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Caillaux should have entrusted the portfolio of War
to M. Messimy, whose competence appears doubtful,
and that of Foreign Affairs to M. de Selves, at the
very moment when his bad administration of Paris has
brought down upon his head the censure of the munic-
ipal council. M. de Selves, who during fifteen years
has been unable to clean, pave, or light the capital, as
a recompense is put at the head of Foreign Affairs of
his country." 69 To official Germany the time seemed
suitable to reopen the Moroccan question, and four
days after the formation of the Caillaux Cabinet the
German gun-boat, Panther, appeared in the harbor of
Agadir.

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69 Quoted Le Matin, June 29, 1911. Further light is thrown upon
the Caillaux ministry by this extract from a despatch sent by Baron
Guillaume, the Belgian Minister at Paris, to his chief the day after the
despatch of the Panther: "When forming his Cabinet, M. Caillaux
avoided offering a portfolio to M. Etienne, who is an interested par-
tisan in the Moroccan adventure. He chose M. de Selves as Minister
of Foreign Affaires who, I am told, wishes to put an end to that affair
and wants the French to leave Fez. That is the moment which the
German Government chose to gain a footing in Morocco! Was the
German Government badly informed . . . or did it fear lest France
draw back and thus deprive it of a suitable pretext?" Belgian Doc.,
No. 73.

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Publication Information: Book Title: French Foreign Policy from Fashoda to Serajevo (1898-1914). Contributors: Graham H. Stuart - author. Publisher: Century. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1921. Page Number: 300.
    
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