We are thankful that the suffering and loss due to
war are to stop, but we do not look with great con.; fidence to the immediate futureL-France and Spain will have many small but difficult questions to settle. There is a third Latin Power in the Mediterranean which will demand consideration in a North African settlement. We do not see Signor Mussolini continuing to take a passive part. Without the cement of the fear of Abd-el-Krim, Latin jealousy may flare up. Great Britain, too, is closely concerned in Tangier, which must be involved in a settlement. We wish that all parties would waive conventional rights about national as opposed to international disputes, and that they would agree to refer the whole matter to the League of Nations. At present it is expected that there will be a conference in Paris of French and Spanish repre- sentatives.
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