The German Emperor is turning his attention to Morocco, and
has fluttered diplomatists and roused extravagant hopes at Fez by proposing to visit Tangier. His semi-official Press denies that he is seeking anything; but William IL rarely moves without some definite scheme in his head, either for the advantage of his own country or the embarrassment of some other. His object just now is probably to detach France from England by showing the former that in spite, of the entente cordiale France can obtain no advantages in Morocco without his permission. His plea would appear to be that Germany has large interest3 in Morocco, that the negotiations in progress between Paris and Fez may affect those interests, and that consequently, unless he is "squared" by concessions still undefined, he will insist on Germany being the third party to any agreement which it may be intended to make. The pretension would hardly have been put forward had not the defeat of Russia in the Far East temporarily weakened the French position. The French method of meeting It is apparently to reduce their pressure on Fez to very moderate requests or bits of advice ; but there is another result of the German interference. The strong party in Fez which bates and dreads France is delighted at the chance of playing off one European Power against another, and may refuse all terms, thus compelling. France either to employ force, or to postpone the "reinvigoration" of Morocco to some indefinite future. In any case, what the German Emperor desires to show is that nothing is to be done anywhere in the world without his previous approval.
