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...Prince said: "I can assure you that the war against Morocco is not the most popular...
...Marquis de Chambrun, descendant of Lafayette, born at Washington, D. C., married to a U. S. girl. He and other descendants of Lafayette are U. S. citizens by act of Congress. His brother Jacques is now a General in the French army in Morocco. His brother Charles is French Minister to Greece...
Comparatively peaceful, comparatively uneventful were the week's developments on the Riffian front in Morocco. The French, having two weeks ago cleaned up the country of the Tsoul tribe which a few weeks before deserted them for Abd-el-Krim, last week turned to an attack on the Brane tribe which had similarly changed sides. The Branes are better warriors and were tracked up in their defense by groups of Riff regulars...
Meanwhile on the coast of Spanish Morocco, Spanish war vessels were bombarding Ajdir and other Riff strongholds while airplanes bombed the Riff batteries and villages. It was believed that this presaged a landing of troops along the Riff coast...
...command to Marshal Petain and announced that he had been called to Paris to consult with the Government. Lyautey, who is 71, has been one of the builders of the French Colonial Empire. At one time he pacified Madagascar and even before the War, was Resident General in Morocco, where he has shown that he is as much a diplomat as a military man. It is likely that the great task of organizing the last few week intensive offenses before the winter sets in is to be placed on the younger shoulders of Marshal Petain and General Naulin...