MOROCCAN AFFAIRS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 61, 2 September 1911, Page 5

MOROCCAN AFFAIRS

THAT FAKED INTERVIEW. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Berlin, August 31. Viennese journals, despite Sir Fairfax Cartwright's denial that he was the author of a recent article, continue their attacks. The Frankfurter Zeitung declares that the interview was assuredly, launched with the object of disturbing AngloGerman relations, although Britain has shown no unfriendliness over Morocco and made it clear that an agreement acceptable to Germany would be agreeable to her. THE KAISER'S SPEECH. Berlin, August 31. German newspapers, by open disavowals or silence, continue to emphasise the tactical inconvenience of the Kaiser's allusion to further strengthening the navy. The Frankfurter Zeitung urges greater reserve in Imperial speeches, and adds that at a moment of political tension an imprudent utterance, capable of misinterpretation, affords opponents of peaceful relations an opportunity to stir up trouble and provoke irritation. [The Kaiser, speaking at a banquet in Hamburg on commercial competition, said that nations could fight commercially in peace. His navy, which was developing powerfully, represented the Germans' desire for the salt water. He believed that Hamburgers wished to see it further strengthened, so that no one could dispute the place that was Germany's due.] NEGOTIATIONS AT A CRITICAL STAGE. Paris, August 31. M. Cambon, French Ambassador in Berlin, has gone to Berlin. The negotiations have reached a critical stage. Several newspapers assert that France's maximum concessions in the Congo comprise 100,000 square kilometres less than what Germany demanded.