Madrid, June 14, The Spanish Government today announced that it was taking over the policing of the international zone of Tangiers to ensure its neutrality, Tangiers, a seaport of 60,000 inhabitants, which occupies the extreme north-west corner of Africa on the Atlantic, was temporarily internationalized by the chief Mediterranean powers (1911-1912), with a hinterland of 140 square S, making a total of 225 square miles, A convention was signed (December 18, 1923) and a protocol (July, 1925) by Great Britain, France ana Spain, providing for its permanent neutrality, security and internationalization.
Spain, however, reopened the question (1926) by a demand for full control and the incorporation of Tangiers within the Spanish protectorate, A new accord was signed (July 25, 1928) giving Spain control of policing. A committee of eight consular officers and an international legislative assembly of 26 members, form the government.—United Press,
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