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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 12

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• Tangier, November 14. The roads to Fez are , becoming unsafe, owing to tho contmual conflicts between .the Gharb. and Berber tribes. The Jews who attond tho markets of tho Gharb to make ! purchases for European traders have been driven away and stoned. They have been threatened with death if they porsist in buying cereals on behalf of the hated foreigner. . A letter from tho Sultan has been read in tho mosquo hero, in which His Majesty says he has decided to settle tho questions of Uasa Blanca and Ujda, A inaballa has been sent to Mogador, in order to reassure the inhabitants. The Saltan adds that he relies upon Kaid Anflus to givo loyal assistance against tho tribes in .tho south, who havo .been seduced from , their allcgianco. :A' mahalla has been sent to tho district to deal with tho robols, and to warn thorn of the sovere punishment'that will bo motod out if-disloyalty is porsistcd in. A third mahalla has also boon sent to tlio territory of tho Zaar, near Rabat, to keep order in that / district. His Shorifian. Majosty . concludes by, expressing tho hopo that those of his subjects who have preserved their allogianco to him will not bo influenced by tho words - and deeds of tho "bad people of Marrakesh." : • ' ■' 'I - MR. W. H. MALLOCK'S STORY. W. H. Mallock, tho well-known writer, said at a dinner at New York, apropos of a now, definition of Socialism — , "I .find that, definition rathor confusing. It reminds mo of tho young Oxford studont's badinage with the policeman. ' 1 " 'Officer,' said the youthj late one night, 'I'd lileo to ask you a question.' v "Very weU, sir.' ~ " 'Does tho law permit me to call r<m a# assP' - ■ " Ton move on,' tho officer gTowled. " But stop a bit,' continued tho youth, 'Does the law permit me to call an ass , a policeman?', ") "'The law don't say nothrng about that,'was the gruff roply. " 'Then,' said the youth, 'good-night, 1 ' Policeman-'"—"Westminster Gazette." '