Tétouan

The High Commissioner, General Berenguer, was at that moment completing his campaign against Resuli and his Jabala tribes, and on the point of success.

Advancing from Tetouan, the Spanish columns had surrounded Tazrut, Resuli's stronghold.

General Silvestri, who was in command of the Melilla district, took advantage of his chief's arduous and responsible occupations to push forward as fast as possible.

far faster than was compatible with security, in the direction of Al-Husaymas, the famous bay in which the little island of that name is situated.

But the lesson, if ever learned, was soon forgotten.

Forgetful of yesterday and taking no thought for tomorrow, the Jabala returned to their independence and their tribal feuds.

While the Rift possesses no towns, the Jabala can lie claim to three, Tetouan, Szechuan and Wazan, for all of these lie in their country, the first two in the Spanish sphere, the third in the French protectorate.

tetouan now the capital of the spanish zone is well known not only on account of its political importance but also because it is one of the most delightful and most accessible cities of morocco situated less than fifty miles from tangier it can be reached by motor in from two to three hours Although Tetouan was designated as the capital of the Spanish zone, it was not the first of the towns to be occupied, for, a year before the signing of the 1912 Treaty with France, which supplemented the original 1904 agreement, the Spaniards had landed in the Reich and marched inland to Alcazir el-Kabir, more commonly known as Alcazar.

I, from whom the Moorish pirates tore her.

On the beach beside Tetuan.

I, who, centuries after, drew those obscene figures on the wall of your church.

The devil, the nun, and the barred convent.

The High Commissioner, General Berenguer, was at that moment completing his campaign against Resuli and his Jabala tribes, and on the point of success.

Advancing from Tetouan, the Spanish columns had surrounded Tazrut, Resuli's stronghold.

General Silvestri, who was in command of the Melilla district, took advantage of his chief's arduous and responsible occupations to push forward as fast as possible.

far faster than was compatible with security, in the direction of Al-Husaymas, the famous bay in which the little island of that name is situated.

But the lesson, if ever learned, was soon forgotten.

Forgetful of yesterday and taking no thought for tomorrow, the Jabala returned to their independence and their tribal feuds.

While the Rift possesses no towns, the Jabala can lie claim to three, Tetouan, Szechuan and Wazan, for all of these lie in their country, the first two in the Spanish sphere, the third in the French protectorate.

tetouan now the capital of the spanish zone is well known not only on account of its political importance but also because it is one of the most delightful and most accessible cities of morocco situated less than fifty miles from tangier it can be reached by motor in from two to three hours

So I always loved Morocco.

Then I had the opportunity, when I worked in the botanic gardens and with guns, to lead on an EU, in the days of the EU, an EU-funded project, and working with the University of Tetouan and the University of Rabat, doing surveys of environment, plants, birds, and so on.

And I got to know a lot of people there.

My love for Morocco increased even further.

I think that we need to look at what possibilities the treaty allows us in relation to direct links.

And we are looking at air links.

For Morocco, we have interest in links from Tetouan and from Tangier by air, which will have no implications because it goes straight to the airport.

And we're looking at other possibilities of direct links.

It's a celebration of the king and country.

In fact, Morocco's King Mohammed VI was attending an event in Tetouan just down the road from Ceuta when the crossings began.

In this Instagram post from that day, a narrator points out the throne day celebrations, then swivels 180 degrees to film a crowd of young Moroccans running down the road toward the border.

Such a scene hardly gives a boost to Morocco on the world stage.

It's my second home.

Every time I've been to so many cities, from Agadir to Tangier, from Casablanca, Rabat, Tetouan, everywhere.

You know, I've been for the AFCON.

I see Morocco lift the tro- I...

towards the end of the war

his influence diminished though he still caused the french considerable anxiety and losses from time to time as soon as the campaign was over his adventures began afresh he had quarrelled with abdel krim the riffi leader and was forced to pass an existence of some danger and hardship in the remoter districts of the spanish zone from time to time he made proposals to the spanish authorities to be put in command of native troops The Spaniards accepted his offer, and in May 1925, Abdel Malak was in Tetouan enlisting native soldiers.

