881.00/1806: Telegram

The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Tangier (White) to the Secretary of State

90. My British colleague and my Dutch colleague have protested in writing to Colonel Yuste against ejection of international administrators.

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The new Spanish administrator has written advising me and other colleagues of his assumption of office.

I understand that a Spanish Court of Justice will be instituted January 1 but that Mixed Court will remain some months longer for the purpose of finishing pending cases.

Yuste is reported to be disposed to restrict his activities to military affairs. He is stated to have said that all Moorish troops except 1,000 cavalry will leave Tangier, their place is being taken by peninsular Spaniards in numbers to constitute a total garrison of between 3 and 4 thousand. He denies arrival of additional artillery.

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