MOROCCO
HOBJiQBLE SCENE AT WIRELESS STATION. (By f Telwgraph. —Press Association. —Copyright.) FEZ, April 23. Gemeral Monicr, the French commander, has dismissed the pashas and is appointing Governors to replace them. A court-martial will try the ringleaders of. the revolt. General Monier is disarming the Inhabitants, and possibly a war contribution will bo levied for an indemnity to the families of the victims. There was a horrible scene at the wireless station. The operators barracaded an upper room, and although they had only one revolver, they killed fifteen of their assailants. Eventually a Aloor climbed on to the roof and poured down boiling oil, whereupon one wireless operator committed suicide after killing three of his comrades to avoid their falling alive into the natives’ hands.
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Southland Times, Issue 17025, 25 April 1912, Page 5
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