The European Cloud

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 62, 4 September 1911, Page 5

The European Cloud

ENMITY Tt) BRITAIN. VIOLENT OUTBREAKS IN GERMANY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Berlin, September 1. There is an outbreak of the most violent Anglophobia since the Boer war. The newspapers discover sinister motives in Sir John French's present visit to French fortresses on the German frontier. Persistent enmity to England ii the keynote of most newspaper articles. Several noisy anti-British meetings have been held at Berlin and other places. The Emperor was wildly cheered in the Berlin streets. WEARY OF BRITAIN. AUSTRIAN FLAMBOYANCE. Vienna. September I. The Rcichpost states that the Moroccan negotiations are in a grave condition owing to Britain's sudden interference. Germans are weary of the unending British intrigues, and feel sufficiently strong to make themselves a place in the firmament in spite of England's impertinent veto. "STAND FIRM, WILIIELM!" GERMANS ARE WARLIKE. TIIE KIEL REVIEW. Received 3, 5.5 p.m. Berlin. September 3. Owing to M. Cambon's indisposition, conversations in reference to Morocco are postponed till Monday. On quitting a parade ground, cheering crowds followed the Kaiser, and a voice shouted, "Agadir! Stand firm, Wilhelm! The people are behind yon!" Sedan Day celebrations are exciting Germany's warlike spirit and stimulating hostility towards England. Every patriot is wearing ;l William I. cornflower in crepe badges. Twelve hundred officers and thirty thousand men are afloat for the Kiel review. Received 4, 12.45 a.m. London, September 3. Continental bourses are depressed over the Moroccan situation. "THE ONLY WAY POSSIBLE. - ' In a long Hading article upon Morocco, the Frankfurter Zeitung says: Only an ignoramus in politics can declare that Germany could regard with indifference the annexation of Morocco by the French. On the contrary, it is greatly to her interest that Morocco should not become French. Should this, however, be proposed, Germany's compensation must be proportionate. She cannot lie put off with a shred of the Congo or the swampy Lake Chad. Yet more'than this would probably cail-e the Government serious obstacles with tlie people. T!:e Temps has alrcndx diehired that anr diminution of French colonial possessions is impossible. This rs but little favorable prospect for the rc-nlt of the ••conversation."' There is one ■way possible win rehv Gennanv could leave Morocco to the French with small, or even no, compen-ation. and that is if France would reiiour.ee her secret enmity against Germany, accept the hand of friendship offered, and enter into genuine co-operation with Gorman v. French capital and German working faculty would effect wonders of progress, welfare and pence, no; alone for the good of the two nations, but of all mankind, and in this glorious future the whole of the Morocco conflict would vani.-h like the shadows before the sun. Hut is this possibility practicable? There are evidences of such dispositions on the part of both Governments, but will opposition he manifested in the French Parliament and people'! It is a great proIdem. It is, however, certain that if the principal thing is agair shirked and matters of secondary consideration are haggled about, the result will only be patchwork, and the Moroccan question, with its train of disquiet and dissension, will remain unsolved in the future.