MOROCCO BOUND.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13333, 23 March 1911, Page 6

MOROCCO BOUND.

MORE FRENCH SOLDIERS.FOR THE * SOtiTH. - - Mulai Hafid to OVganise a Force. , ' , PARIS, March 20. The Cabinetyesterday- considered „the Moroccan situationAn all its hearings;'; and decided to take determined action to protect French interests and commerce in the Chacuia region. The occupation forces are to be increased from 4500 to 6500, and the Bank r of Morocco has been authorised to advance Mulai Hafid up to ,£400,000 towards organising a further strength of 500 men to maintain French authority and promote development. Francei agrees to the suspension of the ,£104,000 indemnity claimed as a result of the Casa Blanca campaign of 1907. L© Matin prints a despatch from Fez which states that all the tribes are dis‘contented,. and are preaching 1 and advocating holy war. “The old policy of playing one section of tribesmen against the other,” continues the message, “has, for the first time, signally failed’.” M. Gaillano, the French Consul at Fez, says that all the years he has been in Morocco he has never known the state of affairs to be soNserions.

Fez is sui-rounded by hostile factions, and although the latest indications show that the situation is slightly improved, it is feared that the change is' urienduring. The French expedition has returned to Fez after administering two salutary defeats to the Cereada tribesmen.