Word: riffs
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...Wergha, along which the fighting is taking place, is noted for its rich iron deposits; and in the views of some the war is in reality for their possession, Abd-el-Krim supposedly being under the thumb of Germany, who has promised to import all the ores which the Riff chief can deliver...
...Madrid, Franco-Spanish conversations, inaugurated several weeks ago by French Deputy Louis Malvy (TIME, May 25), came to an end with the signing of two accords: one to begin a land blockade,of the Riff territory, the other a political agreement designed to secure the coordination of aims and policy...
...most important part of the political accord, aside from an agreement not to conclude a separate peace, was the offer of peace terms to Abd-el-Krim, "Sultan" of the Riff State, which are to be presented to him at his capital, Ajdir, by Horacio Echevarrieta, millionaire shipowner who has several times negotiated with the Riff Chief on behalf of his Government. According...
...Malvy, the plenipotentiary of the French Government who returned to Paris from Madrid, Abd-el-Krim is offered autonomy of the Riff area under the nominal sovereignty of Sultan Mulai Yusef, with an agreement to demark the frontiers in such wise as will guarantee the "province" full economic and political security...
...Riff troops, joined suddenly by tribes hitherto friendly to the French, pounded their enemies along a 120-mile front, forcing them to retreat in many places...