20 MAY 1911, Page 1
The French advance on Fez is still delayed, but telegrams
on Friday stated that it was possible that the French troops would on that day reach a point some twenty-five or thirty miles from the capital. Meantime there seems to be no danger of the city falling into the hands of the rebels. The news, however, is scanty. Frequent skirmishing attacks appear to be made upon Fez and also upon the French columns and camps. At present all the signs seem to show that Fez will be relieved without any great difficulty, and that the Morocco imbroglio generally is not likely to prove so formidable as was at first feared.
