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File No. 2151/48.

Minister Gummeré to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]
American Legation,
Tangier, August 23, 1907.

States that the troops of the Sultan have been routed, with heavy losses, by tribes under the leadership of Raisuli, and that the situation at Alcazar, only two days from Tangier, is very serious.