Editing French protectorate in Morocco (section)

===First Moroccan Crisis: March 1905 – May 1906===
{{Main|First Moroccan Crisis|Algeciras Conference}}

The [[First Moroccan Crisis]] took place owing to the [[Scramble for Africa|imperial rivalries]] of the great powers, in this case, between [[Germany]] on one side and France, with British support, on the other. Germany took immediate diplomatic action to block the new accord from going into effect, including the dramatic visit of [[Wilhelm II]] to [[Tangier]] on 31 March 1905. Kaiser Wilhelm tried to get Morocco's support if they went to war with France or Britain, and gave a speech expressing support for Moroccan independence, which amounted to a provocative challenge to French influence in Morocco.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Si7vcLMvBAC&pg=PA166|title=The Great Powers, Imperialism, and the German Problem, 1865–1925|last=Lowe|first=John|date=1994|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415104449|pages=166|language=en}}</ref>

In 1906, the [[Algeciras Conference]] was held to settle the dispute. Germany accepted an agreement in which France agreed to yield control of the Moroccan police, but otherwise retained effective control of [[Politics of Morocco|Moroccan political]] and [[Finance in Morocco|financial]] affairs. Although the [[Algeciras Conference]] temporarily solved the First Moroccan Crisis it only worsened international tensions between the [[Triple Alliance (1882)|Triple Alliance]] and the [[Triple Entente]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC&pg=PA8|title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism|last=Olson|first=James Stuart|date=1991|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313262579|pages=8|language=en}}</ref>