During the week the debate on the Morocco question has
continued in the French Chamber. We need not summarize ;the main facts as to the new Franco-German Agreement, for they are already well known. M. Caillaux's statement was directed to proving that the French Empire of North Africa ,would be quite unsatisfactory without genuine French control in Morocco, and that the right of control which was well worth `buying from Germany could not possibly have been bought cheaper. The speech was well received in the Chamber, but the
French Press has been more criticaL The Journal des DActis, for example, fears that Germany may interpret her rights of com- mercial enterprise in the light of one of her ambiguous explanatory notes written during the negotiations, and that there may be difficulties in connexion with the provisional maintenance of the Consular Courts and the protection of native proUges by the Powers. On Wednesday the Chamber ratified the Agreement by 393 votes to 36. It will now be considered by a strong committee in the Senate.
