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...island in the southern Indian Ocean south of Madagascar. †Mohammed ben Abd-el-Krim was educated at Mellila and speaks acceptable Spanish. His brother Muhammed, educated in Spain, speaks flawless Castilian...
...deck always accompanied by two armed French guards. Spain and France had poured out hundreds of millions in gold, and tens of thousands in lives to place the sardonic Moroccan with his brother, their wives and suite upon the Amiral Pierre. Not six months ago Mohammed ben Abd-el-Krim and his brother Muhammed were holding the Riffian fastnesses of Morocco against that master strategist Marshal Petain and the best of Spain's (TIME, June 7), after two years of junta-ridden generals. Though they surrendered at last to the French valorous resistance, both Mohammed ben Abd-el-Krim...
Before the Amiral Pierre sailed from Marseilles for Reunion, Mohammed ben Abd-el-Krim faced newsgatherers stoically and told in smoldering purring Spanish† the story of his feud with Spain...
Many a Spaniard was vexed at Dictator Primo's exalted connivance at providing Abd-el-Krim with opulent support for life on a balmy isle 45 miles long, 32 wide and only 380 miles off the coast of Madagascar. At Madrid the slogan, "Hamstring Abd-el-Krim!" has long attained a popularity rivaling the no-longer-touted, "Hang the Kaiser...
Frenchmen consider that peace with Krim was cheap at the price, promised him comfortable support in his exile...