EXCITING TIME

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10621, 29 April 1912, Page 5

EXCITING TIME

CABLE NEWS

(United Press Association— By Electric. Telegraph—Copyright.)

MUTINEERS AT FEZ

FRENCH LOSSES

(Received April 27, 9.10 a.m.)

FEZ. April 2G. During the recent mutiny at Fez, two French lieu tenants and two veterinary surgeons barricaded themselves in a! hotel room -without -window*;. When the door "was yielding to the mob they escaped imo a. sewer leading to the river. They were without food ior -water for 48 hours before they jemerged from the sewer and reached a .place of safety. The Sheerefiaii troops at Fez have been disbanded and replaced 'by the French troops of occupation. _ Tip newpasha, is energetically arresting those guilty of mutiny and outrage, and rcEttering order. The French losses during the fighting included sixty-five men killed. A squadron of 175 Sheorefian cavalry at S.uk^el : Aiiba, Northern Tunis, lias deserted "with horses, arms and baggage. Seven thousand Jews took refuge in. the Sultan'© garden during the fighting at Fez. ;