THE MOROCCAN TROUBLE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 275, 11 April 1911, Page 5

THE MOROCCAN TROUBLE

INTERNATIONAL ATTITUDE. By Oable—Press Association —Copyright. Paris, April I). M. Cruppi, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking in the Senate, said that if the situation at Fez became difficult he would take the necessary measures within the provisions of the Algeciras Act to ensure the security of Europeans. Madrid, April 9. Senor Prieto, Minister of Foreign Affairs, informed the Senate that Spain and France had offered each other mutual efficient support in Morocco. Senor Canalejas, Premier, in the Chamber, said that France had intimated that the time had come to make preparations in anticipation of eventß in Morocco. The Spanish Government would take all requisite measures in Spanish possessions and wherever Spanish instructors were stationed. BERBERS REPULSED. Received 10, 10.15 p.m. Tangier/?, April 10. Three thousand Berbers, who unsuc-. cessfully attacked the south-eastern walls of Fez, retired." Skirting the southern hills, they renewed the attack in ' the afternoon, near the Sultan's palace, in the south-weet town. They were well within the range of artillery, which, under Colonel Mangin, maintained a heavy cross fire, driving the tribesmen on the plains to the westward.