FRANCE'S MOROCCAN POLICY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 34, 30 January 1908, Page 3

FRANCE'S MOROCCAN POLICY.

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It U iuuTtsiiiig i" r..iii-iii"' l early m l'JOj M. lx-lca-M, »Uu »ad <•'•«• trolled France'* foreign |iolicy m cesSue lor i-vicial vcai-, concluded au agreement ttitli lint Hi "i regard to Egvpt countries were cull'ideled I" wilnm their r>~i"-i.t i\<■ -filierc "l iiiiiii'-Uo'. ine Ivai-er wa 1 * 1111 1 i '■ I- i lln llic 1 tablUluucnt oi tiennau naval -laiimion tlw .Mori,nan west c,.a-i. ami ill March Ue [iud a vi>it lo MwliUvraue.ni jwrU in Ins yacbt. lVr ! .i»t.-ut «tia.-k» u|>oa M- in liie (..einuiu i followed, ami a» il'in criliei--in vv.ieclioed in ibe Fivncli (. handier, I In- Mm ister resigned, thai lie n'» longer llie r!' ■ I'-i} ■!' l ■ ll '' r l l} to conduct tile foreign allair- ol Ims country. At the urgent reijue-t "f l»colleaguen, however, he withdrew hi? re signation, but a few weeks later, alter a long interview with King Kdnarl. who had al-o been oil a yachting l"»r to Algiers, he once nil.re re-igoen. and the Premier look liii [lOrtfolio. Negnliationa ensued, and eventually 1-r.iniv agreed to subniit the engagements ?he had entered into in regard to Morocco to an international conference. I'ie j settlement come to at Algericas did j little to disturb existing but the Spectator hinted that the Kainer was anxious to avenge the slight offered him in leaving him out of the Anglo-French agreement in regard to Morocco, and thus restore him in the eyes of the German people as an inevitable factor in every considerable arrangement throughout the wor.d. In this, the papers were of opinion, lie >«eceeded.