WAR IN MOROCCO.
SPAIN AND.,THE.'.RIFFS.:';;;.i‘iA RICH COUNTRY. ;» ■ Eleo.. Tel Copyright-United Press Assn lAustrallan and jf.Z cable ' Assiqeiauojm V f. Aug, % A_ later communique states :' A “Our troops reached Tifaranip, where the ; Spanish garrison is-besieged. T'he fighting was desperate and our losses heavy, but the forces’ reached-,their objectives. Ari . atempt was also-’(made •to ‘ Afram, which is surrounded by Riffs.” ; LONDON, Aug. 22.. Mr. Gardiner, Agent-General in London for the Riffs • in; Morocco;* interviewed by the Daily Express, Aaid * “Theirs is one of the richest countries in the world. The natives :-carry gold slung" round their waists' .arid make'all purchases with gold, silver, and platipum. They had’only -just begun -to exploit coal.” ' ’ . *'; '.
The Express adds: The Riffs are seeking to raise a loan iri London for the construction -of a- railway, but Spain warns investors that the rebels have no security to offer.'' 1 ' . ■ (Received Aug. 24, 11 aun.)
MADRID, Aug. 23. It is estimated that 20,000 troops were engaged in the Tigaranin attack.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16212, 24 August 1923, Page 5
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