FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 983, 25 April 1911, Page 4

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

GOVERNMENT ENDANGERED,

Paris, April 23

The situation in Morocco is extremely critical, and is causing great uneasiness in Franee. Constant fighting is going on, and grave fears are entertained for the safety of the European residents of Fez. The excitement is growing in France over the delay in rescuing the French colony at Fez. Captain Moreau is collecting a force at Alcazar to relieve Major Bremond’s troops in the Sherarda district, but Raisuli refuses to allow the Raid’s transports to carry supplies to the French. The Government announces that vigorous measures will be taken to revictual Major Bremond’s forces.

The Government’s existence is endangered unless prompt and vigorous action is taken to save the French officers, whose position is likened to that of General Gordon at Khartum. A relief force ol four thousand natives, under French officers, is at present forming, and is expected to reach Fez on May 3rd, if it meets with no serious opposition. Various reports of a sensational character are being received regarding the position at Fez, and these are naturally increasing the anxiety in France. One of these reports states that the garrison has fallen, and has been massacred by the victorious enemy.