FOREIGN POLICY. DEBATE IN HOUSE OF LORDS
LORD MORLEY SPEAKS. By Mt«r«pb.—Pren Allocution.— Copyright LCJNDON, 29th November. Lord Courtney, in initiating a debate in the House of Lords on Sir Edward Grey's statement in the .Hoase of Commons on the subject of Britain's foreign policy, attacked the Government's policy in regard to Morocco. . Lord Morley (Lord President of tiie Council) said that the essence of the 1904 Franco-British Agreement was that Britain should have o, face hand in the affairs of Egypt, and France the same in Morocco. It would be' intolerable ,if Britain should take a share of tho profits and then refuse Fiance hers. There was no reason why Germany's naval expansion should impair the desire for cordial friendship pervading the whole British nation. It was natural that Germany should desire to find territories for her surplus population. Lord Lansdowne, by the 1904 Agreement, had rendered a great international service. Sir Edward Grey's speech was one of the most remarkable a Foreign Secretary had ever delivered. It echoed what he believed wa& the general desire for- better relations with Germany.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 131, 30 November 1911, Page 7
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