Mulai Hafid, Sultan of Morocco, has abdicated, and on Tuesday
his younger brother, Mulai Ynsef, was proclaimed in his stead. The ex-Sultan has gone to Vichy with a retinue of slaves and servants, and the Tangier corres- pondent of the Times says that he will probably make the pilgrimage to Mecca before returning to Morocco. The prospect of his taking up his residence at Tangier is regarded with some misgiving. His pension will be £14,000, and he is to have a lump sam of £16,000. Thus, amid indifference and the cynical comments of Moorish notables, ends the reign of the. "strong man" who was to pluck the reins from the feeble hands of the amiable Abdul Aziz and deliver his country from the foreigner. General Moinier is leaving Morocco after nearly four years' service in the military command. General Lyautey, the Governor. General, has been summoned to Paris to confer with the Government.
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