There is little news from the Moroccan front, but it
is clear that Abdel Krim is still attacking vigorously and that the French have their hands .pretty full. The usual official communiques speak only of. attacks repelled with heavy losses, but every now and then stories of abandoned French posts and rectifications of the lines creep through. However, it does not seem at all possible that Abdel Krim will be able to break the French front, and rein- forcements are beginning to come up. Perhaps the next development in the Moroccan war will be in Paris rather than before Fez. An only partially successful colonial. war must have strong reactions on internal French politics. M. Painleve can no longer count upon the support of the Socialists, and the violent scenes in the Chamber when he made his speech on Morocco on Wed- nesday showed the divisions of opinion and the insecurity of his Government's future.
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