MOROCCO.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13713, 30 September 1908, Page 5

MOROCCO.

GERMAN INTRIGUE WITH DESERTEkSY . Rress Association-Bv Telecraph-Copyrigti LONDON, Sept. 28. Paris papers allege that the captured deserteis now accuse the Germans of egging them on to desert, and declare that .■an"; agency for d sertion, and ' fomenting mischief lias been in existence for some time in Casablanca. GENERAL DAMADE'S REPORT. Received 10.56 p.m., Sept. 29th. PARIS, Sept. 29. General Damade telegraphs -that the German Consul at Casa Blanca gavei the secretary * a written order to help in th< embarkation of six men. General Damad< posi"e>'ses the original order.-- Th<>y wser< deserters from the Foreign Legion, one r ! Swiss, another an Austrian. _a third r Pole. General Damade add?—" Far from French sailors having, as some statements allege, in the first instance roughly handled the representative of the Consulate, they were themselves first struct by Consulate native employees, and sub sequently by the secretary himself." LONDON, Sept. 29. The " Time"" is confident that responsible opinion in France and Germany will upon cool reflection be able to regard the Casa Blanca incident •w'itJi equanimity, especially in view of the generul entente over Moroccan affairs. ~ PARIS. Sept. 29. "Le Temps" states that thirty deserters from one company at Casa Blanc? previously obtained civilian" clothing at tin house of a German subject, then, follow ing the coast to Rabat, the Consul helped them to embark. THE POWERS UNITED. Received 11.26 p.m., Sept. LONt)ON, Sej)t: 29. Tlie Italian and Austio-Hungarian replies to the Franco-Spanish Note concur on all substantial points, and emphasise the necessity for common accord on the Moroccan question.