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...sudden war which Abd-el-Krim, the Riff "Sultan," recently declared on the French (TIME, May 11) went badly for the Riffians. Each day brought them defeat, casualties, while the same days brought victories and no losses to the defending French troops...
Tired of fighting the Spaniards, Abd-el-Krim, able, active, alert leader of the Riff Berber tribes, began an onslaught on the French on the south side of that strip of territory over which the Spaniards claim sovereignty and Abd-el-Krim exercises...
...points, owing to their open tactics, they were repulsed with heavy losses while the French troops suffered comparatively few casualties. The Riffian chief was presumed to be making a bid to capture the town of Fez. Premier Painlevé disavowed all intention of extending operations to conquest of the Riff territory...
...Burr ever cared for. She was his daughter, Theodosia. When she was 9, he had her study Greek and Philosophy; at 14 she entertained, in his absence, 14 gentlemen of renown at a dinner for Thayenlanegeo, Chief of the Six Nations. She curled her lip when, in 1804, the riff-raff of Manhattan sang...
...warbled as he doled out lager to the Nigger's clients. Prince Louis of Battenberg, on a slumming party, went to hear him. Warmed by the lager, or pleased with the song, the Teuton princeling profered ten cents. Baline, unaccustomed to the ways of royalty, staggered back. The riff-raff stared; up stepped a ruddy reporter, overawed both Prince and waiter with a cataclysm of questions. Next day, Berlin received his first publicity. The reporter, one Herbert Bayard Swope, now edits The New York World...