14 NOVEMBER 1908, Page 1
Germany's surrender of an untenable position is officially attributed to
the Report of the French Commissary of Police at Casablanca, which revealed radical differences on questions of fact from the German account ; but it is hardly too much to say that the success of the French Government in the negotiations is chiefly due to the firmness of M. Clemenceau, and the knowledge that he had the unanimous support of the French nation, and further was loyally supported both by Britain and Russia. At the same time, it is generally recognised that both Prince Radolin, the German Ambassador in Paris, and Herr von Kiderlen-Wichter, Herr Schon's substitute at the Wilhelmstrasse, showed a conciliatory disposition in promoting the settlement.
