Last Saturday Germany's reply to the previous French communication on
Morocco was handed to the French Am- bassador in Berlin. All accounts agree that this reply brought the two countries much nearer to an agreement. On Tuesday the French Government despatched the amended draft of the proposed Treaty to Berlin. It is said to contain fifteen articles. It refers exclusively to the position of France in Morocco on the assumption that an agreement will be reached separately as to the amount of territory to be ceded by France elsewhere. In both Paris and Berlin it is believed that all difficulties will be soon overcome; but we ought to record a certain hardening of opinion in France, where many people consider that the cession of territory originally con- templated would not be justified now that France has waived certain points in the arrangement as to Morocco.
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