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...General Workers' Union at Madrid notified Marquis de Alhucemas, President of the Council (cabinet), that if military operations are begun in Morocco, the Union will vigorously oppose the Government...
...meantime General Martinez Anido, Military Governor of Spanish Morocco, threatens to resign unless the Government gives him 30,000 reinforcements and votes a credit of 50,000,000 pesetas. He believes that the only way to effect a permanent and stable government is by military conquest that will create conditions favoring permanency. Again, some Spaniards want to avenge their recent defeat...
...Spanish zone in Morocco-a coastal enclave at the extreme Northwest of the African continent-although demarked by boundaries, has never been fully occupied by the Spanish. In 1921 Spain determined to exert her influence over the whole of her protectorate, but in doing so met with serious disaster at the hands of the Riffians, commanded by Abdul Krim. Particularly since then Spain has had a hard row to hoe both in Morocco and at home. Although the towns of Nadur and Zelnan were recaptured from the Riffians in 1921, there have been more or less continuous clashes between...
...Luis Silvela was appointed Spanish High Commissioner in Morocco on February 14, 1923, in succession to General Damaso Berenguer, retired. General Berenguer was charged by public sentiment with negligence in connection with the Spanish defeat of 1921. Recently he caused a pleasant surprise by waiving his immunity to trial by demanding to be tried before the Supreme Court of War and Marine...
Died. Edwin M. Hood, 65, correspondent of the Washington staff of The Associated Press, in Washington, suddenly. He suggested to Secretary of State Hay the phrase, " Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead," which resulted in the delivery of the kidnaped American in Morocco. During President McKinley's administration Mr. Hood declined an appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He served The Associated Press for nearly 50 years...