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...northern edge of the Riff, Krim's artillerymen continued to pepper the Spaniards at Tangier, as they have done more or less all winter...
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...
Operations amid the rain-soaked sloughs of Riffland (TIME, Nov. 16 et ante) were featured recently by the surrender of 800 tribal families to the French, in the region of Ouezzan, northwest of Fez. French communiques stated that the power of Abd-el-Krim, dauntless Riffian leader, is rapidly waning, as the Semadjas and other powerful tribes are submitting to the French. In the New Republic, U. S. weekly review, Poet Witter Bynner* wrote as follows...
...Sheriffians," U. S. volunteer aviators, fought with the French against Abd-el-Krim until the present torrential rains in the Riff made air warfare impossible until spring (TIME...