AFFAIRS IN MOROCCO.

Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 25

AFFAIRS IN MOROCCO.

REPORTED APPEAL TO GERMANY

MOROCCO, February 4,

General Da made reports that Colonel Boii'tegourd fought a brilliant engagement again.st the Mzumbas tz-ibes and the S'hawis in the hinterland.

The column was for a time surrounded, but after vigorous fighting lasting two hours the Moors were defeated with very heavy losses.

Eight of the French were killed, and 50 ■were wounded, including several officers.

February 8,

Abdul Aziz, on being interviewed at Maden, stated that w hen the Kaiser offered to protect Morocco against French severity he accepted the offer, but finding that the Kaiser would do nothing, though the French advance continued, he lost all confidence, and again went over to France, which ought to provide bim with means to enable him to regain Fez.

ALGIERS, February 4.

A company of the Foreign. Legion was surprised and scattered by a snovstorm near Fort Hassa, Algeria. Twenty-one ■ilead have been already recovered, and >thers are missing.

Two sergeants and 30 men perished in the snow at Fort Hassa.

LONDON. February 6

Germany courteously informed France that both the Sultans (Mulai Hafid and Abd-el-Aziz) had appealed for Germany's intervention.

Abd-el-Aziz has denied this, but his denial is interpreted to mean that a very zealous Moorish partisan had appealed to Germany.