THE TROUBLE IN MOROCCO.
A EIGHT IMPENDING. Received August 19, 8.38 a.m. MOROCCO, August 18. Only 5,000 people remain at Casablanca. Three thousand French troops are encamped a mile eastward. There are 500 Spanish troops at Casablanca, and 1,500 more are expected. Moors are.gathering in the vicinity, and apparently a fight is impending. Europeans :have evacuated Marakesh and Mugador, and have gone aboard the warships. A jehad, or holy war, is being preached in many places in the interior.
Spain and IFrance have come to a complete agreement regarding military action in Morocco.
Received August 19, 9.21 r>.m
PARIS, August 19
M. Hanotau, writing to the newspaper Revue Diplomatique, advises France to act energetically in Morocco herself, and to define her rights
and duties. He is convinced that France will encounter no serious Continental opposition.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8514, 20 August 1907, Page 5
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135THE TROUBLE IN MOROCCO. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8514, 20 August 1907, Page 5
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