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Show SITUATION IN MOROCCO. Sultan Will Send an Expedition Against the Pretender. News received in Tangiers from Fez under date of January 8 is that the sultan's expedition against the rebels was on tne point of starting from Fez that evening. It probably consists of from 15,000 to 20,000 men, including the reinforcements from the south, and it is feared that the imperial troops have not recovered their morale since their last defeat, and that it would be a mistake for them to attack the rebels. reb-els. The pretender has been heard of from three or four places within a radius of forty miles 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, anu the other foreign consuls are thought to be there still. It is not considered advisable for Europeans to : veniurevto Ft .under -the pres&irt cpn-ditions. |