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From the embattled Riffians, warring against France and Spain, a letter came last week to London, after being smuggled through the Spanish lines by a runner faithful to Abd-el-Krim...
...Literally "Prince Mohammed, son of Abd-el-Karim." Thus the press of the world designates him by his father's name, which it also misspells! AbdelKarim, translated in turn, means "Servant of the Gracious...
With the spring sun beginning to evaporate the awful ditch-bilge into which Morocco is annually transformed by the winter rains, there emerged into modest headlines that fierce and intractable Riffian, the Amir Muhammad ibn Abd-el-Karim...
Moroccan Affairs. M. Briand announced to the Chamber that his Government refuses to contemplate at present the signing of peace terms with Abd-el-Krim. Deputies gasped as the Premier calmly admitted that he believes the offer of peace made by Krim through one Captain Gordon Canning (TIME, Jan. 4) to be genuine, thus reversing the Quai d'Orsay's original contention that Captain Canning could not be dealt with because he might be an impostor. The Chamber sat up very straight and pricked its ears as M. Briand went on to imply that France and Spain expect...
...MOHAMMED BEN ABD-EL-KRIM...