THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9554, 4 July 1911, Page 5

THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS.

MORE PRESS OPINIONS.

PESSIMISM AND: OPTIMISM,

(Bin Electric Telegrami—Copyright.) (Per": Press: Association.) ... /Received July 4, "8.5 aim. . LONDON, July, 3. ' Advices from Madrid reporting Hho actual landing of German troops at Agadir, in Morocco, aro unconfirmed. The Daily News denounces tho iniquity of tho threatened partition of Morocco, but declares it is not Germany, /.or oven Spain, which has torn tho Algeoiras Act, but tho incredibly short-sighted French aggression with tho occupation of Fez. _ It adds: "Our complaint must be particularly addressed at Britain's apparent concurrence. If France, Germany and Spain have agroed on a partition tho _ worst outcome of the-crisis seems inevitable. Moreover, we aro likely to bo uncompensated losors." The Daily Mail states that Moroccos internal danger is past and tho French are shortly retiring to tho coast.' No fresh intervention was needed, least of all in a locality whore no European interests woiJ threatened, • but tho journal points out that Agadir would make an excellent naval base. "Is this the way Germany has sprung a surprise on Europe?" , The Standard advocates a fresh friendly and conciliatory settlement, adding: "If no troops are landed there i s no need for pessimism." ... The Morning Pest, in a pessimistic article, although it doos, not anticipate that the peace of Europe will be disturbed, declares 'the Kaiser had not given his orders to the Panther without'calculating all tho possibilities and receiving tho assurance that the navy was-ready for any cmergoncy-a, fact which should bo a lesson to ourselves of the necessity for the - reorganisation of tho Admiralty for the purpose' of qualifying to give the Government trustworthy., advico and of Government purpose enabling it to take such advice. .1 Tho newspapers recall the .act that during the vigorous campaign in Germany, in 1910, on behalf of tho brothers Mannesmann, who claimed that they had acquired immense mining concessions .in the hinterland of Agadir, it was stated that Germany did not intend to support their claim inasmuch as.the validity of tho concessions w ; ero doubtful. This decision caused much resentment in a portion of tho German press. Tho Koelnischo Zoitung's reference yesterday to property as largo as a principality is interpreted as referring to the Mannesmann case.