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Show NO LONGER HOPE OF ' H AGREEMENT AT. ALGECIRA8. El Predictions Made That Conference BJ Is-lSure to Fail, But It' Is Not be- l lleved That War will Result. Paris. Tho officials of tho foreign I offlco cmphaslzo Premier Rouvlcr'a H statement In tho chamber of deputies I that "Franco wants peace only on H condition assuring her rights and dig- I nlty," as summing up tho govern I :mcnt's Intention at Algeclras. This I ;is coupled with tho view that the gov- I ernmont's rights and dignity have al- I ready reached tho furthest limits of H concession and that, therefore, from- H .the standpoint of the government au- H 'thorltles it Is preferable that the agony H of tho conference bo not prolonged, as HJ France prefers to contlnuo the statue H quo In Morocco ns though tho con- HJ !ferenco had not tried to deal with HJ the question. HJ However, this attitude docs not In- HJ jVoIve nuy thought of immediate war. fl ,On the contrary, tho highest authorl- tics horo nrc firmly convinced that tho wM falluro of tho conference will not bring H war; and, second, because French of- HJ -flclal and public opinion Is strongly HJ :agalnst war. It Is, therefore, tho ex- - HJ pectatlon In government circles that H tho deadlock nt Algeclras will drag H along until a disagreement Is manl- H test, and then somo colorless action Hj will bo taken, leaving the main Ger- H man-Franco lssuo whero It was beforo II .the conference was decided upon. Tho H effect of this would bo to establish tho H statue quo which Franco prefers to H Anything short of tho conference con- H ceding her paramount position In Mo- H rocco. H |