Show SITUATION IN MOROCCO sultan will send an tion against the pretender news received in tangiers from fez under date of january 8 Is that the sultan sultans s expedition against the rebels was on tae point of stai stalling ting from fez that evening it probably consists of from 15 to 20 men including the reinforcements cements from the south and it U iff 17 feared that the imperial troops have not recovered their morale since their last defeat and that it would be a mistake for them to attall the reb els the pretender has been heard of from three or four places within a radius of forty in les of the capital he is generally accompanied by a small escort and is supposed to be trying to entice the sultan to attack him the british consul is still at fez an the other foreign consuls are thought to be there still it is not considered advisable for europeans to venture to fez under the present con editions |