The abdication of Mulai Hafid has brought no abatement of
the unrest in Morocco. The proclamation of the new Sultan, Mulai Yusef, has been received with utter indifference, and the two pretenders to the throne are causing much anxiety. The Resident-General, General Lyautey, has postponed his visit to France. Marakesh, the southern capital, has been evacuated by the Government troops, and one of the pre- tendars, El Hiba, has been proclaimed there. On Wednes- day week the forces of the other pretender, the Roghi, who is operating in the north, attacked Colonel Fein's flying column. in an obstinate engagement the French lost eight killed and forty wounded. French cruisers are being held in readiness to go to Moroccan waters. The French Government regard another attack upon Fez by the rebels as possible.
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