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Commander-in-Chief Berenguer of the Spanish forces in Morocco has been personally directing a series of operations which were reported last week to have completely dislodged the Riffian artillery which has been desultorily peppering Tetuan from the hills throughout the winter. The citizens of Tetuan have grown thoroughly tired of this endless haphazard bombardment, though it was featured by several interesting "freak shots," such as the escape of an old woman unhurt when a shell destroyed the sewing machine at which she was seated...
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...
...France," went on Professor Earle, "is unable to take Syria seriously. She is less able now than at any time in her modern history to handle the situation. French hands are full of her own problems, her finance, and her Riffian troubles which continue to be a living disturbance...
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...
...Targuist, little village on the northern slope of the Atlas Range, Abd-el-Krim, Riffian chief, was reported to be literally digging himself in for the winter. A subterranean refuge large enough to allow his automobile to enter and turn freely about has been constructed. And a star-shaped series of radiating trenches and dugouts extending for several miles has made of Targuist a stronghold which the Riffians are reported to consider impregnable. Cables assert that Abd-el-Krim has transported thither his treasures, arms, captives. Apparently Targuist is to replace Ajdir as his capital...