THE MAILED FIST.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1169, 3 July 1911, Page 5

THE MAILED FIST.

INTERVENTION IN MOROCCO. GERMANY OCCUPIES A SOUTHERN PORT. SECOND LANDING REPORTED. By Telcrraph—Press Association—CopyricM .(Rec. July 3, 0.20 a.m.) Berlin, July 2. It is semi-officially announced that at tho request of German firms interested in Southern Morocco, and with a view to safeguarding the lives and property of Germans and German proteges in that country, tho gunboat Panther, now in Moroccan waters, has been ordered to proceed to Agadir. The Powers havo been notified, and an intimation has been conveyed to tho Moroccan Government that the step does not imply any unfriendly intention towards Morocco. FRANCE NOTIFIED. WITHDRAWAL ON RESTORATION OF ORDER. (Ee«. July 3, 0.20 a.m.) Paris, July 2. The German Ambassador, Baron von Schoen, has informed 11. de Selves, the new French Minister for Foreign Affairs, of the dispatch of a gunboat owing to an agitation in the Agadir district. The gunboat will convey assistance and relief if it is needed. Tho Ambassador added that the vessel would withdraw as soon as tranquillity was restored, and he hoped tho measure would in nowise modify the relations between France and Germany.

HINTERLAND TO BE OCCUPIED. ! (Rec. July 3/0.20 a.m.) Tangier, July 2. Germany has notified Morocco that she is occupying the hinterland at Agadir in Southern Morocco/ / (Rec. July 3, 1.10 a.m.) London, July 2. Router's Tangier correspondent reports that the German Minister, Baron von Seckendorff, has informed Sid Mohammed el Guebbas, tho Moorish Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, that Germany will occupy Agadir. ANOTHER MOVE REPORTED. LANDING AT A SECOND PORT. (Rec. July 3, 1.10 a.m.) Madrid, July 2. It is officially ; reported that German troops have landed at Arzila, about 50] miles south of Tangier, and about 500 miles north of Agadir.