His Majesty was highly satisfied with the visit, especially with the confidential message of the Sultan, brought to His majesty, that he would initiate no reforms without a previous understanding with the Imperial Government. According to the custom of the country, our ships were richly loaded with gifts consisting of natural products of the land.
(The landing of Wilhelm II in Tangier, March 31st 1905.
Report of Councilor von Schoen, Envoy in the Imperial suite to the German Foreign Office).
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The Colony of Morocco, as you can see in the North where the city of Tangier.
Is situated. This was wear the Kaiser visited and spoke of independency for.
Morocco.
In the year of 1905, the German Kaiser paid a visit to the Moroccan port of Tangier. There he declared that Morocco should now become independent from France. (Yet be protected by Germany) However a crisis was sure to follow.
Morocco is geographically situated on the northern coast of Africa and was vastly rich in minerals and agricultural wealth. Both Germany and France coveted this place. Her entente with Great Britain in 1904 gave France a position in Moroccan affairs. Since it had secured Algeria, which borders Morocco, France was eager to seize Morocco. Kaiser Williams II irritated at France's influence and at Germany's exclusion, decided to intervene. On March 31st 1905, the Kaiser landed at Tangier (See Above Picture) where he made a speech greeting the Sultan of Morocco as an independent sovereign and promising him German protection if France attempted to colonize his state. The German government followed this up by demanding an International conference to clarify the status of Morocco.
Germany's intension of calling a conference was to disgrace France and to split the Entente because from the point of view of International law, Morocco was an independent state and the French claim to Morocco was illegal. France was prepared to fight but at the last she agreed to settle her conflict with Germany at a conference.
