GERMANY AND FRANCE
AN APOLOGY DEMANDED. DECMNED*BY FRANCE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, BERLIN, November . 5. Germany, demands that France shall express regret for the violence offered at Casablanca on September 27' by French gendarmes to the German consular , officials. Germany .at the same time offers to admit that the' German Consul exceeded ■ tile bounds of discretion In endeavoring to ship dp Hamburg alleged French deserters. France, - however, declines to express regret, and will adhere to the original agreement to refer the incident to The Hague Convention. MEANT TO DISTRACT ATTENTION. LONDON, November 5. ‘The Times’ says that' Germany's latest action over the Casablanca incident is evidently a. device to divert attention ftom the Kaiser interview incident. Prince Von Billow is merely rattling a sabre against France in order to induce the Reichstag to vote for the new taxation proposals. “SHEER IMPUDENCE.” AN UNEASY FEELING. PARIS, November 5. (Received November 6, at 8.18 a.m.) There is intense irritation in France •over Germany’s latest demand, and the newspapers unanimously support the refusal to apologise. ' t LONDON, November 5. Many English newspapers describe the German demand as “ sheer impudence.” The Stock Exchange is uneasy and cautious.
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Evening Star, Issue 12101, 6 November 1908, Page 6
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