Note 769 — Chapter XIII

Eckardstein, III, 147 ff.; report from Paris, June 18, 1905, Zur europ. Politik, II, 60; Bulletin, June, 1905, pp. 235 ff. “There appear to me to be indications that the feeling is growing in France that it is necessary to treat the Morocco question in as conciliatory a spirit as possible, but that when further demands are made by Germany they should be met by a firm refusal. . . . . The feeling of resentment against Germany on account of her present action is very strong and the spirit of the ‘revanche’ is reawakening; the French have pulled themselves together wonderfully after their first panic and they now seem prepared to face calmly the contingency of war in the future should the pretensions of Germany continue.

“There is I think no doubt that Monsieur Rouvier could at present command a very large majority in the Chamber on any question of Foreign policy, and his efforts to preserve peace by conciliation so far as conciliation can go without loss of dignity, will only enhance his position in the eyes of his countrymen, and assure him their unanimous support in the event of such a policy being rendered impossible” (Lister to Lansdowne, June 28, 1905, B.D., III, 107 f., No. 134).