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Show 1 Turbulent Times in Morocco. Sultuu Muley Hassan of Mprocco has not been fortunate of late in his relations with some of his turbulent vassals. Durlug the lust couplo'of years he litis been on u per-potual, per-potual, warpath, seoking to "chastise" iv.-boUious iv.-boUious tribes, who luivp not infrotiuoni ly manuged to , turn tiiu tables on their liego lonl. It is not mauy months since the Shc-reefian Shc-reefian army was broken up by tho Beni M'Guild.'and the sulran himself IihH in II v for his life. Another reverse has just been suffered by tho imperial forces near Salee, where tho sultan's son has been defeated by the Zemmour tribe with great slaughter. slaugh-ter. So little is known of the interior of Morocco that it is difficult to s!uge with accuracy the importance of these events. France, Italy nnd Spain are each nnd all hungering for an opportunity, aud it only wants some proof of the sultan's incapacity to keep his house in order to justify what is euphemistically called an "intervention." |