The Kaiser in Morocco.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3506, 6 April 1905, Page 3

The Kaiser in Morocco.

ms views. MADE SULTAN’S REPRESENTATIVES, London, April 4. 41 The Times” correspondent at Tangier affirms the. following ae a correct version of tin; Kaiser's conversations with the Sultan's representatives ; “ lie said he was determined to maintain the absolute equality of German economical and commercial rights; ami not in allow any Power to obtain preferential advantages. Tho Sultan was the free sovereign of a free country, and Germany would never allow any Power to act as intermediary. The present time was unsuitable for reforms on European lines, and all reforms should he founded on Islamic law* and traditions. What Morocco required was only peace and quiet. H» would find means later of giving an opinion on questions in detail.” It is added that his Majesty made his views clear in conversation with the French Charge d’Affairs. A FRENCH DECLARATION. Paris, April 4 Replying privately to a Conservative member of the Chamber of Deputies in regard -to Germany’s aims in Morocco, M. Delcassc. the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, said he knew of but one official declaration by Count von Billow, the Prussian Premier and Imperial Chancellor, in the Reichstag. The newspaper reports of the Kaiser’* remarks, added M. Belcasse, were unconfirmed officially. WILHELM’S MOTIVES. PLAYING FOR CZAR’S SECRET APPROVAL. ~ ’ London, April 5. The “Times” learns that St. Petersburg diplomatists interpret the visit of the Kaiser as having pleased the Czar by not lieeding the recent peace councils from Berlin, hence the rumours regarding the float ing of a Japanese loan in Berlin and the subsequent affront upon the Russians’ ally was unexpected, a result whereof be to precipitate France into Britain’s arms. The “Times’’says that since the telegram sent to Kruger during the Boer war, ito action of the Kaiser has been so sensational ns his visit to Tangier. Fortunately M. Dclcasse’s statesmanship and his countrymen’s temper ave proof against provocation ao exaggerated as to palpably overshoot the mark,