The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
WAR CLOUDS LOWER
MOROCCO MAY TAKE ARMS AGAINST
 SPAIN.
Present Trouble With RiR Tribesmen May Re Extended--situation at Barcelona Becoming
 More Acute.

Madrid, Sept. 24.--n Is generaliy pe' lieved here that the complications be- tween Spain and Mulai Hafid. the Sul. tan of Morocco. are likely to result e Spanish Moroccan war, that is, a war between Spain and the forces of the Sultan of Morocco. in distinction to the .resent fighting. which Is limited to the lMoorish tribesmen inhabiting the Riff country.
 Spain today has over sO.o00 troops in Northern Africa, with 11,000 more mo- bilizing for service there, and the Gov ernment feels that only the brilliant completion of the work begun can de. feat the plans of political enemies at home.
 The situation at Barcelona is causing renewed anxiety, Bomb explosions on the streets there are almost of daily occurrence, but Athe- newspapers thai print even the ruuaprs of auch occur rences are seized by the authoritiss-t
 The Minister of the Interior insists that the Government is not lighting It's political enemies, but rather q widespread anarchistic plot.
 The charge that we closed the lay schools without reason is false" an official said today. The schools were closed because of the preaching of an- archist doctrines against religion and social order that could not be toier- ated by any government. When the time comes we shall vindicate ourselves before the Cortes."
 Spa nish Continue Advance.
 Melilla, Morocco, Sept. 24.-The op- eration of clearing and occupying the peninsula north of Melilla continues with little resistance. The Spanish forces now hold an entrenched line from the sea on the west to the Foot hills of Mount Guruga to prevent the Moors from getting to the rear. The spanish have occupied also an import ant strategic position al Nador, to the southward. This Is preliminary 10 the real work of outfianking the Moors up- on Mount Guruga.
 Sultan Asks Intervention. Washington, Sept. 24.-An attempt of the Sultan of Morocco to obtain for eign intervention In the conflict be- tween his country and spain was de- tailed in a dispatch mada public today from United States Minister Dodge st Tangier to the State Department.
 The Sultan's note. addressed to the diplomatic corps. said that Spain had no right to administer punishment to those who had killed certain mine Ia- borers. and furthermore that reports had arisen that Spain intention was not limited merely to this punishment
 The French Minister to Morocco. who Is dean of the diplomatic corps there was expected to address a circular note to the corps saying that this was moi A case in, which the French government could take action.
 Attention Is called to the stipulati 'n in the Aigeciras convention. by which the American representatives at the conference disavowed Jn the part oi the United States any interest In Mo rocco other than to secure for all peo' pieS the widest equality of trade and privilege in that country, and declared that the United States would assume nc responsibility for the enforcement oi the agreement.
 It is not thought therefore that the United States will take any part In the adjustment of his laest difference be- ween the Sultan and the Spanish gov ernment.