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...been for the numerous discussions of the war between France and the Riffians (TIME, May 11 et seq.), it would have been impossible to imagine that there was a war in Morocco; for all that a few miserable, North African despatches had to say last week was confined to the vague fact that the Riffians attacked, were repulsed...
Startling discoveries of Communist activities were made by the Paris police. In a campaign which sent 120 men to prison, the police entered the house of Deputy Doriot, Communist leader, seized important documents relative to Morocco, including an offensive plan against the French for the Riffian Army and a considerable amount of correspondence from French officers on the Moroccan front, much of which had apparently been stolen. Proceedings against Deputy Marty, another Communist, were pending, for an article which he contributed to L'Humanité, Communist newspaper, in which he incited French troops to disobedience...
...Rabat, the Premier was met by Marshal Lyautey, French President General. Sultan Mulai Yusef, for whom the French exercise a protectorate and who is nominally the autocrat of all Morocco, granted an interview to M. Painlevé. Through interpreters, the Sultan said : "You have my salutations. Your visit gladdens me. It means that France has interested herself in Morocco with all her heart...
...object of the Premier's visit was to gain first-hand information in order that he could defend the conduct of the war, particularly as regards fresh credits and more troops which are likely to be demanded, against the attacks of the Socialists. Before leaving Morocco for Paris, he therefore caused the following statement to be published...
...fighting in Morocco is taking place on a sweep of territory with effectives far inferior to those at our disposal during the Great War. Therefore, we are compelled to make use of modern armaments, keeping always in mind the difficulties of transportation...