The New Student's Reference Work/Algeciras International Conference

Algeciras (ăl' je-sē' ras) International Conference, on Morocco matters, held at Algeciras, Spain (opposite Gibraltar), in January, 1906. The Conference, after a period of extreme diplomatic tension between the European powers, caused by the exception taken by Germany to the trade control of Morocco by the Franco-British-Spanish agreement, settled matters more agreeably to Germany and signed a "General Act" embodying a concession for a state bank at Tangier, the suppression of the illicit traffic in arms, the control of the police, together with provision for an open door as regards trade and the exactions of the Customs. Later in the year, Morocco was disturbed by serious tribal disputes in the Mogador district, and by much unrest in the southern Franco-Moroccan frontier.