There were rumours that the tribes to the number of
twenty thousand men would again attack the town on Thursday, but We are glad to say that up till Friday at midday there was no news of any fresh outbreak. The French cruiser Galilee ' has already arrived at Casa Blanca, and other warships are to be sent, including a Spanish and a British cruiser. It is to be noted that a Renter's telegram from Tangier, dated Thursday, states that Mohammed-el-Torres, the Moorish Minister of Foreign Affairs, has informed the representatives of the Powers that in consequence of the intervention of the French Comptroller in Moorish Customs affairs the Zair and other tribes are in a state of excitement. He cautions the Europeans at Rabat against going outside the town, a caution which seems to lend some weight to the rumours that massacres are being planned in the other coast towns. We have dealt with the whole situation elsewhere, and can only say again that .the position is menacing in a high degree. In the case of Morocco, however, it is more than usually dangerous to prophesy. Anything may happen—but also, for the time at any rate, nothing.
