Franco-German Agreement of 4 November 1911

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The Franco-German Agreement of 4 November 1911 was a diplomatic settlement in which Germany recognized France’s predominance in Morocco in exchange for territorial concessions in the French Congo, helping to defuse tensions that had escalated during the Second Moroccan Crisis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
diplomatic settlement
international agreement
aimedTo compensate Germany for accepting French control in Morocco
settle disputes over Morocco between France and Germany
alsoKnownAs Franco-German Morocco-Congo Agreement
Franco-German Treaty of 4 November 1911
causeOf territorial enlargement of Kamerun
chronology concluded three years before World War I
consequence German gains in Central African territory
strengthening of French position in Morocco
country France
Germany
dateSigned 1911-11-04
diplomaticParticipants French foreign ministry
German foreign office
followed German gunboat Panther’s dispatch to Agadir
geographicScope French Equatorial Africa
German Cameroon
linked to: German Kamerun

Morocco
hasEffect defused the Second Moroccan Crisis
reduced immediate Franco-German tensions in 1911
historicalPeriod pre-World War I diplomacy
language French
German
legalForm treaty
locationSigned Berlin
mainSubject French Congo
Morocco
Second Moroccan Crisis
partOf Second Moroccan Crisis settlement
providedFor adjustment of colonial boundaries in Central Africa
cession of territories in French Congo to Germany
expansion of German Cameroon (Neukamerun)
linked to: German Kamerun
recognized French predominance in Morocco
relatedEvent Agadir Crisis
Algeciras Conference
relatedTo French protectorate over Morocco (1912)
linked to: French Morocco

Treaty of Fez
resultedIn German recognition of French protectorate over Morocco
signatory French Third Republic
German Empire
topic Franco-German relations
Moroccan Question
colonialism in Africa

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Second Moroccan Crisis result Franco-German Agreement of 4 November 1911
Franco-German Agreement of 4 November 1911 alsoKnownAs Franco-German Treaty of 4 November 1911
linked to: Franco-German Agreement of 4 November 1911