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EL M'TUGUI AS KING-MAKER. . TELEGRAPH—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPXRIG !IT.) .. ' (Rec. Septembor 13, 4.20 p.m.) • .London, September 12. j .Tangier ' repots state thpf; . Kaid . El M'Tjigui has entered Marrakesh, and has> proclaimed Abdul Aziz Sultan. . He requests Abdul Aziz to come in; otherwise he will pro-claim-another Sh'ereef'as Sultan. . . '■ ' AN ENERGETIC. KAJD. • Th A re been conflicting reports concerning the Kaid El M stating that.he. had defeated Mulai* Hafi'd s commander. El Glasi another, indicating that M'Tugui himself • v I b , ee i V def fi at ? d - For a-loflg' time he has ypheld the..cpl°nn of Abdul Aziz in the vicin('lt southern capital), ■ and ' ilultu Hafld left Marrakesh to'come north tO'-Jifiz, Abdul Aziz had serious thoughts of ■ g ol .ng south to Marrakesh; in which case the positions of the rival gultans would simply have .been reversed. • Apparently M'Tugui considers, thisjchance is still open* to the beaten • bulfan. Abdul Aziz, however, is. reported to Jgl-tefljpjrMiMifelly- indolent, and probably M Tugui will have to seek out some other onereef, op personage of holy descent, if he is to practise the art of king-maker with any prospect, of success. ;■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 301, 14 September 1908, Page 7
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184MOROCCO. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 301, 14 September 1908, Page 7
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