MOROCCO.
OLD-OTYLE PROCEEDING, CAPTIVES SOLD AS SLAVES. Press [Association—-By Tol.—Copyright. Received 9.G p.m., Juno Ist., TANGIER, June 1. On tho evening of tho arrival of the French column in Fez, a detachment of tha garrison, undeT affioarß of the French mission, destroyed Lemta, a suburb of Fee, burned tho houses, and kOled a, cumber and dispersed tha roet of the inhabitanta. Eighty Loxota women and children were sold fnto slavery in tho Fez market, at prices ranging from e dollar to forty dollars. Native papers bitterly protest that tho zon and Europeans previously promised the tribes immunity. RELYING ON THE FRENCH. Colonel Monier had a further conference with Mulai Hand, who aaßs that 5000 French troops remain to garrison Fez, and a similar number at Meguinoz. Ho declares that French withdrawal would be tho signal for a revolution, and he i 8 certain that neither tho Europeans nor the Sultan can remain when the French leave. Gourando'a column, with Dalbiez's column which went from Fez to assist Gourand, readied Fez pn tho 26tti after heavy fighting.. ,
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14458, 2 June 1911, Page 5
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176MOROCCO. Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14458, 2 June 1911, Page 5
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