MOROCCAN WAR

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1925, Page 5

MOROCCAN WAR

FRENCH PREMIER'S STATEMENT! PEACE BY; PROPAGANDA. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, July 10. The Chamber of Deputies, by 411 votes to 29, voted a special credit ol 183 million francs for the Moroccan campaign. ■./ The vote preceded a debate in which the speakers foreshadowed the Government’s certainly bi an enormous victory. ■ . 1 ' Al. Rainieve, replying, twice denied a report that T'aza lias fallen. He reiterated that France's him was a modus vivendi permitting the French, Spanish, and Riftians to work peacefully together. He added Jiat peace must be restored in the French zone, where France was bound to piotect the population in her charge. ■ ■ He explained -that at the conclusion of the Aladrid conference, the Franco-Spanish ]>eace terms would be scattered by. pamphlets among the tribesnieiij No -dblinite bflcr would -be made to, Abdel Krim, since the Only dignified course .vould be to leave the initiation Oi ivertures of peace to the Riffs, who Aould get to kiijivi the Franco-Spaii-ish terms th rough" , the existing channels of communication between the belligerents. ■"/ • VILLAGES RE-CAPTURED. PARIS, July JO. • A communique says that the l r tench have recaptdred several villages hear Wergha River in the Fizelban region, and released one hundred women and children whom the enemy held as hostages to induce the iichta.la tribe ;o join the Riffians. ' . - < ■ The enemy pressure at Wergha continues. Large enemy concentrations are also reported in other section:?. BOMBS ON MARKET PLACE. PARIS, July 9When two thousand Riffs assembled n the market place, at Elhad, buying Jattle stores, eleven French aeroplanes appeared and 'dropped 1| tons if bombs. One hundred and seventy persons were killed, and six hundred vere wounded. SULTAN SEEKS SAFETY. LONDON, July 10. The “Dajly Express’s” correspondent says the Sultan has left for Arabat as the situation in the area between Fez and Taza appears to be uncertain and the capital is threatmed. AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN. MADRID, July 10. The Franco-Spanish confreres reached an agreement in principle on_ the ibliti'cal agieement regarding _Morocco. It remains to put. the Rnishing touches thereto. Al. Malvy has none to Paris to attend the concluding session of the French Chamber jn Julv 11.