WAR OR PEACE?

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7864, 28 July 1911, Page 5

WAR OR PEACE?

THE EUROPEAN CRISIS CONFERENCE AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. MR ASQUITH TO MAKE A STATEMENT. ByTclcsraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, July 23. Tho Prim’O Miiii-sbcr, Mr Asquith, will make a Ejfcatcxaoctii on tho Moroccan question in tho Hmiso of Commons tomorrow. Mr Asquith and Sir Edward Grey, ■Soorotary for Foreign Affairs, liad a lengthy conference at the* Foreign Offioo. ’ Mr McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, and M. Gambon, tho French Ambassador, also visited tho office. Fieldr-Marabal Lord Kitchener subsequently caHod. STOCK EXCHANGE AGITATED HEAVY FALL IN CONSOLS. LONDON, July 2G. Consols were quoted this morning nt £77 16a 3d, a fall of 16s 3d since Friday last. Later they fell still further and touched £77 15s, but recovered slightly, tho closing prico being £7S ss. German bonds and French Rentes have also fallen in price. REASSURING- rumours. A CONFERENCE PROBABLE. LONDON, July 2G. On the Stock Exchange thero are rumours that tho Powers havo arranged for a conference on tho Moroccan question, to bo held iu October, Germany withdrawing moanwhilo.

GERMANY AND MOROCCO

THE TEUTONIC DEMANDS,

A SEMIOFFICIAL STATEMENT.

BERLIN, July 26.

The semi-official “ Cologne Gazette ” declares that if France wants merely to act on the Algociros Agreement she can settle matters by withdrawing her troops from the capital, opening the doors wide to international trade, and giving guarantees that she does not regard Morocco as a French colony. Germany, after securing her economic interests in the Sns district, would then doubtless withdraw from Agadir. The “ Gazette ” continues: “ The burning point is, "What compensation Bam Germany daim for Franco’s increase of power in Morocco?” ALARMIST STATEMENT MODIFIED 'Sraß BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. LONDON, July 26. Agency announces that the change of itinerary of the Atlantic Fleet, the cancellation of a projected visit to Norway, is unconnected with the Moroccan situation. INCIDENT AT EARACHE AN INSANE FRENCHMAN ■WOUNDED. TANGIER, July 26. A Frenchman, suffering from mental troubles at Laraohe, raced naked through the streets at night and threw himself on a Spanish sentinel, who fired, wounding the Frenchman. The latter 1 was removed to Tangier. PREMIER'S STATEMENT EAGERLY AWAITED. BUSINESS IN WAR RISKS. (Received July 27, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 27. Mr Asquith’s statement on the Moroccan question in the House of Commons to-day is eagerly awaited. Considerable business has been done fA Lloyds’ in war risks.