TANGIER DISPUTE

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 196, 18 July 1928, Page 2

TANGIER DISPUTE

AGREEMENT SIGNED. VARIED INTERESTS OF THE POWERS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received July IS, 11.30 a.m. RL'GISI, July 17. The British, Italian and Spanish Ambassadors in Paris, and the SecretaryGeneral of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by their respective experts, met this afternoon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris to initial the agreement prepared by experts, which constitutes the text of the new Tangier statute. The negotiations leading up to today’s act have been of a protracted nature, but they have been conducted in the most friendly spirit, revealing the common desire to ensure the development and prosperity of Tangier, with due regard to th© varied interests of the Powers. It will be recalled that although the scheme for the internationalisation of Tangier, set out in the convention of 1923, marked well, the refusal of Italy to accede to it was a source of some difficulty and it was recognised that the administration could not be fully effective until the Italians took a share in it. The demands of Spain also were not fully met under the conven- | tion and after discussions between the interested Powers it was agreed that France a,nd Spain should evolve ,a scheme satisfactory to both parties, and that such scheme should be submitted to an expert conference representing Franco, Spain, Italy and Britain. This conference has been sitting in Paris for some time. Many difficult questions of finance . and judicial reform were finally settled. ,