A REVOLUTION IN MOROCCO.
MOROCCO, EUROPEAN RESIDENTS KILLED. ATROCITIES BY THE POPULACE.
(P*b Pawsa ABgoounoif ,] Tangier, September 12. A revolution broke out at Morocco today. The populace attacked and looted the houses of European residents, and then made their way to the palace of the Sultan, where they effected an entrance, and a desperate hand-to-hand encounter between the body guard of the Sultan and the mob ensued. The Sultan, Muley Hassan, tied from the palace whilst the affray was at its height, and order was not restored until the arrival of the Imperial troops, who. drove the rebels back to town, It is believed, that several of the Europeans were killed m the earlier stages of the outbreak. Upon the news reaching this place, foreign war ships landed armed parties here to protect Europeans and to quell any disturbance that might arise. It is reported that during the revolution outrages rivalling m horror the Bulgarian atrocities were committed by the inflamed populace.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1945, 15 September 1888, Page 2
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162A REVOLUTION IN MOROCCO. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1945, 15 September 1888, Page 2
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