The sun., 1910-11-18
The spanish victory in Mor"cru

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pocket alike. the recent agreement with
| Morocco MUST be- Enthusiastically pleas
.ng. In money spain gets Si3,OS,OH,
sum which will in large part If not
wholly discharge the debt incurred dur
ing the recent Rlfiian campaign. As 10
territorial concessions. spain gets in
substance enough 20 insure her garrI-
son- the safe and comfortable. possess-
sion %; Melllla and Of the railroad which
caused the recent conflict.
| Under the terms of the treaty oi 1861
Morocco ceded to Spain a territory
about the town Of Melilla of twice the
radius of twenty pound shot" Forty
five years later this radius proved mt
terly insufficient. and from the safety of
their own hills the Riffian rifiemen were
able with modern rifles to pick of Span
ish officers inside the CITY walls
By the new convention Spain extends
this radius about Melilla 20 sixteen
miles This ins,ireS 'ha possession Of
the whole Of tie long. narrow Tres
Forcas peninsula AZ the eastern angle
shores Of the salt lake south of the town
which offers to tho spanish the sam.
opportunity tha: the French found and
used al Bizerta in runl- II also gives TO
Spain the hills. including Mount G,Irugu.
which were taken at the point Of the
bayonet in the recent campaign
The topography of .he country about
Melilla rather closely resembles that
about ,he city Of tlgiers Here as in
the French colony there a rugged
peninsula cut OF from the mountains
Of the mainland by a fairly broad valley
which doubtless represents An ancient
bay To the north the hills of the
peninsula rise from the Mediterranean
abruptly, 10 the south they fall away
into this plain. much ~ the Sahel ~
Algiers slopes tn the Mi'idja plain
Zeliian n the Moroccan plain in a
general way suggests Boufarik IN tho
Algerian territory.
Protected now on three sides by the
sea. the Spanish have only To- fortlfv
the southeriy slope Of the peninsula
able with moderate garrison 10 sustain
all assaults. Hitherto 10 hold M.ll.l1
they were compelled AXE IN. offen-
sive themselves an! .,'.." The hills On
three sides of the Ritfian -harp-hooterS
Thus As IA result of the.- recant cam
in eastern Morocco
But so far "a It might affect 'hc '';i,ire
inference OF spain N Morocco in a larger
sense, this advantage won about Mehlla
has com. too lat. Tor hardly Rad rhe
Spanish campaign IA the Maritime
\, las halted wter he French pushed
east from Algeria --,Iea " banks ~
N. Mumva RIVER. wEI"h Zero '.pE-
from the su..:hwe-t =" 'i'- nnr't"a~'
and thus eEs't,Ial!r occupied a." NI-
,erland Of tn" spanish COLONY
To-day he roads wh.,h lead from the
south. from the SAHARA, I'm flgu.g
and Taiile,. 20 Mc'.,,a aye il French
hands Tho important posts or NOS.
commercial lanes have been fortified.
and from ialia Marina. A. -" "l.d ni the
Algerian railroad. a Tul,ttar- road has
been built 'C meet 'hesr caravan tails
Faster and THIS ,h"ape" ''- frHnSpor-
,ation and protected n" French gIrrl-
sons from al. native alta. X th" ncw
route to Algeria hns sUrgantei thar
10 Mel.Is, and Orsn has become ~.
Mediterranean port Of this region when
waa once tr!bItarv 20 Nei!lla
Having ,h'is robbed 'h" Spanish vic.
tory Of anv menace IN themselves ard
made sure of the stra,eg.c and com
mercia routes to eastern Morocco 'he
French can afford 70 give heir approval
10 the present Spanish Triumph 4 foot
hold in Morocco Spain has won. b'I' 'he
pathway leading inland from his foot
hold. this landing place that ia now
patroll"d by Algerian soldiers and bears
tho evidences Of the industry Of tho
French engineers &! ne face OF 'he
Spanish arrangement che re-
cont operations "f French forces along
the Mu'!ya are now wholly explicabia
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