FRANCE AND GERMANY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 168, 3 July 1911, Page 5

FRANCE AND GERMANY.

TROUBLE IN MOROCCO. GERMAN TROOPS LANDED. [press association. —copyright]. Berlin, July 2. It is semi-officially announced; that at the request of German firms interested in Southern Aloroc<•0 and with a view to safeguarding tiie lives ami property of Germans: and German proteges, the gunboat Panther, now in Aloroccan. waters, has been ordered to pro-' cecd to Agadir. The Powers have: been notified and intimation conveyed to the Aloroccan Government that, the step does not imply any. unfriendly intention towards Mor-oet-a. Reuter's Tangier correspondent reports that the German Minister: informed Sid Alohammed el Guebbas. Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, that Germany would occupy Agadir. Aladrid. July 2. It is officially reported that German troops have landed at Arzila. Paris. July 2. The German Ambassador informed AL Deselves. Alinister for Foreign Affairs, of the despatch of a ■gunboat., owing to the agitation in. the Agadir district to convey assistance and relief if needed. He added that the vessel would withdraw as soon as tranquillity was restored, and he hoped the measure would in nowise modify the relations between France and Germany. Tangier, July 2. Germany notifies that she is oc-' cupying the Agadir hinterland. FRANCE PAINFULLY SURPRISED. (Received 3. 8.5 a.m.) Paris. July 2. ' AT. Deselves informed Baron Von Schoen, the German Ambassador in Paris, that public opinion would' ho painfully surprised at Ger-' many s action id Aloroeco, and regretted an obstacle had been placed in the way of the friendly conversations which were desired by both countries concerning Aloroeco. AL Deselves later received AL Jules Gambon. Ambassador at Berlin. who was also greatly surprised at Germany's action, describing if as totally unexpected. I sO(i GERMANS LANDED. j Aladrid. July 2. It. is officially stated that fixe' hundred German troops have disembarked at Agadir.