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Show Gaining in Moral Advantage Ad-vantage and in Strength i Fez, Mexico, April 30. (By courier ot Tangier, May. .Q.)-rTM arrival of Capt. Broqionds qolunin. has not ( changed the situation. ,The loose in-1 vestment of the capljal continues, j The rebel horsemen, who are -beyond the reach of the artillery, have cut off' the food supply. 'JR?- -,.'; The sultan's trooiis"r;are "worn out! with the. constant skirmishing and watchfulness. The rebel chiefs have a, growing i moral advantage now. as all Morocco Moroc-co knows that tho sultan Is penned up in the capital and that his loyal j troops are unable to move outside the , range of their artillery Tho rebels are obtaining the upper hand throughout through-out tho country. Tribes heretofore loyal are Joining the rebels. The arrival of the French expedition expedi-tion will sccurci'the entry of provisions provi-sions and the safety of tho capital, but the political outlook is confused and uncertain. Paris, May G As a cabinet council coun-cil today, Jeane Cruppl, minister of foreign affairs, read a dispatch from Gallard, the French consul at Fez, dated April 30, and forwarded by way of Tangier. The consul stated that the blockade block-ade of tho city was complete and the ammunition of the artillery defending de-fending the capital has been greatly reduced Food was selling at extraordinary extra-ordinary high prices. |