FRENCH VIEW OF MOROCCO.

Grey River Argus, 18 December 1911, Page 2

FRENCH VIEW OF MOROCCO.

'- , " PARIS, Dec 15. - The Comle l Demun opened ' the FrancQ;-Gernian..debatQ ibefore a crowd cc. chamber. He gave a 'telling speech the effect of which was that pxH3viOusly in history Franco had lost her colonies, but always with heir weapons in ■ .hea hand, li was now different and she -deserves much. He was interrupted with laughter and ironical cheers. Ho said Germany had resolutely refused to submit to a conference in reference to Algeciras with the Powers. She stated that if cailed upon she would insist on the re-estab-lishment of the status quo created by the Aig^ciras .agreement. Atter France had refused to cede any of Morocco, Germany asked for the whole of Gaboon and the Congo between the ocean and the Sanga river, France receiving- Togo Land and a strip of the Comeroons. Tension was created when France refused. Germany 'then, suggested , she be .given access to the Congo River, and afterwards proposed to divide Morocco in'^o two zones, in one of which Germany io have advantag^e. The outline, of die ultimate agreement only emerged in Octobr. Spain was now asked to pay an equitable price for the benefits conferred by the Franco-German agreement. The Comte Demun's interpolation wa- 5 negatived by 448 to 88.