TENTH MAN ACCEPTS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2727, 9 July 1925, Page 7

TENTH MAN ACCEPTS

French Generals Sidestep iorocco BRITAIN ASKED TO SEND TROOPS TO TANGIER. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Wednesday, 7 p.m.) LONDON, July 7. General Naulin, commander of the Thirteenth porps, has been appointed commander-in-chief in Morocco. General Naulin, besides commanding the army corps during war-time, was later selected by General Weygand to command the troops in Syria. M. Painleve, in a statement to the “Press,” declares that the appointment had Marshal Lyautey’s full agreement. General Naulin was chosen because ha was young and acquainted with colonial warfare.

The “Daily Express’ ” Paris correspondent states it is reported nine generals refused the Morocco command before General Naulin accepted, all the generals offering the opinion that it was useless to accept unless the Government was prepared to send tho necessary reinforcements of men and material. ’Those who declined included Generals Weygand and Guilaumat, Who is commanding the Rhine.

The French opinion is desirous of Britain sending troops to Tangier, which is defended only by a small garrison of international police.

In order to relieve the situation, France is now negotiating w'ith Britain and Spain desiring to initiate a flanking attack on the Riffs through the Spanish zone. OFFER TO ABD-EL-KRIM. REFUSAL MEANS FRENCH ATTACK. LONDON, July 7. The Paris correspondent of “The Times” says that the French and Spanish Governments intend making Abd-el-Krim a final peace offer. If it is rejected, the French will presumably take tho offensive, supported by pressure oxertcl by tho Spanish forces from their zone. Briefly, France and Spain propose to recognise Krim’s authority over a largo region, extending between tho two zones to the valley of the Worgha, under tho nominal suzerainty of the Sultan of Morocco. Ho would then bo in a similar position to some of the more important southern Moroccan caids, who are virtually independent rulers. Viewing Krim’s present state of mind, there is not much doubt that he will reject the proposal, whenever it is formulated.