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...Luis Silvela, Spanish High Commissioner in Morocco, arrived in Madrid and was received with mixed feelings...
...made possible to govern the land pacifically. The second believes that Spain cannot conquer the Riffians without great sacrifices in men and materiel. The implication is that the game is not worth the candle and that the only thing to do is to give up the Spanish Zone in Morocco or govern peaceably. At all events Foreign Minister Senor Santiago Alba greeted Don Luis Silvela with great warmth, but the Minister of War's greeting was conspicuous by its lack of good feeling...
Spain wanted Tangier incorporated in her Moroccan Protectorate; it would aid her in quelling the Moors. France wanted it returned to the full suzerainty of the Sultan of Morocco; as the northern gate to French Morocco, Tangier would be very useful to the French. Britain and Spain objected to the French plan, because it meant making Tangier a French port. Britain's attitude was that she could not tolerate any strong Power directly opposite Gibraltar and advocated a revision of the present international regime. Unable to agree, the Conference dispersed...
Tangier is a port in Morocco on the African side of the Straits of Gibraltar. In 1662 it became the property of England, to whom it was given by Portugal, as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza on her marriage to Charles II. Since that time the port has caused intermittent trouble in Europe. At present it is under international control, a status fixed by the Algeciras Conference...
Victor Berard, speaking in the Senate, poured scathing criticism on the Government. He claimed that France should no longer be represented at the Vatican as action by that institution was not favorable to France in the Near East, Alsace and Lorraine, Morocco, and even embarrassing in France itself. He also declared that by sending an ambassador to the Pope France had perhaps invited a coalition of Protestant European countries. He further criticized the reintroduction into France of monastic orders...