1906
On January 16th, 1906, the Algeciras Conference was held due to the First Moroccan Crisis, an international crisis between March 1905 and May 1906 over the status of Morocco between European powers. The Algeciras Conference was an international gathering attended by the German empire and its allies, Austro-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy; France and its allies, the Russian Empire, The United Kingdom of Britain, and Ireland; the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, as well as, Sweden. These nations would have to decide which Moroccan should be governed by which European powers: Casablanca, Rabat, Larache, and Tangier. The two central countries in this issue were Germany and France. His willingness to ally with France and his recognition that most European nations have sided with France, Wilhelm II, German emperor, agreed to the majority of France’s demands in Morocco. Its negotiation set Morocco under European surveillance, seemingly to reform, industrialize, and internationalize the nation’s finical system.
Source:
Barbe, Adam. “When France Used the Public Debt to Colonise Morocco.” Orient XXI, 15 Feb. 2017, orientxxi.info/magazine/when-france-used-the-public-debt-to-colonise-morocco,1719.
“The Algeciras Conference of 1906.” History Learning Site, www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-one/causes-of-world-war-one/the-algeciras-conference-of-1906/.
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