The Archive · 1911

The Official Position

Tux Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmannpoke for i boars about the somewhat led exposition of the erate of things preliminary to the German intervention mich bad been called forth by the French expedition to Fes, He rotated, as utterly nnfoanded, the story that Germany bad ever intended any acquisition of territory in South Morocco. Then he described minutely the coarse of, the negotiation results they bad led to, He trasted that belly pes li Morocco might be well the agreement concluded.

The compensations acquired in the Congo, ko coxtinned, already represented considerable vale, not to speak of their great futare possibilities.

The Chancellor then with especial emphasis addressed those who criticized the action of the Government, The programme,, bad bee early in May and was, alter approved by His Majesty the Emperor, carried out io strict conformity, in sll ite points, with perfect appre tion the dangers which its realization might involve, and with ever wake fal readiness] to defend the honour of the nation, necessary, with the sword.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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