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from the Tangier correspondent of the Times published on Thursday. The situation is still very serious, as the rebels continue to receive reinforcements. Only the heavy rains have prevented military operations. An attack on the city is thought to be imminent. The Sultan was encouraged at one moment by receiving help from the Beni Warain, a Berber tribe, who were tempted by the inducement of high pay to promise to help the garrison. No sooner, however, had an advance detachment of the tribe entered Fez than they began to loot. A panic followed, and the authorities forbade the rest of the Beni Warain to come in. Thereupon the tribe joined the rebels. The Sultan is said to have talked of abdication or suicide. A movement of Spanish troops to the south-east has taken place from Melilla, but the Spanish Government announces that this is only a military exercise.
