The Moroccan Problem

Archive Report

The struggle for French supremacy in Morocco has been in progress for twenty-five years and has now reached an acute stage. For the past two months the French army in Morocco has been subjected to serious attack over a wide front by the Riffian tribesmen of Northern Morocco. Soon after assuming office in April, the Painleve government was confronted with this serious situation. The unpopularity of the war in France and the desire on the part of the Chamber of Deputies to avoid a long and expensive war, confirmed Premier Painleve in his expressed determination that the war should remain a defensive one and that negotiations for peace without loss of prestige to France should begin as soon as possible.

The increasing fury of the ...

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