The Algeciras Conference of 1906 took place in Algeciras, Spain, and lasted from January 16 to April 7. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Algeciras - Arabic: الجزيرة الخضراء is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest urban area on the Bay of Gibraltar Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor The purpose of the conference was to mediate the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany, and to assure the repayment of a large loan made to the Sultan in 1904. The First Moroccan Crisis (also known as the Tangier Crisis) was the International crisis over the colonial status of Morocco between March 1905 and May This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on France tried to bring about a protectorate (a weak nation under the protection and partial control of a stronger nation) over Morocco, but this was opposed by Germany. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa
The full diplomatic corps of the European powers was involved. The chief mediator, US Ambassador to Italy Henry White (aided in large part by Ambassador to Morocco Samuel R. Gummere) was assigned by President Roosevelt to solve the dispute. Henry White may refer to Henry Graham White (1880&ndash1965 British Liberal Member of Parliament for Birkenhead East 1922&ndash1924 and 1929&ndash1945 Samuel Gummere (1849-1920 was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as US Counsel-General in Tangier, Morocco from 1898-1905 and Ambassador The conference resulted largely in France's favor, though Gummere assured the protection of German investments.
The final agreement, signed April 7, 1906 covered the organization of Morocco's police and customs, regulations concerning repressing the smuggling of armaments, and concessions to the European bankers from a newly-formed State Bank of Morocco, issuing banknotes backed by gold, with a 40-year term. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Bank Al-Maghrib is the Central bank of the Kingdom of Morocco. Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 The new state bank was to act as Morocco's Treasury Department, but with a strict cap on the spending of the Sherifian Empire, with administrators appointed by the national banks that guaranteed the loans: the German Empire, the UK, France and Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish coinage continued to circulate. Rights of Europeans to own land were established. Taxes were to be levied towards public works.
The Sultan of Morocco retained control of a police force in the six port cities, which was to be composed entirely of Moroccan Muslims (budgeted at an average salary of a mere 1000 pesetas a year), but now to be instructed by French and Spanish officers who would oversee the paymaster (the Amin) and regulate discipline, and who could be recalled and replaced by their governments. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The peseta ( ISO 4217 code ESP standard abbreviation Pta Pts or Ptas The Inspector-General in charge would be Swiss and reside in Tangiers. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Tangier or Tangiers ]] ( Tanja طنجة in Berber and Arabic, Tánger in Spanish
At the last moment the Moroccan delegates found that they were unable to sign the protocol, but a decree of Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco on June 18 finally ratified it. Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Abdelaziz of Morocco (1878 - 1943 Arabic: عبد العزيز الرابع also known as Mulai Abd al-Aziz IV, served as the Sultan of Morocco from 1894 Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries
During the conference, the British sailed their North Sea Navy to the Strait of Gibraltar, which was also where their Mediterranean Navy was stationed. The Strait of Gibraltar ( Arabic: مضيق جبل طارق Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is the Strait that connects the Atlantic The purpose for doing this was to intimidate Germany.
See also
- First Moroccan Crisis
- Second Moroccan Crisis
- Berlin Conference
- Fashoda Incident
- Colonisation of Africa
- Scramble for Africa
External links
- Algeciras Conference General Act: (French)
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