THE MOROCCAN TROUBLE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 234, 30 September 1908, Page 5

THE MOROCCAN TROUBLE.

GENERAL D'AMADE'S STORY. GERMAN AGGRESSION. PARIS, September 29. In reference to the Moroccan incident, General d'Amade (commanding the French troops in Morocco) telegraphs that the German Consul at Casablanca gave his (the Consul's) secretary a written order to help the embarkation of six of the deserters. General d'Amade oossesses the original order. One of the deserters was a Swiss, another an Austrian, and a third a Pole. General d'Amade adds: "Far from the French sailors having, as some statements allege, in the first instance roughly handled the representative of the Consuj late, they were themselves first struck by the Consulate native employees, and subsequently by the secretary himself." The "Temps'' states that 30 deserters from one company at Casablanca previously obtained civilian clothing at the house of a German subject, then following the coast to Rabat, the Consul helping them to embark. LONDON, September 29. "The Times" is confident that responsible opinion in France and Germany will be able upon cool reflection to regard the Casablanca, incident with equanimity, especially in view of the general entente on Moroccan affairs.