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  1. International crisis provoked by Kaiser
  2. Wilhelm II of Germany. By sending the gunboat
  3. Panther to demand territorial concessions
  4. from the French, he hoped to drive a wedge
  5. into the Anglo-French entente. In fact,
  6. German aggression during the second Moroccan
  7. crisis merely served to reinforce
  8. Anglo-French fears of Germany's intentions.
  9. The crisis gave rise to the term `gunboat
  10. diplomacy'.
  11.