Abstract

The French War in Morocco

The war in Morocco continues, exaggerated rumors report large French losses, and all reports agree that the struggle between the French and Abdel Krim, leader of the Riffians, who last year decisively defeated the Spaniards, is likely to be long and arduous. Throughout France the Communists are conducting an aggressive campaign against the war, some Socialists support them, but the parliamentary party has been unable to make up its mind what to do. A letter written by the cabinet chief of Marshal Lyautey, French governor-general of Morocco, to the marshal's nephew in Paris, also throws light upon the situation. The letter, written on May 25, 1925, came somehow into the hands of M. Donut, a Communist deputy, and was read by him in the Chamber on June 9. In it the officer tells how he arranges that the proper- kind of dispatches appear in the Paris press, admits that Marshal Lyautey seized a moment when Abdel Krim was busy with the Spanish to advance his lines, and suggests a prospect of eternal war.