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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8241, 13 June 1905, Page 3

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MOROCCAN QUESTION.

[press association.] (Received June 13, 10 a.m.) MOROCCO, June 12.

The brigand Raisuli declares that he intends to remain master from Tangier to Tetuan. Fresh European pretensions must I be stopped. , PARIS, June 12. The Echo de Paris states that it is reported at Fez that M. Tattenbach's attitude was most aggressive. When the Sultan expressed anxiety at Morocco's propinquity to- Algeria, M. Tattenbach remarked that Germany's frontier also marched with France's.

Commenting in a recent issue on the situation, the Paris Matin says :— "What does- .Germany want, and what does she ask? Precisely what France has pledged herself to respect — the independence of the Sultan, the door open to the trade of all nations. Has the German Government any arriere peneee? Let it tell it. Whatever his power may be, the Emperor must give up the hope of inflicting a check on us, even one of amour propre. Has die not seen the reception given by all the Powers 1 tp his first demonstration? In vain has ho sought support in America and Europe, even from his allies. If Germany tried to disturb the peace of Europe at the present moment, one> may affirm openly that, she would not find assistance anywhere. Wilhelm 11. would not be true To his antecedents if, at a time when the conflict which has been localised with great trouble in the Far East demands double vigilance from all the European Powers, he were to give himself up to a sulking policy. Trance, strong in her 1 right, in her disinterestedness, in the clearness of "her policy, in the confidence of all the nations, and in her pacific intentions, lias nothing to fear. She is no longer isolated, as in 1870. The isolation would, on "the contrary, be on theside- of Germany, which would remain alone in her opinion in the whole world." j