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...involved seems to hinge largely on the question of where the U. S. aviators enlisted in the French cause. A number of Americans, former members of the Lafayette Escadrille, have enlisted in the "Sherifian Air Force"; that is, the French Air Force, but nominally the Air Force of the Sultan of Morocco. The U. S. statute, if applicable, declares that persons making such enlistments are guilty of high misdemeanors punishable by fines up to $1,000 and imprisonment for not more than three years...
...Calif is spiritual head of the Moslem world, has usually exercised supreme temporal power. In recent centuries the Calif has been Sultan of Turkey. In 1923, Kemal Pasha deposed the Sultan-Calif Mohammed VI, abolished the office of Sultan, made himself President of the Turkish Republic, elected one Abdul Medjid Effendi as Calif. Then, a few months later, Kemal exiled his Calif and abolished the Califate altogether, TIME, March 17, 1924). Immed- iately, throughout the Moslem world, there appeared claimants for the great title, the chief one being King Hussein of the Hedjaz. But, at the moment, the Califate cannot...
...Morocco (known also as the She-reefian Empire) is nominally under the technically autocratic sway of Sultan Mulai Yusef. In the Spanish zone, where the Riff is situate, Abd-el-Krim is the most potent figure. In the French zone-by far the greater part of Morocco-the greatest man is not the Sultan, who is a mere shadow, but Marshal Lyautey. This soldier, who has won fame solely by his invaluable work in Morocco, is the embodiment...
French power there. He is more. He actually governs Morocco for the Sultan, and as the Sultan is in theory an absolute monarch, Marshal Lyautey is par excellence a beneficent despot. His word is law. Yet, he always takes care to treat the Sultan's subjects with great tact. He has infinite patience, but, driven to act, he moves with merciless rapidity. The Arabs, who almost always admire a brave and wise man, admire Marshal Lyautey; for he never fails to punish the culpable, no matter how difficult it may be, and he never fails to pay the utmost...
...taking up the sword against the infidel Spanish and French. Abd-el-Krim was fighting, however, primarily for the independence of the Riff territory, but, willy-nilly, he was forced to fight for Islam. Perhaps, the role was not altogether displeasing; for at length he was proclaimed Sultan, his brother was made heir with the title of Prince and the republic of the Riff has given way to the sultanate of the Riff. No doubt, too, that Abd-el-Krim calls with the rest of the Faithful to Allah for guidance and victory against the enemy...