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Show I WILL BE FIRM I teicasse Given Free I He :" Remains in Cabinet I Only Upon Such Con- H dition. H ."Will Resist Gormany?s Apparent Pur- Hj pose to Secuxo Abandonment' cf , HI French Moroccan Policy. H PARIS. April Ytoldlng to the pcr- fl Konal solicitations unci representations o HI President Loubet and the leaders of the HI Government that his retirement would be H a sorlous mailer at this time, M. Dcl- H oasao today advised Premier Bouvler that HI ' ho would withdraw his resignation na H Foreign Mlntfjtcr. This wns after strong HI assurances liau been given Delcasse that HI tho Ministry would support his foreign HI InBists on Cabinet's Support. H During the conferences today between the -President and M. Rouvicr and DH- 1 casse, the latter fiald ho would retain the H portfolio of foreign affairs only In cnno HI the entire Cabinet approvefi of his for- J lgn policv, which he would carry out J according to hla view. The aulhorlty ncc- cssary to carry on negotiations with the HI .powers w:is ineffective if such negotia- HI . i tlons led to reserves or .divergencies among tho membcra of tho Cabinet, HI Cabinet Meeting Abandoned. B Tho purposo of tho Intended Cabinet meeting was to remove every scruple In HI the mind of the Foreign Minister cpn- Hf corning tho loyalty of Hupportlng him. H ?.r. Dlcaf so gavo ns his answer today h that ho would remain Ab a result of 1 hie decision the special Cablnol council 1 which was called to meet this afternoon was nbaudoncd. I' Firmer Attitude Toward Germany. M Delcosse's staying in the Cabinet Is expected to result In u llrmer attitude toward Germany than herotoforu has ' been shown. The Foreign Minister s pol-I pol-I Icy haa been to give Germany adequate I assurances that her Interests in Morocco would bo treated the same as thoso- of tho rest of tho world, but after making theso I Jtpproachcs he did not desire to yield France's entire project concerning Morocco Mo-rocco at the dictation of Germany. It Is said thai somo member of tho I cabinet shnrcd the view that a gravo laauo with Germany might result from too i ;lrm an Insistence on the French Mo roccan policy, and M. Roubet is also credited with tho deslro not to havo the Moroccan Issue drift Into dangerous complications. com-plications. Refused to Temporize. Only the Socialists and Radicals openly expressed this vlow in the Chamber of Deputies, but tho moro Influential senti ment was that Immediately surrounding 21. Dolcasse. Ho felt, therefore, that It was useless to proceed without the strong support of his colleagues representing tho Government, and If a temporizing policy with Germany was desired some one elso Ghould assume the responsibility Consequently his olfer to resign was interpreted inter-preted as a triumph for Germany, whereas Ills determination to remain 13 interpreted as a check to German designs. Feeling- Over Germany Acute. Tho feeling over Germany has naturally become much more acute as a result of tho Incident. Many deputies who have been interviewed on tho subject say that M. Delcasso's resignation at this time would bo equivalent to France making an open and humiliating concession to Germany. Ger-many. The cabinet's course In giving united Hupport to M. Dolcasse Insures him a , strong moral nnd material backing in con tinuing the Moroccan policy. He has already al-ready opened overtures with the German Embassador designed to give Germany ample explanation. Germany has not yet shown nn Inclination to respond to these overtures. AVhllo continuing this conciliatory concilia-tory attitude M. Delcasse la now In a position to resist Germany's apparent purpose pur-pose to secure tho complete abandonment of tho French Moroccan policy. Friendly to United States. Tho stroug friendship of M Dolcasse gor tho United States Is everywhere recognized recog-nized among American officials here. His relations with Embassador Porter have been peculiarly close Only recently M. Delcasso remarked that ho wished Gen. Porter would remain hero until ho also retired. re-tired. Last week Gen. Porter gavo a large oil portrait of himself to M. Delcasso as a. mark of his esteem, i |