5617192 French cartoon depicting the Kaiser Wilhelm II trespassing into Morocco. The Algeciras Conference of 1906 took place in Algeciras, Spain, and lasted from 16 January to 7 April. The purpose of the conference was to find a solution to the First Moroccan Crisis of 1905 between France and Germany, which arose as Germany responded to France\'s effort to establish a protectorate over the independent state of Morocco; (add.info.: 02/02/1905); Universal History Archive/UIG.