The, Morocco correspondent of the Times, in three, extremely interesting
articles, has described the failure, of the German echemea in Mor0000. Englishmen are apt to, blame their own diplomacy, but its failures are as• nothing compared with the normal German failure to understand the mind of natives. Berlin imagines Moslems as thinking along Prussian lines, and the inevitable disappointment follows. A little Moorish flattery induced Germans to believe that the Moors would receive them as saviours. As- a matter of fact, the French were becoming steadily less unpopular as, prosperity' grew ; and the. German agents in Morocco—notably the Mannesmann brothers—were fooled- again and again by the Moors, who regarded them as good people to make money out of. The correspondent says that the German scheme was to incite the natives to rise and massacre all Europeans. It was a horrible plot—almost incredible, yet the correspondent has his evidence. German soldiers, instead of arriving as saviours, came as prisoners of war ; the Moors were duly impressed and remain quiet, and the country is apparently safe. For the extraordinary promptitude of action and wisdom which saved a most difficult situation the corre- spondent gives all the praise to the Resident-General, General Lyautey.
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