which holds Gibraltar
may never have cause to regret having handed Morocco over to a
great military Power.'

"Had that true statesman, and true Englishman, been in power
eighteen months ago, England would never have been pledged to
sacrifice her commercial interests in Morocco, to abandon her
wholesome, traditional policy in the Mediterranean, and to revoke
her solemn engagement to uphold the integrity of the Sultan's
dominions."

An excellent idea of the discrepancies between the alarmist reports
with which the Press is from time to time deluged, and the facts
as known on the spot, is afforded by the following extracts from
_Al-moghreb Al-aksa_ of January 7, 1905, when the London papers
had been almost daily victimized by their correspondents regarding
Morocco:--

"The dismissal of the military _attaches_ at the Moorish Court
threatened to raise a terrible conflagration in Europe, and great
indignation among foreign residents in this country--according to
certain Press reports. This fiery disposition of some offered a
remarkable contrast with the coolness of the others. For instance,
the British took almost no interest in the matter, for the simple
reason that there has never been any British official military
mission in the Moorish Court. It is true there are a few British
subjects in Moorish military service, but they are privately
employed by the Sultan's Government, and their service is simply
voluntary. Even personally, they actually show no great concern in
remaining here or not.

"The Italian military mission is composed of very few persons. The
chief, Col. Ferrara, is on leave in Italy, and the Mission is now
represented by Captain Campini, who lives at Fez with his family.
They report having received all kind attentions from the Sultan
quite recently, and that they know nothing about the dismissal
which has so noisily sounded in Europe. According to the same
Press reports, great fears were entertained of a general rising
against the foreign residents in Fez and other places in the
interior, and while it is reported that the military _attaches_,
consular officers and residents of all nations were notified to
leave Fez and come to Tangier or the coast ports as a matter of
precaution, we find that nobody moves from the Court, because,
they say, they have seen nothing to induce