Note 343 — Chapter VIII

According to a speech in the Spanish Senate on March 21, 1904, by M. Abarzuza, who had been a member of Silvela’s cabinet from Dec. 6, 1902, to July 20, 1903, both the British and the French governments promised Spain in the first half of 1903 not to touch the Moroccan question or to make any alterations in North Africa without Spain’s previous knowledge and acquiescence. The speech is quoted by Becker, Historia de Marruecos (Madrid, 1915), pp. 440 f. See above for Lansdowne’s promise. The Spanish government did try to participate in the Anglo-French negotiations by way of both London and Paris; but it was put off with general assurances of friendship by both Lansdowne and Delcassé. See Lansdowne to Durand, Aug. 11, 1903, B.D., II, 309 f., No. 366; Lansdowne to Monson, Jan. 23, 1904, ibid., 341, No. 388; Lansdowne to Egerton, April 11, 1904, III, 25 f., No. 24; Bülow to F. O., Sept. 18, 1904, G.P., XVII, 354, No. 5199, and the following documents. For expression of Spanish public opinion over the Anglo-French accord see the London Times, April 11-16, 1904; Gay, España ante el problema del mediterráneo, pp. 31 ff.; Maura, La Question du Maroc, etc. (Paris, 1911), pp. 32 f.; Mousset, La politica exterior de España, 1873-1918 (Madrid, 1918), pp. 149 ff.