MOROCCAN A F FAIRS.
o (Received 3, 9.45 a.m.) London, July '2. The “Observer” notes that Arzilla is within the Spanish sphere, and the occupation of Agazir is a direct challenge to France. 1 1 Paris, July 2. Within an hour of the semi-official announcement that the Franco-Span-ish differences respecting Morocco had boon settled, German intervention came as a bolt from the blue. Beilin, July 2. “Kolnisclie Zeituug”. states that largo cultivated tracts in the vicinity of Agadir ami far into tiro hinterland belong to German linns. The property of one alone equals the size of a principality. Another firm cmplpys I2U men', including sixty commercial agents, who ale Gorman proteges. Gorman trade in Soul Peru Morocco has latterly greatly expanded. The bulk of such goods, though appearing in the statistics as British, are imported and exported by German firms via England. The paper adds that Germany is also considerably interested in mining in the hinterland..
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 112, 3 July 1911, Page 6
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