THE WAR CLOUD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 7 September 1911, Page 5

THE WAR CLOUD.

KAISER REYIEWS HIS FLEET. , GERMAN PRESS ON BRITISH ! ILL-WILL. TO FEZ VIA BERLIN. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Rec. September G, midnight.) Berlin, September G. Tlia "North German Gazette" says the , Fraiico-Gcrman negotiations may now bo expected to proceed moro smoothly. The "Loknl-Anzeiger" declares that tho Morocco business is purely plutocratic. Franco has been pushed on by greedy speculators and capitalists, and the pacification of Morocco has been similar to the Boer War waged by. England. It must be regarded as a purely commercial and capitalistic undertaking. This journal urged that, if France obtains full satisfaction politically, German statesmen must minutely cxamino tho safeguards for commercial interssts in the future so as to ensure Germany complete freedom of trade. The "Cologno Gazette" holds that thero will li no war with Franco as that country realises tliat a marcli to lez through Berlin would ho too dangerous. Nobody in Germany thinks ill of France wanting to pocket Morocco as Tunis and Egypt have been pocketed. Tho German feeling towards Britain; however, is different. Few believe tho British assurances that Britain does not intend injuring - many: the intentions of British diplomacy have been too obvious. The Bourse shows a better tone to-day. THE KIEL REVIEW. AN IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE. (Rec. September G, 10.50 p.m.) Berlin, September G. The German Navy League organised many excursions to Kiel to view, tho icview. The warships wero effectively grouped, and anchored in singlo file in a lino extending nine miles. As tho Royal yacht Hohenzollern, with the' Kaiser on board, followed by tho battleship Deutschland, and many excursion steamers, steamed down tho line, each warship fired a saluto of 33 guns. ,Tho spectacle was magnificent. Tho warships' crews, in'white jumpers, stood at attention, presenting a smart work-man-like appearance. The crowds of spectators wero much impressed by tho display of Germany s strength. At the conclusion of tho review, the Kaiser boarded tho Deutschland, and watched tho tactical manoeuvres of the big craft. THE FEELING IN FRANCE. AGAINST DELAY. (Rec. September G, midnight.) Paris, September G. • There is a strong feeling against allowing tho negotiations with Germany to lag indefinitely. The Bourse is now showing n lietter tone. WORKERS AND PEACE. A COUNTERBLAST. (Rcc. September G, 10.50 p.m.) Berlin, September G. A manifesto has been issued by a committeo- of tho Workmen's Congress, representing a million and a quarter, members of Christian and patriotic unions. The hope is expressed that peaco will bo preserved, and the anti-patriotic attempt of Social Democracy to scizo Germany's critical position to prepnro a social revolution is denounced.. It' is declared that tho Social Democratic party's advocacy of a political general striko in the ovent of warlike complications is calculate', to arouse the impression that Germany's resistance in that caso would be enfeebled, and will incite foreign .countries forcibly to prevent tho peaceful development of Germany and her world trade. GERMAN MINING INTERESTS. Tangier, September 5. Germans affirm that tho German warships will remain at Agadir till the Mannesmann Brothers have secured all tlieir mining interests in tho Sus district. SPANISH MOVE ABANDONED. Madrid, September 5. Tho intended occupation of Ifra (about 100 miles south of Agadi ), on tho Moroccan coast, has been abandoned. RUN ON A BANK! Berlin, September 5. Senseless stories about the Moroccan negotiations caused a run on the Stettin Savings Bank. Tho Kaiser reviewed ninety-nino ships at Kiel, in addition to submarines and torpedoes. (Rec. September G, midnight). Two and a half million marks (about .£125,000) have been withdrawn from tho Stettin Savings Bank. The public believe that in the event of mobilisation tho Savings Bank deposits can be commandeered. SHORT-SIGHTED STATESMANSHIP. ONE VIEW OF THE CRISIS. Tho existenco of .Morocco in its present stato (writes "Vanoe" in a lively article in the London "Referee") is a sign that our civilisation is really enamel, not a fino substitute for the elemental. Tho joalousy of Christendom has left Morocco for eighteen hundred years in the same stato as it was when Jugurtha was surrendered to tho Romans. Within four days of Portsmouth is a fertile territory under a c.limato fit to grow.com for all Western Europe, Morocco, the abode of savages—picturesque and interesting savages as compared with the magnates of Mark Lane. Paris, or Madrid—but still savages. A few years ago Franco and England, conscious of peril in the direction of Central Europe, agreed to pool tlieir differences. England was to clear out of Morocco; France was to cease from troubling in Egvpt and to abrogate the obnoxious clause in the Treaty of Utrccht which created a running sore owing_ to tho friction over fishing rights in Newfoundland. As in the case of England's Treaty of Alliance with Japan, the policy of our Foreign Office was short-sighted cunning rather than sagacious statesmanship. On the surface the bargain was a good one. Tho English quarrel with ; Franco was composed, and if the free ' hand which France had obtained in Morocco Icit to trouble the mandarins of the Foreign Office assumed that Morocco troublo would bo merely tho affair of France But they reckoned without the hosts of Central 'Europe. The mandarins were not blind; they wero short-sighted. 1 For years past it lias been plain that I Germany would claim a share, if not the monopoly, of ajiy place in the sun that i went vacant. The disposal of Morocco by 1 England and France and tho agreement with Spain did not annul or dispose of , the intention of Germany to take a hand ; in the game. What right had wo to dislioso of Morocco to suit our book winch is "more valid than the right of Germany i to dispose of Morocco to suit her book? ■ The right of Sea Power, and none other. 1 Tho country belongs to no European > Power, though three of them watch-the s rich and luscious prize with the slobt boring mouths of famished carnivores 1 gazin" 011 a herd of antelope. Treaties do f not count with the carnivorous. Tho uower of Germany to make herself

felt existed when England marketed rights ] in Morocco which did not belong io jut. The Fronuh Kopublic, single-handed, daro not occupy or annex territory coveted by Germany. "Whether tho "conversation" ilmt ought to have taken place live years ago e:\ii now bo held with success is uncertain. What is certain is that tho German move has been taken only ai'ler exhaustive analysis oi: every possible variation of a gambit, tho first move of which is tho occupation of the harbour at Agadyr. To tear up an International treaty is nothing in these days; the only wonder is that so many British dupes aro still found to Tcly on the sloshy language ot sentiment as an adequate substitute tor grim fact. The Panther was sent to Agadyr not to annoy England and Iraiico but bee-auso Germany wants a bit of Morocco or its equivalent elsewhere.