27 APRIL 1907, Page 17

The latest trouble between France and Germany in Morocco has

come to a speedy and satisfactory end. It will be remem- bered that the Makhzan gave an order for works at Tangier, including a drainage system and a marine boulevard, to a German firm, and this seemed like an evasion of the Algeciras Convention, which stipulates that all such contracts must be granted by adjudication. It has been agreed between the German and French Foreign Offices that the matter shall be referred to the Sanitary Council of Tangier, of which the • diplomatic corps are members. This solution is one of the best of recent signs that Germany and France are in the mood for conciliation. As the Temps remarked the other day, " when an agreement is wanted, an agreement is forth- coming."