LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
IiFFECT OF GERMAN ACTIOX. THE SPA NISH-FRENCII (RAPPR O C H EM E N T.. A 'DIRECT CHALLENGE TO FRAN CE. a bolt prom Timrr blue, (Received July-- 3, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sunday. The ''Observer" notes that Arzilla Is within the-Spanish-sphere, and that the occupation of Agadir is a direct challenge to Prance. , PARIS, Sunday. Within an hour of the semi-official announcement that Franco-Spanish differences respecting Morocco had been settled, the German intervention cama as a bolt from' the blue. WHAT GERMANY CLAIMS. PROTECTIO , r OF .AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. GERMAN FIRMS AND THEIR ENTERPRISE. (Rec. July 3, 3 1.40 a/m.) BERLIN, Sunday. The "Kolnische Zeitung 5 ' states that larg'e cultivated tracts in the vicinity of Agadir and far into the hinterland belong to- German firms, and that the property of one alone equals the size of a principality. Another firm employs- 120 hands, including GO commercial agents who- are German .proteges. The paper adds that German trade in Southern Morocco has latterly greatly expanded. The bulk of such goods, though appearing in the statistics as British, imported and exported by German firms via England. Germany,' -continues the paper, is also considerably interested in mining in the hinterland.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 3 July 1911, Page 5
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