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The History of Tangier is briefly: Fell into the hands of the Portuguese in 1662; came under British flag as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza when she married King Charles II in 1662; in 1684 British abandoned it to the Moors on account of the expense it involved; in 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm II paid a visit to the port of Tangier on board the Imperial Yacht Hohensollern, remained six hours and said enough to provoke an international crisis; 1906 Conference of Algeciras settled the whole Moroccan question and placed Tangier under temporary international control; 1911 Germany sent the warship Panther to Agadir and another international crisis was occasioned; 1912 France and Spain came to an agreement on Tangier; until 1914 a permanent settlement of the Tangier question was sought without success; immediately after the War the question was revived—Great Britain could not countenance any one Power opposite Gibraltar— France favored the return of the zone to the Sultan whom she controlled—Spain wanted the zone to facilitate communication with her Moroccan Protectorate; many abortive conferences were held during the years 1918-23.