MOROCCAN AFFAIRS
I MULAI HAFTD PROCLAIMED. 3 ~~- DEPOSITION OF ABD EL AZIZ. MOROCCO, January 11. 1 The pacification of Morocco is likely - i to be further delayed owing to the unanif j mous proclamation in Fez of Mulai Hafid & i as Sultan. , Mulai Abdessalam has been proclaimed i* Viceroy, pending Mulai Hafid' s arrival, f January 13. , The deposition of Mulai Abd el Aziz and f the proclamation of Mulai Hafid by the r Fez nationalist authorities axe due to Abd el Aziz asking the Ulema of Fez for sanction to keep Christian troops in ? ; reasserting his authority. I j Little of the country beyond Rabat is a • in the hands of Abd el Aziz, and even s i there the population is hostile to him. - ' M. Lamade is advancing towards Rabat 1 to protect the Spanish mission and the r { European residents.
, LONDON, January 13. The Times' Paris correspondent asserts that there is a consensus of opinion that Mtilai Hand's sanction to a holy war against all Europeans should impel the Powers to support Abd el Aziz, who would provide a guarantee for Europe in the observance of the Algeciras Convention.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 26
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