On Tuesday they returned, and on that day and on
Wednesday the city was again in great danger. On Tuesday night some hundreds of Berbers forced their way in and there was band-to-hand fighting in the streets. The Times correspondent says that the rising is entirely anti-French and that the other Europeans have actually received messages from the rebels that no harm is intended to them or their pro- perty. It was fortunate for all alike, however, that the native residents in Fez bad been disarmed after the recent rising in the city, or they would probably have joined the tribesmen who burst through the walls. General Girardot's camp on the Muluya has also been attacked, and he suffered some loss. The French Government has decided to send reinforcements of 4,000 men, and the number of French troops in Morocco will thus be raised to 47,000. The garrison of Fez is only 4,500. There is no doubt that the French have an anxious time before them in their new protectorate. The natives unquestionably suffered a good deal from land grabbing during the absence of M. Regnault, and the process of redress is tardy. The Pre- tender appears to be making progress, and the Sultan persists in his wish to resign and to depart to Rabat, the usual asylum of ex-Sultans.