It was not, perhaps, unnatural that the French protectorate authorities drew the attention of the Spanish government to the fact that Abdel Malak was a deserter who had preached holy war and carried on an active campaign against the French.

this french protest brought an immediate reply from the spanish directory to the effect that abdul malek would in no circumstances be employed by the spanish authorities and an official communique in this sense was immediately published by the entire madrid press notwithstanding this abdul malek left tetuan for melilla a few days later with tribal contingents to take command of a large native force of the spanish army in the rift the dreariness and discomfort of this life amid barren and desolate mountains the uncongeniality of his surroundings and doubtless some regrets about the past rendered abdul malek very unhappy i received a long communication from him in which he gave the whole story of his actions from the secret telephone message to the german legation to his unhappy plight in the desolation of the rift he acknowledged having fought during the war against the french whom he then regarded as his bitterest enemies but since the armistice had been signed he stated that he had ceased all action against france he was weary of this life of adventure and desired to be allowed to finish his days in egypt or elsewhere in the east in this communication he informed me among many other details of the instructions he had received from the spanish authorities on taking over command of their native forces these instructions could not have been more correct or more honorable abdel malek was strictly forbidden to do any harm either by word or deed to french interests in the neighboring zone abdel malak's communication ended with the expression of his desire to receive the pardon of france and of the sultan of morocco and to be allowed to end his days in a foreign country on july thirty first nineteen twenty five i brought the matter to the knowledge of marichal leutte who expressed his readiness to obtain the pardon of france and the sultan for abdel malak if he would leave morocco and never return i was authorized to convey this message to abd el malak's family at tetouan and to acquaint him with the fact that in return for his complete abandonment of morocco the french protectorate government would grant him an allowance before i was able to return to tetouan abd el malak had been killed in battle his family were however informed that his pardon had been promised previous to his death and it was a great comfort to them he never knew it himself though on the morning of his death he said to his son that he was sure that his prayer for pardon would be answered he died two or three days too soon Besides the persons of importance, the Germans had in their employ a large number of natives engaged in contraband.

Even in Melilla itself, no great difficulties were put in the way of the import of arms, though instructions from Madrid, issued in a genuine spirit of neutrality, had from time to time to receive some semblance of being obeyed but the germans had money at their disposal and used it freely and contraband on the shores of the mediterranean has never been considered a crime these german activities and the means and occupation they gave to the natives detracted the attention of the riffis from their danger the systematic if slow occupation of their country by the spaniards it is not easy to grasp how it was that while the tribesmen were easily persuaded to go and fight against the french they refrained from taking action against the spaniards money no doubt largely influenced them and it seems also that promises were made to the chief men of the tribes that they would share in the wealth of their highly mineralized country if they would open it to german and spanish industry in any case no serious attempt was made to stay the advancing spaniards until they suffered the devastating defeat of july The situation in the Spanish zone at that moment was the following.

The High Commissioner, General Berenguer, was at that moment completing his campaign against Resuli and his Jabala tribes, and on the point of success.

Advancing from Tetouan, the Spanish columns had surrounded Tazrut, Resuli's stronghold.

General Silvestri, who was in command of the Melilla district, took advantage of his chief's arduous and responsible occupations to push forward as fast as possible.

