17 JANUARY 1903, Page 2

Of the Morocco revolt there is no authentic news, but

it seems probably that the Sultan's cause is losing ground, and that a general state of anarchy is spreading throughout the Empire. Those who know Tangier and the country round must have been interested by reading in the Times of Thursday the account of the battle that raged round the beautiful country house of the Times correspondent, which was attacked by a tribe in revolt, but ultimately relieved by the Sultan's troops, who thereupon inflicted severe punishment on the rebels.