The position of Mulai Hafid becomes daily stronger. Abd-ul-Azin has
abandoned the struggle, and is waiting near Casablanca to hear what his future is to be. The Tangier correspondent of the Times says in Tuesday's paper : "It is astonishing how feuds and quarrels seem already forgotten by all Moorish political parties alike, and how all are striving to bring about a better state of affairs in Morocco." Perfect order was maintained at Tangier through. out the celebrations in honour of Mulai Hafid's succession, even Raisnli and his retainers (as the correspondent politely calls the retired brigands) not being a disturbing element. This was his first public appearance. The only news of fighting comes from the Algerian frontier. The Moorish harka near Celomb Bechar attacked the French column on Monday, and was completely routed. The engagement, though the accounts are contradictory, appears to have been a hollow affair. The Moors did not come to close quarters, but were shelled hotly by the French. The French force, five thousand strong, had three men wounded, but the losses of the Moors, twenty thousand strong, are said to have been about two thousand.
