FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10779, 30 May 1911, Page 4

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

FRENCH PROTECTORATE INVITED. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.;) • Tangier, May 29. An Englishman, accompanying the Moorish forces under Elmerasi, half r •way between Fez and Rabat, writes that the rebels hemmed' in a column, whose cavalry detachments were defeated twice. '" "'' ■■:'.' .'.'.'• ;' . j:-' ' J-i The mountaineers have raised a holy war and are fighting, with : fanatical fury owing (to the presence-" "of five French officers ,and four correspondents with the column. "?•*'• ""' ,V „« : Paris, May 29. The Matin states i-hat; /Sfulai. Hafid has conferred; with General Monier.*' The Sultan does not wish the French to leave Fez, and he intends to- accompany them if they return to the coast. He' asked' for 'the' establishment of a French protectorate. Received May 30, at 10.10 a.m. '< ' .. ;•;'• Paris, May' 29... Le Matiii says France is determined to abide by the Algeciras treaty and to ignore Alulae Hand's request for a French protectorate. '