Word: krim
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...long time and has enjoyed considerable power. If the revolution was of Fascist origin it was nevertheless based upon a desire to annihilate political corruption, which has been rampant in Spain for decades. To this must be added the indecisive handling of the War in Morocco against Abdel-Krim, leader of the Riffs. To give one specific instance of corruption is to mention the case of Don Santiago Alba, the Foreign Minister, who was ousted with the Alhucemas Cabinet...
...chiefs were arrested and imprisoned, except in cases where they had succeeded in crossing the frontier of France or Portugal. All the civil governors were dismissed. Don Luis Silvela, Spanish High Commissioner for Morocco, was replaced by General Aizpuru Mondejas, who was endowed with " full powers to crush Abdel Krim and retrieve the honor of the Spanish Army." Meanwhile Spain is to be governed by an oligarchy of virtual despots until such a time as "another better Cortes which will represent the people's will" can be convened. An election is to be held in the future " in which...
Meanwhile from Paris emanated a story that the whole Moroccan difficulty had been aroused by a Riffian tribesman, Abd-el-Krim, who had been slapped in the face by the Spanish General Silvestre. The story is dubious...
...Krim, Chief of the Riffian tribesmen, with the aid of the Kabyles and Beni Said tribes besieged the Spanish Garrison at Tifaruin. Two relief columns, comprising in all 22,000 men, were despatched from Melilla. On arrival at Tifaruin the Spanish commanders found the Moroccan tribes holding fortified positions around the garrison. The two columns separated, one made a surprise attack from the rear, the other attacked from the front. After bloody fighting the Moors fled. The garrison had been relieved in the nick of time; their water supply had given...
...extreme Northwest of the African continent-although demarked by boundaries, has never been fully occupied by the Spanish. In 1921 Spain determined to exert her influence over the whole of her protectorate, but in doing so met with serious disaster at the hands of the Riffians, commanded by Abdul Krim. Particularly since then Spain has had a hard row to hoe both in Morocco and at home. Although the towns of Nadur and Zelnan were recaptured from the Riffians in 1921, there have been more or less continuous clashes between the Spanish forces and the natives. At home the controversy...