Word: tangier
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...minister that his country was not satisfied with the condition of affairs; Berlin asked for more specific charges. The trouble quickly became complicated by the interference of the two home governments and the mistakes of M. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs. Emperor William's inflammatory speech in Tangier still further aroused public opinion, so that the prospect of immediate war led Germany to begin actual preparations. At this point, Germany came to her senses, and a request for a conference was sent to France. France insisted on her special privileges in Morocco, which were of long standing...