MOROCCAN CRISIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 June 1925, Page 5

MOROCCAN CRISIS

SERIOUS FRENCH REVERSE, REINFORCEMENTS DEMANDED A ' ;A. ' 1 " ■■ : (“Sydney Suh” '"Service.) ■ -■ ‘u. LONDON, June 10. The.“ Daily Mail’s” Paris correspondent states: The gravity of- the Moroccan situation is increasingly apparent. The 1 French■ evacuated Faunat, destroying -quantities- of .war material. They have .also withdrawn from many posts further eastward, owing to the unremitting Riff snipL in S- < " ’ .■ ‘ General ,Lyautey has urgently -requested further reinforcements of artillery, and aeroplanes, with, a'view to .clearing the - .Tight . 'bank of ; the Ouergha, otherwise: the minor siic» cesses are calculated to increase Abdul Kriin’s prestige? , * ' “MANY. PENETRATIONS” - \ . ...• ; - - - ' PARIS,. June 10. Owing to enemy pressure, which resulted in many of /the French line,, along AVadizess,-, the French • command -decided, -.a|s a pre-cautionary-measure, to. -remove, the civilian peculation of Wezzan south-' wards, and the evacuation.was carried out calmly.r’.- ■ •• - • • GERMANS ASSIST RIFFS.

' - LONDON,-. June., 11. ... “The 'Times’s” /Paris correspondent states: The German Embassy does not deny the reports-from .Morocco that large numbers of German ..reserve officers joined Abdul Krim’s forces, but states that this is against-the wis.hes of the German Government, which advised German subjects not to help Krim . direetjy .or indirectly, .or. serve, as.military instructors; ;

The Frgnco-Spanish conference on Moroccan affairs is being held at Madrid on-June 15. ,

TEMPORARY ARMISTICE.

MADRID, June 11.

All movements l 'of Spanish, troops have been suspended until the end of June. Meanwhile, negotiations 'are being held with Abdul 'Krim.

Under the Act of Algeciras,-. Britain will support the'contemplated FraiicbSrifinich' 'to blockade the Riff coast. */ - / , ; It is' reported' that' M. Paihleve who reached Rabat', af’ter a . twelve hours’ flight from Toulouse,* will break the return journey at Malage, for conversation with '■ the Spanish Government on the subject of FrancoSpanisli co-operation. ' ‘/-