Note 637 — Chapter XII

In the absence of a regular minister at Tangier, Tattenbach had remained there after the Emperor’s visit. See Tattenbach to F. O., April 7, 1905, G.P., XX, 313 f., No. 6610; Bülow to Tattenbach, April 9, 1905, ibid., 315 f., No. 6611. O’Conor, British ambassador at Constantinople, reported to Lansdowne, May 1, 1905, that Germany was trying to induce the Sultan to send a mission to Morocco with a view to establishing closer relations. The Sultan eventually refused. On Feb. 12, 1906, O’Conor was able to state why. The Sultan had sent secret emissaries to Morocco, but the Sultan of Morocco became suspicious and refused either to send a formal mission to Constantinople or to receive one thence. O’Conor also heard that the Sultan had written to Abd-el-Aziz recommending the German Emperor as the friend and protector of Islam whose advice was well worth following. See O’Conor to Grey, Feb. 12, 1906, B.D., III, 248, No. 277. Tardieu states that the Sultan’s letters to his Moorish colleague were written in Feb.-March, 1906 (La Conf. d’Algés, p. 259 n.). Nothing further is known of this affair.