New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
RIFF|ANS FLEEING BEFORE FRENCHMEN Airplanes Take Leading Part,
 Bombing Enemy CAMPAIGN PLANS VAGUE
French High Command Admits It. Has Not Yet Hit Upon Suitable Plan of Organization for It's Mo- rOccan Offenstye,

roccan Offensiye.
 Fez, French Morocco, July 25 P-- The French forces arrayed against the RifLian trihesmen are beginning 10 take the initiative in the opera tons and bring further marked i'm | pfoVement to the general situation hSlhg column, advancing up both Sldes Of the Ouergha river from Ain A1cha, yesterday reached Ouedali. 12 miles to the west, in spite of the resistance of the enemy, who final " was routed with the loss of many prisoners.
 This action cleared territory 40 miles north of Fez, seat of the French headquarters and objective Of the Riffians, and produced a strong impression among the tribes. All the Riffians who filtered through the past month now are hurrying back to the north.
 Airplanes Effective Airplanes played a leading part in the operation, hastening the exodus northward by bombing all gather- ings of the enemy. Other flying col umns have started in the eastern section of the front, making con- Verging movement toward Bad Ma roudj. Their progress apparently is meeting with little or no resistance, as, according to latest advices, they have covered a lot of ground in a comparatively short time.
 The aviation service also has helped materially in shaking the morale of dissident tribesmen by dropping bombs behind the enemy lines.
 Evidently Abd- -el-Krim planned to be in possession of lfez by this time, as letters have been received here addressed "Abd d-el-krim, Sultan Of Morocco and Conqueror of Fez." The French postal authorities have marked the letters "Abd-e -Krim's entry into Tez has been postponed indefinitely, His present address for the moment is Adjir."
 General Nau,in, newly appointed commander-in-ch of the French operations, has returned from a visit 10 the front at Taza, cast of Fez, where he found the situation very much improved.
 No Plan As Yet
 Paris, July % PL-French high command in Morocco has not yet lit upon a suitable plan of organi zation says the Matin, but Is still working on the problem. In the view of Marshal Petain, the paper de- cIares, military action against the dissidCnt tribes of Abd- El-krim and the political propaganda among those who have not yet thrown in their lot either with the Sultan of Morocco or the rebellious leader, ought to be directed by the same man. It seelhs doubtful, however. if the health of Marshal Lyautcv, des- idcnt French governor of Morocco, would permit him to undertake the double task.
 II is reported from Rabat that as a consequence of over"ork lately, Marshal Lyautey is threatened with a fresh attack of an affliction for which he was operated on year ago, and that he must again under so treatment
 The government Is confronted with an extremely serious problem, remarks the Martin, which says that the general staff had prepared plan which differed in several re- spects from the views now held. Ii provided for the formation of two armies in Morocco. one on the east with its base in Algeria, commanded by the general commanding the nineteenth corps, the other on the west, with its base on the French Moroccan coast, commanded by Gen eral Naulin, with Marshal Petain himself as commander of the whole. This was the first open suggestion that Marshal Tyautev was likely to be replaced although reports 10 that effect have been current for some time.