REVOLT MENACE.
Communication Break Favours Moors. 10,000 SPANISH TROOPS READY. ißeceived 10 n.tn.) MADRID, April 13. A revolt in Spanish Morocco is feared as an aftermath of the Mediterranean storm which swept the Spanish North African coasts for 48 hours. At least 40 ships were sunk and the damage is conservatively estimated at 20.000,000 dollars. It is believed to he the worst storm in the history of Northern Africa. The danger of u revolt lies in the interruption of communication with the interior military posts, which are garrisoned by natives under Spanish officers. The knowledpe that aid could be called without delay has kept rbc natives 'from turning upon the few officers stationed there, but at present no reinforcements could be summoned within several davs.
The Spani-h Government has ordered all available airplanes to be u~-.1 and 10.000 troops are prepared t. iil if necessarv.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 89, 16 April 1927, Page 9
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