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MOORS HORRIFYING CUSTOM

MURDER THEIR DAUGHTERS TO PROPITIATE THE CHIEFS. 1 CALLED TO A HOLY "WAR. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 10.10 a.m.) FEZ, June 7. The Berbers in the vicinity of Mequinez, one of the three capitals of Morocco, are calling the people to a holy war. The Benintir tribe are following a custom when in desperate straits of bringing their daughters bound to villages, carrying them before them on their horses, and "then , cutting their daughters' throats before the j dwellings of the chiefs whom they wish 'to propitiate. Anxiety is felt for the safety of six American missionaries at Mequinez. A FIERCE ATTACK. REPELLED BY MACHINE GUNS. I (Received 10.20 a.m.) TANGIER; June 7. Moorish horsemen fiercely attacked Col. Monier's column for eight hours at Raselma. They charged to within 100 yards in the face of heavy rifle and machine gun fire. They suffered heavily, while the French I lost a surgeon-major, three soldiers killed, and thirteen wounded.

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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 135, 8 June 1911, Page 5

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MOORS HORRIFYING CUSTOM Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 135, 8 June 1911, Page 5

MOORS HORRIFYING CUSTOM Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 135, 8 June 1911, Page 5

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