SLAVERY IN MOROCCO.
GOVERNMENT DENIES THE REPORT. WHY LEMTA WAS DESTROYED. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] PARIS. June 3. The Moorish Government explains that the destruction of Lemta was an act of reprisal against the Riffians, who quartered themselves in the district and cruelly maltreated several postmen, murdering one and gouging out the eyes of another. The sale of women and children is denied.
A BLOW FROM BRITAIN.
EMBASSY NOT TO BE RECEIVED
(Received June 4, 5.-5 p.m.) TANGIER, June 3. The British Government has decided to refuse to receive a Moorish embassy at the Coronation, owing to the .barbarities at Lemta.
A large French force has left Fez for Mequinez.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3236, 5 June 1911, Page 5
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110SLAVERY IN MOROCCO. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3236, 5 June 1911, Page 5
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