The latest news from Tangier proves the downfall of Abd-
ul-Aziz to be as complete as we supposed last week. It is said that he has frankly abandoned the struggle and will live quietly near Casablanca for the present. Practically all the tribes are said to accept Mulai Hafid as Sultan, and in all the coast towns he was proclaimed as soon as the news of the disaster to Abd-ul-Aziz arrived. According to the Temps of Tuesday, el Menebhi has stated that Mulai Hafid will guarantee respect for Treaties and for the legitimate rights of all. It seems probable that Mulai Hafid really wishes to have the sympathy and help of Europe, well knowing that he can hardly rule without them. But the bearing of the tribesmen towards foreigners is still the crux. There is much unrest, for instance, on the Algerian frontier, where the French have already had one considerable engage- ment, and the tribesmen who are causing it are the avowed supporters of Mulai Hafid. The chief danger-point is at Colomb Bechar. How Mulai Hafid will reconcile a policy of friendliness towards the Powers with control of fanatical tribes who probably still regard him as the head of a Tehad against the foreigner is the immediate problem within Morocco. It is difficult enough in itself, apart from the unnecessary com- plication among the Powers which we have recorded above.
