The Washington herald., 1908-08-23

Paris. Aug. z--Hls army crushed by
the forces Of his brother. he himself bare
" escaping capture. and 1o-dsv a refu-
gee In protection under the French rs.
Abdul Aziz. Sultan 0t Morocco has lost
his throne TO 1IuIai Hand, tae pretender.
The overthrow Of the Saltaa's army, re-
ceipt of the news Of which tonight sur
prised all France. occurred nifty miles
from tEe city OF Morocco, and was the
bI5od.est battle in the campaign which
8Iulai HaEG. The S1ltaa's elder brother,
has conducted for the suitausHip. using
a religious war" as his weapon OF con-
quest
Full details Of the battle are lacking,
but IL is reported that thousands fell IN
The engagement and that the saItaas
forces. rEe advance guard alone Of which
was engaged in the early fighting. was
put 10 utter rour The bursting Of several
OF the SuItau-s caanous. due TO Ineffective
suHuery. threw his soldiers I1to a panic
and started the r0uL
sultan a Refugee.
i was at first reported that the sultan
had fallen into his brothers hands. but a
later message f----rHe French couua--
der AT Casa Blanca says lie escaped. and.
is E0w refused somewhere -v5r-tr The
French zone. b-t just where is u1- stated.
The news OF the overthrow c- the sui
rau has thrown the war Office into e.
g-z--a-v. as news from Morocco ear-y ii
--- week Indicated the comp -are defeat rF
che pretlud=- i- an engagement near q
EsIall and tie surrender Of Morocco
CRY which lad been held by Lulzi
Hold .du'ai was reported IL liELt and
his army badly scattered
Today s news Indicates either that the
preJender-s forces were heavily recruit
ed probably by the Algerlsns. among
whom an uprising was f1ueu-ed hv
AIUlai. or thar the reported defeat ag
N--al was o. clever rLSe worked b- the
English officers who. as soldiers CT Tor
tune. Joined the Tr=-eE6e-s army under
q premise OF valuable concessions from
NuIof ia the event Of LIS asce16=-cy 10
the t-rous-
France VIII Acquiesce.
n the event Of LIulaI HaEd's complete
triumph and the overthrow OF the SUI
tan. there IS little doubt that France VIII
recognize the new regime. as her p1-l1g
all along has been TO let Morocco work
out her internal troubles alone. SO long
as French interests were not seriously
Impe-iled- aor the safety Of the natives
5eoparGized
There IS no co1cealue1r C alarm. how
ever. should 1Iulai attempt 10 throw TOO
much power q the adventurous English
men who have engineered his ca-upa.gl-
These concessions are Supposed TO in
cIuGe mines. railways. and the reC--
Gauization Of 8I0-occo's financial system,
which France viii not willingly sub
nit To-
Three months ago # was clearly seen
that the sultan was in imminent danger
Of overthrow The uprising. headed by
his brother. swept the country. NosIem
Lor5es joining him By the thousand
1IuIa5-s cry was that the Sultan VS..
rapidly becoming CE-is-iauizsd. and was
Gese-ting the old 1losleI faith With
such shibboIeth II was no trouble for
him 10 rally a large army
MCLai proclaimed himself Sultan OF tls
whole kingdom OF 1Iarralesl. the south
e-u capital at this time. and shortly az
terward he entered Fez. the northern
capital amid the acclaua-iors Of the.
pOpulace and surrounding tribes 1IeQuilez.
Lorocco's third capital, was also taken
by the preteuGer.