NEW TANGIER.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1924, Page 4

NEW TANGIER.

CUTLET FOR BRITISH TRADE. RICH AREA OPENED I P BY treaty. (B.v (J. \Ya)-(l Price). British exporters should keep an eye on Tangier. The new treaty drafted in Paris between representatives of Britain, Franee, and Spain settles for the first time the status of that tiniijue Cinderella among cities. Our trade in rich .Morocco, a region rtuhilised and rapidly being developed by the French, is bound to be ali'oeted by the lie tv conditions. The an anpeiiieiit reached. I, ;• I omp-omise. one ... a teilour pen it- oi view it has both advan.i: ! draw !.:(« ];>-. One of the hit- j peer. They gave many privileges to British residents in Tangier, including that of being answerable to tint British Consular Court alone. But compensation will lie found in the revival of foreign trade in this meri'liml town standing so favourably at tire extreme north-wo-t < artier of Africa, right ni the Strait - of l.libraltar the gr-'uie-t 1 rallie conduit of the world. Some day tin- town will lie the head ( >r a lajiway running south to Fee. and eliciting up lands of great f.ridity. Bit; IXDI’STRI.AIj I’tipT Already iul •mational agreement lut.~ i‘c:ail Led in tin l lonli’-ntei ton ol the dis.j >uted roncosdmi i > build a log industrial port there, in winch the chief interest v. ill be held bv the French. Tangii's trouble !■ r the la- t years siiu e tlm (treat Power- h "an to > ■ labiish tl.eii- ini!;s on • in .Mora •>. is l lint the place lias been -TiohodyT darling.” I,••cause it' eitleer Britain. France, or Spain showed too much intercsi in it the jealousy ol the other two was ' once aroused. | Si they contented t heiiiselve- with j ;.Cr,...,.i,... in 101'-J. Hint Tangier should j have “a t I ■■■• nil status to be decided I I; has taken II years to de- ! cide and all the time Tangier has |;, ~ ~ ||ij independent. internal toal- | hear.garden, atlminislered on Cilj i, no and Sullivan lines by the Consuls j of about I'd Powers. j Tbc-e dignitaries siptabbled fiercely I about everythiv.g. The eh.oiee of the j name for a new si reef, the claim to atl | unidentified corpse washed up h.v the i s.a. wa re enough to arouse indignant proles! s of ml rage,| national honour. The only bond between them was Tain ior's extremely poleiit: smells. The Consuls were eager lo assert diplule.atie importance. but they were more eager • t jt| not t > di" oi typlie-'d. The , : 0,1; v. a I hat tlie-- in' I a “~ani-tai-y when became the supreme governing authority ol Tan-