KRIM LOSING FRIENDS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12249, 22 September 1925, Page 8

KRIM LOSING FRIENDS

SINCE THE'FRENCH VICTORY ANOTHER ADVANCE CLAIMED. Reuter's Telegram. PARIS, September 20. Considerable geographical importance is attached to the capture of the Zawia of Ouledghazzar, in the Moroccan campaign, as it affords a wide field of view northward. The operation was carried out by three columns which set out at 8 o’clock in the morning, and completed their aim at midnight.' The rebels were strongly entrenched, but retreated, and were pursued by the cavalry. It is anticipated that the victory will lead to the early submission of a number of tribes who awaited the arrival of. French troops for the opportunity to withdraw from the fighting. Later advices indicate that following the fall of Bibane fickle tribes are deserting Kriin and are suing for peace. KRIM REPORTED WOUNDED Sydney “Sun” Cable. A Spanish newspaper reports that Abd el Krim was seriously wounded in the left leg in the fighting at Bibane, and is lying in a fever at Targuiz, attended by two German surgeons and the members of his general staff. AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW. Australian and N.Z Cable Association WASHINGTON, September 19. The State Department, has telegraphed to the American Consul at .Tangier to call the attention of American aviators, volunteers with the French army in Morocco, that they are violating the United States laws designed to prevent Americans from serving with foreign military forces.