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...With a bow entirely courteous but neither hurried nor deferential, the fallen Sultan placed himself at General Ibos' disposal. After ten minutes of discussion as to the disposition of the captives' wives and personal suite, who he insisted should be brought from the hills to accompany him, Mohammed ben Abd-El-Krim set off with General Ibos for Taza, the intended scene of his formal surrender...
Formal Surrender. At Camp Giradot, near Taza, Mohammed ben Abd-El-Krim performed the official gesture of laying down his arms. A minimum of ceremony was observed by the French, since Spain has long exerted pressure to have the upstart "Sultan" treated as a mere tribal chief upon his surrender. General Boichut resolved this situation with great tact, announced that he had sprained his ankle, sent a group of subordinate officers to receive the sword of Krim...
Resident-General Steeg of Morocco is reputed to have secured Krim's surrender by promises of immunity; whereas at Paris and Madrid a considerable faction began last week to tout the slogan: "Hang Abd-El-Krim...
Unquestionably the prestige gained by the Cabinet from Abd-El-Krim's defeat (see p. 12) as well as the Right's desire to save the franc aided Premier Briand in securing his vote of confidence 320 to 209. All fiscal debate was thereby postponed for another week and the Cabinet's overthrow again avoided by a hair...
...Abd-El-Krim finance his war so long...