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Show 1. S. DELEGATES Iliffl FHHE Paris Is Much Easier Over the Morocca All'au Since Saturday's Sat-urday's Event. POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT NOW IN OPEN CONFERENCE Europe, Except Austria, and America Solid With the French Diplomats. PARIS. March 4. Tho voting at Algc-clras Algc-clras Saturday on the proposition o Sir Arthur Nlcolson, chief of the British delegation, del-egation, to proceed to the Immediate discussion dis-cussion of the Moroccan police question, gives great satisfaction here, chlclly because be-cause France has ranged with her a larso majority of tho powers, while Germany Ger-many is among the amnllv minority Public Pub-lic tension was such over the Franco-German Franco-German controversy that the voto wa.s welcomed both as a success nnd as showing show-ing that France was able to count upon the almost unbroken support of Europe. French ofllclals have claimed for some time that If a vo'te were possible It would give France a sweeping majority. It annenra Lnat voalff rln illvtainn riiri nm produce a recorded vote, yot tho powers aligned themselves with suinclenl precision preci-sion to amount to a vote. All the French Journals give the division divi-sion In the form of a vote, the eight voting vot-ing In the tJHrmatlvo belntr France. Great Britain. Russia, Spain. Portugal, the United States, Italy and Holland, and the negative three being Germany, Austria Aus-tria and Morocco. Uncle Sam With France. The officials "here havo been considering Austria as doubtful and had Austria balloted bal-loted In the airinnallvc the entire vote of Europe and America would have been ranged on the side of France. The semi-official Temps seems to accept tho decision of the conference as a vote In favor of Franco's proposals, saying: "The vote, though referring to a question ques-tion of procedure, is valuable to us from moro than one viewpoint Not only have Groat Britain, Spain, Russian and the United States clearly adhered to our ideas, which was foreseen, but Italy, Belgium. Bel-gium. Portugal and Holland unhesitatingly unhesitating-ly recognized Lite lowalty of our proposition." proposi-tion." The Temps' correspondent at Algeclrns. however, points out that "the voto refers merely to procedure, signifying the desire of tho conference to, attain a result. At tho same time the character and Import of tho action of the delegates with rcferenco to procedure should not be minimized." Both Sparring for "Wind. Tho result also affects the diplomatic status of the controversy. Germnny wants to settle the bank question ques-tion before that of the police, but France dees not wish to grant concessions on tho bank until she Is sure that Germany will make a reciprocal move concerning tho police. Therefore the decision of the conference con-ference to consider the pollco question requires re-quires that Germany shall say whether she Is or is not prepared to change her attitude at-titude relative to tho police. Germany's answer will thus determine whether France will yield on the bank question. The indications are that If Germany refuses to give way on the police, Franco will not yield on tho bank, thus accentuating accentu-ating tho former deadlock by carrying It into the open conference. |