun-
tries conducting the administration in
his name.
Both the Algeciras convention and
the 1912 agreement recognized French
and Spanish interests as paramount
for the people of their respective
zones although assuring equality Of
economic opportunity to all excep,
Germany. who agreed not to press
for special advantages.
FRENCH DISPUTE INSURGENTS