AFRICA.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 18, 28 October 1908, Page 8

AFRICA.

The Soudan Government, in order to eheck a series of raids, is sending a strong expedition to subjugate one of the South Kordofan tribes and compel them to pay tribute. Lord Methuen stated that Mr. Haldane, 'War Secretary, directed him to try to consolidate the military forces in South Africa in order that the Motherland might withdraw every soldier, leaving the defence of the country to the colonists. Sir Henry de Villiers, president of the South African Convention, has asked Lord Selborne to thank King Edward for sending Sir Percy Scott’s squadron to South Africa, thus evincing gracious sympathy for the -people of South Africa at this important period of their history. Fracas in Morocco. Resenting a taunt that the Sultan’s troops were unpaid, four hundred of the garrison of Mogadore attacked two hundred European-trained police. Firing continued for an hour, and several were killed and wounded on both sides. The disturbance was subsequently quelled under a threat from the French officer in charge of the district. Subsequently the garrison was transferred to Tangier.