Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1906 — MAY BE COMPROMISE. [ARTICLE]

MAY BE COMPROMISE.

MWOLE ' GROUND LIKELY IN MOROCCAN CONFERENCE. ■ ■ - France and German £ May .Not Agree on > Vital —QuestlOiih —Hitch Ove» Police for the Snltan—Grave Situation Has Con fronted Delegate.. __ The Algeciras conference on Morocr can affai rs ha $ nowj Imen freetl of most of the minor questions before it, and "finds itself fast approaching the graver situation vvliicli heretofore caused the serious strain in the relations botween France and Germany,. This issue, a press dispatch says, hinges, on wlio shairWfftTSr the affairs of Moroc J co, as. it..appears to be recognized that' whoever controls this semi-military organization will control Morocco Itself. The delegates to the conference have shown- increasing anxiety at the approach of this issue, knowing the intense feeling it has aroused between France and Germany, and accordingly the representatives of the disinterested powers are redoubling their efforts to secure an accord before the question reaches the open conference and thereby avert a deadlock. Vari-" ous plans are being discussed. The amliassadors say they are hopeful that a middle groiind will be found tliflt #lll be acceptable to both countries; but they admit the extreme difficulty of finding such a ground owing to the firmness both France a'nd Germany thus far have made against making concessions which each country feels will involve the fate of Morocco. On the one hand France wants control of the semi-military force, and on the other hand Germany objects to such control on the ground that It would make France the virtual master of Morocco's political future. J These positions arc so radically opposed as to appear almost irreconcilable, yet the neutral delegates are continuing their pacific offices toward finding a common ground acceptable to both countries. Some Comp'romhe Plans. The ambassadors strongly oppose the disclosure of the-various dSjtative plans for a compromise, saying that etibiieitv tends io of one side- or the other and wreck the best efforts of diplomacy. However, some of the compromise projects are on the following general lines: The first is to leave the police to the Sultan of Morocco, thus avoiding Germany's objection to French control and that of-France to international control. This compromise is distasteful to France, but the neutral delegates are seeking to reconcile French opposition to it, by pointing out that the Sultan would have to . rely upon France to officer. Instruct, and discipline the po- , lice. Another compromise vaguely put forward is to give Spain or some other of the powers a share with France in the organization of the police. This again meets with the opposition to baying France participate in any control of the police. Still another compromise, apparently having the approval of Germany, is to institute an international police for a limited and experimental period, and if The experiment fails,-"France will then be in a position to assume the organization of the police; France, however, shows no disposition to accept the plan for an international police system, even for an experimental period. These and other plaps will have to undergo constant revision owing to the opposition of the various elements. Nothing as yet has been reduced to writing, as neither Germany nor France is prepared to definitely disclose just how far they are willing to go in the way of concessions.