Evening star., 1925-09-25
RIFFS CONFIDENT
OF BEATING FRENCH
First Correspondent With
Moorish Army Finds
Spirit of Victory.
BY VINCENT SIBERIAN.
Special Correspondent OF The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance with

American Newspaper Alliance with
Riff Armies.
RIFF GENERAL HEADQUAR.
TIERS, Targhzuit, September Q. by
courier 10 Tangier, September Is
Romharded on all sides, by sea. land
and air. and cut off from all supply
centers of food. arms and ammunition
.Ahd-el-krim little rebel state is still
carrying on.
1t is. not only carrying on. hut Is
actually displaying greater spirit and
greater unity in the face of these new
dangers than it showed when Spain
alone was the enemy.
In my four days journey across the
DJebata country from Tangier, and in
one day here at general headquarters,
| have seen no evidence Of panic in
the face of the might of France.
Telephones Are Extended.
During the past six months the Riff
telephone system. consisting of French
field telephones bought in Algiers be-
fore the beginning of hostility with
France. has been extended through
out the Djebala country and now
reaches from a point near Tangier to
outposts all along the Taount front
between Taxa and Fee.
Sidi Mohammed. younger brother
OF Add ell krin. sits here AT Targhzuit
his general headquarters, and directs
the campaign on three fonts. He
keeps in constant and direct conmuni-
cation with his brother. ADD del-krim,
who is at Adjdir, on the Riff coast.
Takes job Easily.
Foch himself could not go about the
ioh of generalissimo more easily or
with more authoritative eff1ciency
than this Riff general who, still in
his early thirties. has carried out
military victories in the field while
his brother Abd-elkrim was building
up an orderly government through
out the country.
The general staff at Riff headquar-
ters certainly shows a confidence which
is impressive-a complete confidence
in the ability of one Riff warrior to
withstand at least 10 Frenchmen or
Spaniards. a confidence in the mill
tary efficiency of Moroccan weather.
q confidence in the ineffectiveness OF
European aviation. and finally su-
preme confidence in the semi.legen.
dary genius of their two leaders, the
Krim brothers.
Method of Entry.
NV method of entry into the Riff
lines was an adventure which Will In
terest many. On Friday afternoon at
, o'clock l sat on the terrace OF the
Hotel Cecil at Tangier. where groups
Of English tourists were idly watch
INK the gunboats of three nations as
they rode at anchor in the sunny
harhor. AS had been previously ar
ranged a certain Riff tribesman hap
pened to stroll along the pavement
beneath the hotel terrace. He looked
up vacantly once or twice, then
started TO walk away toward the
beach where Tangier's many sight
seeing visitors disport themselves
under the African sun.
I strolled along after him to the END
cf the beach. where he turned sharply
into the sand dunes and began 10
stride along atsa brisker pace. Fifteen
minutes later I caught up with him
between two big hollow dunes Here
silent and swift operation took place.
The tribesman opened bundle which
he was carrying under his arm and
in three minutes I had donned a huge
shapeless gown. the dieellaba OF the
Moorish peasant.