Diplomacy At Tangier.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 2, 1913:
Triune Commission Said to Have Basis of Agreement.
    PARIS, Feb. 20.— The Echo de Paris indicates, on what seems to be good authority, the basis upon which the work of the British, French, and Spanish Mixed Commission will henceforth proceed. Its object is to draw up a constitution for the future international government of Tangier, paying full attention to three elements; the power of the Sultan of Morocco, the power of foreign nations, and the relations of the new government to the natives.
    According to the Paris paper it is now purposed that there should be two assemblies in Tangier, which would in different ways control the administration and secure its international character, as well as the interests of the inhabitants. The first, called the Commission of Control, will consist of the Consuls of the powers signatory of the Algeciras act, and with them a Khalif representing the Sultan. The second, the Municipal Council, will be elected by the inhabitants of Tangier, voting in three classes — the Mussulmans, the Jews, and the foreign residents.
    The executive power will be entrusted to an Administrator, appointed by the Consular Commission of Control. Judicial power will be exercised by international courts, as in Egypt. The service of the Moroccan Debt will be maintained on its present footing and the revenue collected as heretofore.
    The State Bunk and the tobacco monopoly will be maintained as at present. There will be a special administration of the property known as the habous or walkouf, that is to say, the Mohammedan religious property, which will be entrusted to the Khalif or representative of the Sultan.
    These are the lines on which, it is believed in Paris, the labor of the International Commission in Madrid will be prosecuted.