abdel malek himself was appointed to the chief command of the sherifian police force in tangier which had come into existence under the terms of the act of al it was a position of no particular influence but it gave its holder a certain precedence among the dignitaries of tangier the failing of all the moheddin family has been pride and abdel malek felt this appointment was not sufficiently important for a man of his sherifian birth and the reputation of his ancestors he became discontented and nursed a secret hatred against the french whom he believed to be purposely thwarting his ambitions on the outbreak of war in nineteen fourteen the representatives of the enemy powers were expelled from tangier later on abdel malek communicated to me the reasons for his subsequent actions the secret preparation for the hurried expulsion from tangier of the enemy ministers in august nineteen fourteen necessitated the intervention of the police and abdel malek as chief of that force was naturally informed he secretly telephoned to the german charge d'affaires to warn him and thus give him time to destroy certain incriminating documents from abdel malek's frank communications i gather that he himself was incriminated by these documents as he had become in fact a german agent no trace of those papers seems to have been discovered during the subsequent search of the german legation by the french authorities and evidently they were burned but abdel malek was haunted by the idea that his telephone message to the german legation had been tapped and that his life was in danger whether his secret warning to the germans was ever known i am unaware at this moment abdel malak's eldest son still a boy committed suicide and his father was in despair it is said that the knowledge of his father's treachery had caused him to take his life abdel malek disappeared crossed into the spanish zone and declared a holy war on the french his extradition as a french deserter was demanded but was refused by the spanish authorities offers were made to the tribes to tempt them to hand him over to the french but failed abdel malek was well provided with german gold and bought immunity from capture he passed into the rift became an acknowledged german agent and from within the spanish zone in the region northeast of fez waged war on the french in nineteen seventeen he was a serious menace towards the end of the war his influence diminished though he still caused the french considerable anxiety and losses from time to time as soon as the campaign was over his adventures began afresh he had quarrelled with abdel krim the riffi leader and was forced to pass an existence of some danger and hardship in the remoter districts of the spanish zone from time to time he made proposals to the spanish authorities to be put in command of native troops the spaniards accepted his offer and in may nineteen twenty five abdel malek was in tetuan enlisting native soldiers it was not perhaps unnatural that the french protectorate authorities drew the attention of the spanish government to the fact that abdel malek was a deserter who had preached holy war and carried on an active campaign against the french this french protest brought an immediate reply from the spanish directory to the effect that abdul malek would in no circumstances be employed by the spanish authorities and an official communique in this sense was immediately published by the entire madrid press notwithstanding this abdul malek left tetuan for melilla a few days later with tribal contingents to take command of a large native force of the spanish army in the rift the dreariness and discomfort of this life amid barren and desolate mountains the uncongeniality of his surroundings and doubtless some regrets about the past rendered abdul malek very unhappy i received a long communication from him in which he gave the whole story of his actions from the secret telephone message to the german legation to his unhappy plight in the desolation of the rift he acknowledged having fought during the war against the french whom he then regarded as his bitterest enemies but since the armistice had been signed he stated that he had ceased all action against france he was weary of this life of adventure and desired to be allowed to finish his days in egypt or elsewhere in the east in this communication he informed me among many other details of the instructions he had received from the spanish authorities on taking over command of their native forces these instructions could not have been more correct or more honorable abdel malek was strictly forbidden to do any harm either by word or deed to french interests in the neighboring zone abdel malak's communication ended with the expression of his desire to receive the pardon of france and of the sultan of morocco and to be allowed to end his days in a foreign country on july thirty first nineteen twenty five i brought the matter to the knowledge of marichal leutte who expressed his readiness to obtain the pardon of france and the sultan for abdel malak if he would leave morocco and never return i was authorized to convey this message to abd el malak's family at tetouan and to acquaint him with the fact that in return for his complete abandonment of morocco the french protectorate government would grant him an allowance before i was able to return to tetouan abd el malak had been killed in battle his family were however informed that his pardon had been promised previous to his death and it was a great comfort to them he never knew it himself though on the morning of his death he said to his son that he was sure that his prayer for pardon would be answered he died two or three days too soon besides the persons of importance the germans had in their employ a large number of natives engaged in contraband the fact that the spaniards had as yet scarcely begun the occupation of their zone on the mediterranean coast gave the germans complete freedom of action even in melilla itself no great difficulties were put in the way of the import of arms though instructions from madrid issued in a genuine spirit of neutrality had from time to time to receive some semblance of being obeyed but the germans had money at their disposal and used it freely and contraband on the shores of the mediterranean has never been considered a crime these german activities and the means and occupation they gave to the natives detracted the attention of the riffis from their danger the systematic if slow occupation of their country by the spaniards it is not easy to grasp how it was that while the tribesmen were easily persuaded to go and fight against the french they refrained from taking action against the spaniards money no doubt largely influenced them and it seems also that promises were made to the chief men of the tribes that they would share in the wealth of their highly mineralized country if they would open it to german and spanish industry in any case no serious attempt was made to stay the advancing spaniards until they suffered the devastating defeat of july The situation in the Spanish zone at that moment was the following.

The High Commissioner, General Berenguer, was at that moment completing his campaign against Resuli and his Jabala tribes, and on the point of success.

Advancing from Tetouan, the Spanish columns had surrounded Tazrut, Resuli's stronghold.

General Silvestri, who was in command of the Melilla district, took advantage of his chief's arduous and responsible occupations to push forward as fast as possible.

far faster than was compatible with security, in the direction of Al-Husaymas, the famous bay in which the little island of that name is situated.

But the lesson, if ever learned, was soon forgotten.

Forgetful of yesterday and taking no thought for tomorrow, the Jabala returned to their independence and their tribal feuds.

While the Rift possesses no towns, the Jabala can lie claim to three, Tetouan, Szechuan and Wazan, for all of these lie in their country, the first two in the Spanish sphere, the third in the French protectorate.

That was how I did it.

And I had a connection with a very big drug dealer in Tetouan, Morocco.

But let's not go there.

I'm just saying I'm well familiar with the place.