THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1911. THE MOROCCAN CRISIS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10283, 11 July 1911, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1911. THE MOROCCAN CRISIS.

The town- of Agadh- is the southemI most seaport of Morocco, at the | mouth of the Sus River, twenty-three i miles .south-east of Cape iGhir. It was on/ce a, town of some importance, but a. revolt in 1773, which iwias followed by the rise of Mogaler, a '■port some miles to the north, has lessened its value, and its present population does not exceed 1500. Ever isince the French force landed, considerable agitation has been, noticeable ins Germany over the action of tlie French Government. A section of the Press, especially that which is affiliated to the Pan-German League, called on the Berlin Government to intervene, on tlio alleged ground that France's real intention was to annex Morocco outright, and one important organ of oommerical interests in Prussia (the ".Westfalische Zedtung") demanded that there shall be a partition- of the iSultan'.s dominions in which Germany should (be giv«n the Atlantic coast. It deolared that "Germany's commerce with Morocco was relatively greater already than that of' England,?' and added, with many details and statisHos, that German, trad© with, that Country had amounted to £BOO,OOO in recent years. Morocco, it de-

dared, was probably the only country in .tli© world where Germany could acquire possession without war, and dispose of her surplus population to 'the best advantage. That eminent authority, Professor Fischer, of Marburg University, stated in 1903 that in Germany's interests the maintenance of Morocco's independence and the opening up of the country were absolutely necessary, and, should obstacles arise, Germany must demand her share in the country which, according to the Professor, was admirably adapted for geographical division. Germany must demand the Atlantic portion, El Haus front Rabat, to the south, with the Sus. The "Zeitung" continues: "Shall the German, Empire look on white France.-weizes the whole country ? Shall the French neign iiL Morocco and .slam the door on German commerce? Shall we again see the spectacle of a land closed to us where German capital,, German intelligence, and German settlers have a great and prosperous future, and shall we retire before the vanquished of 1870, whose population is at a standstill ?. France's claims are not sufficient to warrant her entire possession, of Morocco. We will allow France to have her way in all other parts of the country, but we demand the foreland as. far asi the Atlas for ourselves. The Emperor who took Morocco's part in 1903 must, be the guide thither to-day for the German people if he does not desire Ms proud words to be ridiculed by tui» whole world."