Show SEEKS hea FRENCH CABINET RECEIVES OFFICIAL L REQUEST WHICH THEY WILL NOT GRANT next move would take question ol of mandate to league of nations I 1 french receive document but keep it secret paris the french government has received a memorandum from spain expressing the desire of that country countr vi that the international district of 0 tangier be attached to the spanish zone in morocco the french cabinet is considering the question brought up by spa spain in but it Is generally conceded in political circles that frances reply will be an absolute refusal the spanish memorandum says that if it should be found unfeasible to make a transfer of 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 zone in morocco I 1 request that administration of the district be confined to her alone instead of to an international body is I 1 based on her feeling that it is feces sary 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 for or the elie prolongation of 0 the mifflan war |