IN MOROCCO

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1925, Page 5

IN MOROCCO

THE RIFF ADV/JNCE. l'.\ IX I EYE 'S 1 -RO< INOSTK NATIONS. LONDON. May 11. ■‘The Tin os's” I'.iris ■oi respondent Hiv - I'o'loning :i Cabinet discussion en the Mtiroeean situation, M. Painlcve II a.le a statement that the Riffs w’ou'"l s ion ' se' '.''l the mistake of pcaetrat irg into Ihe Preach lines as one of the greatest importance. The Riff -move ment, winch was no longer a mere in titration for 11"' object of pillage, but :i real invasion, aimed at forcing us to '•vacmite territor'er f- r ai Fez .mould be suppressed with the utmost M. I'ainlove emphasised that it’wa" most important that France’s inten Gons should be clearly understood abroad. There was - . .: . stimi of a war of conquest, -'raiwe was purely and simply defending her own inter esls. Not only was she remaining in the limits of tho Yloroccan mandate, but was acting on complete accordance with tho Anglo-Spanish agreement. RIFFS DECLARE A HOLY AVAR. (Received May 12 at IL.'id p.m.A PARIS, May 11. Well-informed cable sour'-cs declare there is no combined Franco-Spanisli plan of campaign in Morocco contemplated. Abdel Krim is reported to have, de dared a liolv war. and to have sent his brother to Shcshnaji. in the Snyish Zine, for thc purpose of raising levies among the local Gelrnln tribesmen.