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peace of the world. ... My greatest, my only ambition is to con-
tribute, thanks to Your Majesty and with your aid, toward leav-
ing in this Morocco (Moghreb) the indestructible foundations of a
Franco-Moslem union, union of souls, union of hearts, union
of forces, gage of the power and future of our two countries, our
two civilizations, in the pursuit of a common ideal of peace and
prosperity.}
t I’ Afrique Francaise, December, 1921, p. 431. Unfortunately Marshall
Lyautey did not remain in office long enough to achieve this ambition.
He was relieved of the “Supreme Command of Operations in Morocco”
in July, 1925, and resigned as Resident-General on September 28, 1925.
Theodore Steeg was appointed French Resident-General on October 11,
1925.