| Show S P A I 1 N S E E K FRENCH CABINET nEcE RECEIVES ivEs OF REQUEST WHICH THEY WILL NOT GRANT next move would take question of mandate to league of nations french receive document but keep it secret paris tho the french government has received a memorandum from spain expressing the desire of that country that the international district ot of tangier be attached to the spanish zone in morocco tho the french cabinet la is considering the question brought up by spain but it Is generally conceded in political circles that francos frances reply will be an absolute absolu to refusal the spanish memorandum artys that th t it if it should be found unfeasible to mako make a transfer of ILU authority in tangier from international to spanish administration in any other way then spain will ask the league of nations to give her a mandate over the district along with the whole spanish ione zone in an morocco request that administration of the district be confined to her alone instead of to an international body Is based on her feeling that it la Is necessary for the spanish government to have such control of tangier so as to enable her to prevent the smuggling of contraband arms which were largely responsible tor for the prolongation ut of the mifflan war |
