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...interwoven in the history of France in the Shereefian Empire. He was appointed Resident General on April 28, 1912 (the month after the Fez Treaty was signed, establishing the French Protectorate over Morocco) and served in that capacity until December 13, 1916, when he returned to France to take command of a unit on the Western Front. Even during the War, however, his services were felt to be indispensable in Morocco and he was reappointed French Resident General on April 7, 1917, a position he has held ever since...
Meanwhile the Depoh Provisional Government of Fiume resigned in despair, and Italy appointed General Giardimo, third in command of the Italian Army, Military Governor of the Free State. Signer Attilio Depoli, ex-head of the Fiumian Government, said, in his note to the Italian Government announcing his resignation, that " Fiume had hoped the Genoa Conference would arrange a settlement of the situation under which Flume's desire to be allowed to exist as an Italian city would be recognized." He continued that Fiumian aspirations had been thwarted by the Santa Margherita Convention and that the long delay in settling...
Occupation. The Italian forces under the command of Admiral Bellini, "Governor of Corfu," took possession of the islands of Merlera, Fani and Mathraki. In addition to these islands the Italians held the islands of Corfu, Paxos, Antipaxos, Cephalonia and Samos (TIME, Sept. 10). Further reinforcements were sent to Corfu, bringing the total Italian forces up to about...
...deported to Paris by his socially hopeful relatives and bidden to acquire culture. In the process he takes unto himself a valet and returns with the valet to Red Gap. The premier performance of the piece is given by Ernest Torrence as uncouth Cousin Egbert. Second in command is Lois Wilson...
...between Santa Barbara and San Lower California. Each plane was manned by a pilot and a photographer. Lieut. John Macready, transcontinental non-stop flyer, and George Stephens, the Army's crack photographer, ran into a heavy rainstorm and secured nothing. But aviators from the battle fleet squadrons, under command of Captain V. Marshall, secured satisfactory photographs of the eclipse, including the sun's corona...