10 OCTOBER 1925, Page 2

The French advance has continued and the French and Spanish

armies are now in touch. The Paris corres- pondent of the Times said in Tuesday's paper that during September more than 8,500 families had submitted in the regions bordering on the French front. The Daily Express of last Saturday published an interview with the King of Spain. King Alfonso admitted that the war was a heavy financial burden for Spain, but he declared that victory was a question of life or death. He regarded Morocco as the key country of Islam. He had no doubt that if Abd-el-Krim won there would be trouble for the European Powers in every Moslem country in the world. Spain was really fighting for others, and he could not help feeling that her efforts had not been sufficiently appreciated. * * * *