FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 209, 25 August 1908, Page 2

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

TiiE l'llMJiAiwus HLICUiiSS. Morocco, Auguat 23. viM U " y u ,°! f il,( ' Ul ' s "-°'diery joined it II at" a ttle couunea ceiueht of Abdul's artillery U 'ius ineffective owing to a;i panic being caused by tho bursting of soiuc of tue guns. Active preparations are being made at Tangier to proclaim Mulai Hgflj Sultan, TuUACHKK*, PANIC AM) I'ILLAUB AlUiiAl iUtOCLAIMLD SULTAN.

ltoceivud 24, 10.25 p.m. Moroco, AuguH 24. Abdul Aziz barely escaped witto hi* life, alter the wildest sivae of treucuery, panic, and pillage of His eiunu on tile part of liis own followers. 11,- has unived at isliitat and (pronwds to Casablanca. Thence ne goes to Syria to await a change ia eiicuiu'tance*' enabling him to return to Morocco. H 19 understood that Alulai will nll(>w him a pension and a place of residence. Alulai ilufid nas bee.i proclaimed Sultan at Tangier amid grca.t enthusiasm. Mo ollicinls are to be changed. I Alulai was also proclaimed Sultan at several coast towns.

THE JNIiW UKDJiK. Keceivud 24, 10.25 p.m. London, Itetoiier 24. Tho Times Tangier correspondent says t'liero has been too much tendency tu contrast tlie Sultans as representing reform and reaction respectively. The actual personality of the .Sultans is unimportant. Alulai will probably prove as amenable to loans as hi 4 brother.